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Scottish Funding Council Sustainability policy

Learn about the Scottish Funding Council's sustainability policy and actions for education and research, including promoting trans-disciplinary approaches, investing in research centers, and embedding sustainability in estate strategies.

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Scottish Funding Council Sustainability policy

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  1. Scottish Funding CouncilSustainability policy EAUC Conference 18 April 2007 Riona BellDirector of Funding

  2. Scotland’s strategy December 2005: “Choosing our Future” • Learning a major strand August 2006: “Learning for our Future” • 5-year action plan • Aims to make SD core to education system

  3. SFC actions: Learning & Teaching • Encourage generic trans-disciplinary approaches • Higher Education Academy • Conference June 2007 • Work with SQA re curriculum Design • Scottish Further Education Unit • Research into career choices • SFC On Track Survey

  4. SFC actions: Research • Consider ways of improving links between learning and sustainability and environment-related research capacity • Investing in new university research centres for carbon storage and environmental sustainability • Scottish Alliance for Geoscience, Environment and Society

  5. SFC actions: Estates • SFC’s SD guidance to be embedded in estate strategy guidance • New estate strategy guidance about to be published • SD guidance is under review • Provide a ‘one stop shop’ with EAUC-S • CaSPr • Monitor progress of SD elements in projects • Evaluation of three pathfinder projects • Guidance on high performance buildings • Review estate management data

  6. ECOSpace @ Lauder College

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