Sustainability in the curriculum

"We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them" – Albert Einstein

If we are to truly prepare young people for the future, sustainability must be at the heart of their learning. The information in this section has been compiled to help staff and students at ARU to achieve this aim.

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• Resources
• Events at ARU
• Integrating sustainability into our curriculum
• Courses
• Useful websites
• EfS Community of Practice (staff)

Read guidance documents and reports

• Advance HE and the QAA link sustainability education to better quality teaching. In Spring 2021, they published a guidance document on how to embed sustainability into the curriculum. You can view the guidance document here (ARU is a member of the QAA) 
• The HEA and NUS have been conducting research into students' attitudes towards sustainability for the past seven years. The findings have consistently shown that eight in every ten students believe that sustainable development should be actively incorporated and promoted by universities. View the research findings. 

Enter our sustainability dissertation prize

If your dissertation links to sustainability, you could be in with the chance of winning £100 and the option to present at one of the Global Sustainability Institute's lunchtime seminars. Find out more about the sustainability dissertation prize.