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"We will place sustainability at the heart of our curriculum, ensuring it is at the centre of our understanding of future global professionals"

The ºÚÁÏÉç is committed to educating our students on the importance of sustainable development. We are committed to enabling our educators to integrate education for sustainable development (ESD) into our teaching. This process is led by the Pro-Vice Chancellor for Teaching & Learning Prof. Jane Owen-Lynch. 

Most full-time undergraduate students are enrolled on to the Global Professional Award, which they are expected to complete alongside their degrees. In live workshops and through self-directed resources, students are taught about the importance of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in workplaces and wider society. They are required to reflect on their current and future engagement with the SDGs, and to consider the impact this can have on themselves and those around them, helping our learners to become truly global professionals.

The annual Teaching and Learning Conference enables peer led workshops to share best practice and enable discussion on methods to incorporate ESD into module design. 

Examples include the School of Applied Sciences (SAS) who have mapped their geosciences courses to the SDGs, and the ºÚÁÏÉç Business School who have been longstanding advanced signatories to the UN Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME)

Further details on how the Sustainable Development Goals have been embedded into our Global Professional Award and teaching can be found on our pages where the university has mapped its progress towards delivering the SDGs (see link below)

Regional Student Sustainability Research Conference

The university participates in the annual hosted by university of Leeds for the 12 universities in Yorkshire. The conference includes presentations, posters and other demonstrations/exhibitions of sustainability-related research outputs produced by students from across different disciplines. It also includes panel sessions featuring panellists from industry, government bodies, and academia.

ºÚÁÏÉç had the third highest number of attendees at SSRC 2026 (the top two being the host university and another Leeds-based institution, Leeds Beckett University). We also won one of the conference’s five research awards! Our regular participation at SSRC highlights our commitment to playing an active role in knowledge, product and process development that contributes towards environmental protection and social responsibility.