Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊMS is proud to have pioneered a suite of sustainability projects and initiatives.
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Sustainability Education Award
Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊMS is proud to have won the Sustainability Education Award is a joint award for staff and/or students who have integrated a comprehensive sustainability education plan into the formal or informal curriculum.
Adesh Sundaresan
Honorary Clinical Lecturer, Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Medical School
Adesh designed and ran a novel module for medical students dedicated to empowering, educating and inspiring students on the health impacts of climate change.
Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Medical School’s MBBS Climate Change and Sustainability Working Group brought together aÌýteam of students and staff who worked through the MBBS curriculum map, looking for opportunities to signpost and integrate issues linking healthcare, climate change, and sustainability teaching into the MBBS curriculum. Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊMS established the first medical StudentÌýSelected Component (SSC) in climate change and health in the UK and contributed to the Declaration of the Climate Change Emergency, which was a national initiative amongst UK medical schools.
Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²ÊÌý Planetary Health Report Card Team
ÌýCatherine NapperÌýresearched and reviewed the Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê Faculty of Medical Sciences’ commitment to climate change education and sustainability in the faculty’s curriculum, interdisciplinary research, community outreach, support for student-led initiatives, and campus sustainability, in addition to setting up a board to further improve the faculty’s engagement in the future as part of the Planetary Health Report Card (PHRC) Initiative
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