International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education: Volume 20 Issue 8

Using Vertically Integrated Projects to embed research-based education for sustainable development in undergraduate curricula

Scott Munro Strachan, Stephen Marshall, Paul Murray, Edward J. Coyle, Julia Sonnenberg-Klein

This paper aims to share the University of Strathclyde’s experience of embedding research-based education for sustainable development (RBESD) within its undergraduate curricula…

“Future-proof your Degree”: Embedding sustainability and employability at Nottingham Business School (NBS)

Fiona Winfield, Tabani Ndlovu

The purpose of this paper is to present a case study of how a UK business school has explicitly linked sustainability to employability and embedded these into all levels of its…

Universities as the engine of transformational sustainability toward delivering the sustainable development goals: “Living labs” for sustainability

Wendy Maria Purcell, Heather Henriksen, John D. Spengler

Universities can do more to deliver against the sustainable development goals (SDGs), working with faculty, staff and students, as well as their wider stakeholder community and…

Student-led environmental management system in Chiba University

Sakiko Okayama

This paper aims to explain the student-led environmental management system (EMS) based on ISO14001 which Chiba University has continued for 15 years. It describes its structure…

Classroom collaborations: Enabling sustainability education via student-community co-learning

Andrew Reeves

This study aims to explore co-learning classes, a novel approach to leveraging universities’ capacity to contribute to the local sustainable development agenda whilst enhancing…

Liverpool knowledge quarter sustainability network: case study

Ian Stenton, Rachael Hanmer-Dwight

This paper aims to study the development of the Liverpool Knowledge Quarter Sustainability Network (KQSN). It outlines the sectors included in the collaborative knowledge-sharing…

The importance of university, students and students’ union partnerships in student-led projects: A case study

Sarah Jayne Briggs, Zoe P. Robinson, Rachel Louise Hadley, Rebecca Laycock Pedersen

This paper aims to explore a single-institution case study of partnership working between students, the University and Students’ Union, through four student-led sustainability…

Collaboration for transition between TVET and university: a proposal

Arjuman Naziz

Despite the growing emphasis on revitalizing the technical and vocational education and training (TVET) sector in Bangladesh, very little discussion has taken place on reforming…