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Project researching sustainability in Higher Education awarded ϲ Grand Challenges grant

26 January 2022

‘Digging for SDGs: Laying Foundations for Sustainability in the Higher Education Sector’ has been awarded a grant as part of the UN SDGs: Pathways to Achievement scheme.

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The project is a partnership between Professor Jane Holder (Professor of Environmental Law at ϲ Laws), Dr Priscila Carvalho (Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Environmental Law and Sustainability, ϲ Energy Institute), Dr Robert Amos (Assistant Professor in Environmental Law, University of Nottingham), Silvia Cesa-Bianchi (Research Assistant, ϲ Laws) and the Students' Union ϲ (John Dubber, Chief Executive).

The funding will support empirical research on students’ implementation of sustainability goals as part of their education and everyday life at university. The grant was awarded as part of the UN SDGs: Pathways to Achievement scheme (2021-22), which is run by ϲ Grand Challenges and ϲ Global Engagement in partnership with the ϲ SDGs Initiative.

‘Digging for SDGs’ will involve an in-depth analysis of ϲ students’ sustainability awareness and behaviours, identifying students’ concerns and ideas, and the obstacles to implementing sustainable practices.

The project will address Sustainable Development Goal 4.7 (“by 2030 ensure all learners acquire knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development”) in relation to achieving a broader range of SDGs, specifically on climate change, good health and well-being, gender equality, responsible consumption and sustainable cities and communities.  

The project’s objective in digging deep into how students practice sustainability is to help lay foundations for longstanding environmental governance structures and processes in universities which embed fully student participation in implementing sustainability policies.