1. Environmental Association of Universities and Colleges Working with staff and students

2. Overview • Quick survey of current practice • Much good practice in sector • Critical Success factor – why • How? • Who? • Workshop

3. Working with staff and students • Why • Can’t do it by yourself; get to parts other… • Need to communicate • Improved environmental sustainability needs systemic change • Change attitudes, knowledge get greater understanding and buy-in ; behavioural chnage • Staff and students have differing perspectives, cunning plans

4. Staff • Representatives – committees • Supporters • Auditors (Environmental Management Systems) • Curriculum and assignments/projects /dissertation/research • Modelling good practice • Spies • Naggers • (Eco/EMS) –Champions • Part of the bigger environment team

5. Staff • All the staff are important, whatever their role in organisation • Demographics: 25 –60 (average age 50?). Some of us have been there for some time • Middle- aged middle class, females more interested? • Volunteers • Champions? • All affect facilities usage

6. How to get to staff • Through senior/middle management and/or bottom- up • Committees • Networks (formal/informal) • Forums eg Swansea University has good Staff /Student Forum (Sustainability Forum) • Email eg SMU 100 day campaign (but can get email fatigue) • Staff training, induction etc (SDO) • Specific events and competitions eg SMU’s environment champions in environment week fairtrade /fortnight

7. How to get to staff • Staff newsletters, notice boards (EPCs/ DECs) • Specific publications eg environmental newsletters, handbooks eg Green Guides • Press releases; SMU good at this • Web • Intranet • Blackboard • Facebook/ You Tube etc

8. Press releases

9. What do we want from staff? • Commitment • Behaviour change eg demand Fairtrade coffee, salary sacrifice • Good – not bad example • Good ideas, constructive criticism • Green curriculum both inside courses and across entire organisation • Cunning plans

10. Students • Demographics varies with college/uni • FT/PT • Younger; different perspective • The customer? – lots of significance to senior management • Turnover; 25% upwards per year • More demand for sustainability now • They’re there for different reasons than staff; mostly to get qualification • May not deliver

11. Students How to get to them • See above under staff • Freshers, student induction, modules • Electronic means eg U tube, Facebook, Blackboard • Student Union – Councils, Environment and Ethics rep. • Student Groups; People and Planet, other groups eg international groups • Plus their tutors/lecturers eg Glyndwr student project • Student services, international officers.

12. What can you offer students? • Ways to be more sustainable • Ways of getting assignments done • Meaningful projects/ placement /dissertations,eg Hatfield Uni student projects • Fun • Feeling useful • Better CV; employability skills

13. What is a champion? • Literally champions to others • Knowledge and expertise • Rewards • Recognition of being an exemplar How get a champion? • Nomination by manager or self or peers • Improve – training, information • Put in job description (But HERA!)

14. Electronic communications • South West Wales Higher Education Partnership sustainability Project: Green Guides in pdf format

15. Interactive & Online Quizes

16. The here, the now and the future? • Facebook Groups & Invitations • RSS feeds • Blackboard Community System • Direct mobile marketing – Bluetooth hotspots

17. Workshop • Divide into groups • Appoint reporter • On Charts, list:- • Ways of working with staff and students with positive and negative features • Report at 10 to 12

18. Contacts • elizabeth.may@smu.ac.uk 01792 481143 • Anna.rawlings@smu.ac.uk