Our student-led engagement programme, Live Smart is launching its new community challenge to connect students with their local community and across social groups while taking action for the Global Goals in Gloucestershire.
We're looking for community organisations to pair up with students who can help you deliver simple action projects between now and March 2020, with a final celebration at Gloucester Cathedral.
RCE Severn updates from the University of Gloucestershire
RCE Severn presents at RCE Europe conference
Dr Alex Ryan – Director of RCE Severn, and Miriam Webb – RCE Severn Co-ordinator joined 12 RCEs from 10 countries across Europe to share curriculum development and community collaboration projects for sustainability at the RCE Europe conference in Heraklion, Crete.
Miriam and Alex presented RCE Severn’s 3 flagship Makerspace projects (Regeneration, Thread Counts, and Soundbites) which offer University-community collaborations that build capacity in sustainability through practical intergenerational learning and skill sharing. Find out more on the conference slides.
We are delighted to share the news that the University has topped the People and Planet University league and is now the number 1 most sustainable university in the UK!
Our RCE Severn partnerships play an important part in our academic innovation and the transformative experiences we offer students, setting us apart in creating a legacy of graduates equipped to create positive impactful change in their careers. Find out more:
We are excited to share our newly re-developed website which brings alive the sustainability developments across our university community. You can browse to learn more about what we do and how we are changing education, research and campus practice for sustainability.
Find out more about us and our collaborative work through RCE Severn here.
Climate Strike: students lead change
Last month students in our Green Team society led the organisation of the Cheltenham Climate Strike - part of the Global Climate Strike, demanding governments and businesses take urgent action on climate change.
Read Yolande's reflection on the day and how you engage a 1000 strong crowd in making a difference here.
RCE Severn is part of a global network of RCEs endorsed by the United Nations University. The RCEs were instrumental in the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD, 2005-2014), translating its global objectives into the context of their local communities. The RCEs now support implementation of the Global Action Programme (GAP) on ESD which followed the DESD.
RCE Severn Director: Dr Alex Ryan, Director of Sustainability, University of Gloucestershire
aryan@glos.ac.uk
University of Gloucestershire, The Park, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 2RH. Telephone +44 (0)844 8010001.
