Employer Breakfast Targets Green Skills in Construction
Local employers gathered at a recent Leeds College of Building event to learn more about the growing demand for green skills in construction. The employer breakfast…
Sustainability
Sustainability is the avoidance of the depletion of natural resources in order to maintain an ecological balance.
Sustainability means meeting our own needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. In addition to natural resources, we also need social and economic resources.
Sustainability is a societal goal with three dimensions: the environmental, economic and social dimension. This concept can be used to guide decisions at the global, national and at the individual consumer level.
Sustainability Education is often referred to as Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), which has been defined as: UNESCO, 2014. “Education for Sustainable Development allows every human being to acquire the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values necessary to shape a sustainable future.
Closing the Autism Employment Gap, AI in Education, and Green Skills: Soundbite Edition 702
Welcome to Soundbite Edition 702, 8th July 2023, brought to you by Finley, Holly & Danielle. This week has been busy within the FE sector,…
Greenpower Partnership Brings Electric Car Challenge to Bradford
A new partnership will bring a Grand Prix for Formula 24 cars to Bradford city centre in Summer 2024. Bradford College and global charity Greenpower…
Growth in sustainability qualifications reflects workforce demand
Maddie Booth explores the rise in sustainability qualifications and how this reflects the growing demand for green skills across different sectors. Maddie argues for the…
Enabling Behavioural Change to Create a Culture of Sustainability
To achieve growth sustainability must be at the heart of everything we do. Businesses have a critical role to play enabling mass behavioural change to…
Unveiling the future of fashion: Hainsworth and MMUFDT announce winner of slow fashion competition
Hainsworth, a British fabric manufacturer and woollen mill known for its commitment to quality and sustainability, recently collaborated with Manchester Metropolitan University’s Fashion Design and…
Tomorrow University, Germany’s Remote-First Neo-University, Secures $10 Million in Series A Funding Led by Europe’s Largest EdTech Fund, EduCapital
Tomorrow University of Applied Sciences (Tomorrow University), the German Neo-University in sustainability, entrepreneurship, and technology, announced the successful completion of its Series A funding round…
Climate + Education = Change: Empowering a Sustainable World
Introduction The challenges posed by climate change are the most pressing issues of our time. As we face the consequences of global warming, we know…
SENSE AND SUSTAINABILITY: Advancing apprenticeships for social mobility and sustainable development
Cerian Ayres and Mandy Crawford-Lee examine the need to embed sustainability across apprenticeships, skills and work-based learning. They highlight the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals as…
Imperial College Business School Combines Leadership, Data Analytics and Sustainability Expertise in new Executive Education Programme
A new Executive Education programme designed to enable organisations and individuals to refine, enhance and action effective sustainability strategies is to be launched by Imperial…
