Overview
Many institutions link their university strategy to the SDGs and integrate their sustainability plans across different aspects of university life. Likewise, sustainable citizenship requires collaboration across diverse cultures, disciplines, generations and perspectives to develop solutions to tackle complex problems. UNESCO identified core competencies for sustainability encompassing ways of thinking, ways of practicing and ways of being that enable learners to become sustainable citizens. Many of these competencies are critical attributes for graduate success and employability.
The systematic literature review on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) published by Advance HE in September revealed some excellent emergent practices that support transformational and experiential learning approaches that provide the environment for these competencies to flourish. However, the review also underscored the need for more strategic and wide-reaching approaches that allow all students to develop and progress their sustainable citizenship.
This symposium will allow colleagues to share innovations in teaching and research around progressing sustainability in the higher education sector. We invite colleagues to consider how higher education needs to move forward with sustainability initiatives and education to ensure our and our students’ futures. The symposium will provide a space to discuss the latest practices in sustainability and education for sustainable development (ESD) through a keynote session, oral presentations, and workshops.
Event information
Date: 18 March 2025
Place: Virtual
Symposium aims and objectives
The aims of this symposium are to:
- provide an open and supportive environment within which to share and discuss contemporary practice and initiatives in teaching and learning and wider education strategy; and
- provide evidence-informed examples and ideas for university staff and students to address current challenges in higher education at a systems, pan university or at a discipline level.
The Symposium will be held using the EventMobi platform with sessions held in zoom. There will be space for speaker resources to be included on the platform in advance of the event and a networking opportunity to enable exploration of the resources and impromptu discussions about them.
Who should attend?
This symposium is aimed at academic and professional staff at all levels, students, programme leaders and senior leaders who wish to learn and explore the latest ESD thinking and innovations and/or showcase their own initiatives. Students are encouraged to present and attend, and we would be delighted to see a strong student presence at the event.
Speakers
Keynote presenter
The programme
Join over 40 presenters across a jam-packed day of insightful and thought-provoking oral presentations, case studies, workshops and post presentations.
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Sustainability Symposium Programme
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Abstracts
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Abstracts - Sustainability Symposium 2025
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Event Mobi
Responding to delegate feedback we will increase the networking, discussion and debate opportunities for 2025, using our event mobi platform. Event Mobi can be accessed via any web browser or an app, and provides great opportunities to interact with other delegates, presenters and speakers. You also have the ability to personalise your own event agenda and many more things prior to, and on the day of the event.
Key features of Event Mobi include:
- Easily accessible: Via their app on the go, or on any web browser
- Personalised schedule: Create your own itinerary based on your interests and preferences
- Discussion board: Actively engage prior to and during the event with other attendees on key topics
- Speaker profiles: Learn more about our amazing speakers and their sessions
- Session abstracts: Find all the details on each session to support your agenda planning
- Networking opportunities: Connect with other attendees, arrange meet ups and build valuable relationships
- Access resources: Any relevant supporting links and documents will be provided on the platform
- Activity feed: The Activity Feed provides attendees with a fun and interactive social media-like experience within the event app, fostering open conversations and sharing of images and text in a secure environment.
- Latest updates: Stay informed with real-time announcements and updates”
Share and celebrate your achievements with digitally recognised learning
For much of our portfolio for 2024-25 the learning of event attendees and programme participants and conference, symposia and colloquia presenters will be digitally recognised.
This makes it easy for you to share and celebrate your achievements by adding them to your email signature or including them in your social profiles including Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook. Your learning certificates can also be easily verified and downloaded as a pdf.
