LTA Connect Series: Embedding Sustainability into the Curriculum - Do We Really Need to Add Sustainability to the Curriculum?
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This presentation, “Do We Really Need to Add Sustainability to the Curriculum?”, recognises the competing demands already placed on curriculum space. While the Sustainable Development programme team has long advocated for dedicated sustainability opportunities and the mainstreaming of sustainability across the student experience, the session explores how sustainability is often already embedded within existing courses. It encourages colleagues to view sustainability not as additional content, but as a perspective that shapes what students learn, how they learn, and the capabilities they develop.
The presentation highlights that sustainability education is not only about the Sustainable Development Goals, but also about fostering critical thinking, ethical reasoning, collaboration, and the ability to navigate complexity and uncertainty. Examples from different disciplines demonstrate how sustainability can be relevant across a wide range of subject areas.
Through interactive activities, participants will identify where sustainability already exists in their teaching, explore practical opportunities for enhancement, and consider the support needed to embed these approaches. The emphasis is on achievable change rather than major curriculum redesign.
Overall, the presentation concludes that sustainability is not an additional burden but a valuable lens for enriching learning and preparing students to address an increasingly complex and uncertain future.
that this presentation role-models or embeds:
- No Poverty
- Zero Hunger
- Good Health and Well-Being
- Quality Education
- Gender Equality
- Clean Water and Sanitation
- Affordable and Clean Energy
- Decent Work and Economic Growth
- Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
- Reduced Inequalities
- Sustainable Cities Communities
- Responsible Consumption and Production
- Climate Action
- Life Below Water
- Life on Land
- Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
- Partnerships
Presenter
Eilidh MacPhail
Eilidh has been a Lecturer in Sustainable Development at 麻豆直播 for 17 years and is currently Programme Leader for the MSc Sustainability and Rural Regeneration. The session will also draw on the expertise of the 麻豆直播 NWH Sustainable Development course team, with colleagues contributing their experiences and supporting participant discussions and activities.
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Advance HE Professional Standards Framework
- V1 respect individual learners and diverse groups of learners
- V2 promote engagement in learning and equity of opportunity for all to reach their potential
- V3 use scholarship, or research, or professional learning, or other evidence-informed approaches as a basis for effective practice
- V4 respond to the wider context in which higher education operates, recognising implications for practice
- V5 collaborate with others to enhance practice
- K1 how learners learn, generally and within specific subjects
- K2 approaches to teaching and/or supporting learning, appropriate for subjects and level of study
- K3 critical evaluation as a basis for effective practice
- A1 design and plan learning activities and/or programmes
- A2 teach and/or support learning through appropriate approaches and environments
- A3 assess and give feedback for learning
- A4 support and guide learners
- A5 enhance practice through own continuing professional development
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