{"id":9,"date":"2023-05-30T13:18:31","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T13:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/qualityefs\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2024-03-27T15:40:37","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T15:40:37","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/qualityefs\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull\" style=\"min-height:440px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-palette-color-7-background-color has-background-dim-60 has-background-dim\"><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-129000004945\" alt=\"People walking through the forest of dean\" src=\"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/mediahub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/sites\/129\/2023\/06\/Forest-of-Dean.jpg\" style=\"object-position:50% 71%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"50% 71%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/mediahub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/sites\/129\/2023\/06\/Forest-of-Dean.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/mediahub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/sites\/129\/2023\/06\/Forest-of-Dean-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/mediahub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/sites\/129\/2023\/06\/Forest-of-Dean-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/mediahub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/sites\/129\/2023\/06\/Forest-of-Dean-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/mediahub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/sites\/129\/2023\/06\/Forest-of-Dean-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/mediahub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/sites\/129\/2023\/06\/Forest-of-Dean-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/mediahub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/sites\/129\/2023\/06\/Forest-of-Dean-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.glos.ac.uk\/mediahub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/95\/sites\/129\/2023\/06\/Forest-of-Dean-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Students driving curriculum quality <br>for sustainability<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A blueprint to raise quality and support progress in sustainability learning<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Between February 2022 and June 2023, University of Gloucestershire was funded by the UK Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.qaa.ac.uk\/en\/membership\/collaborative-enhancement-projects\/education-for-sustainable-development\/students-driving-curriculum-quality-for-sustainability-developing-criteria-and-tools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">QAA<\/a>), to lead an innovation project in Education for Sustainability (EfS) to drive up quality in sustainability learning and help to mainstream this within university courses.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Funded by the QAA Collaborative Enhancement Project fund, the project ran in partnership with King\u2019s College London and University of the Arts London: London College of Fashion.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The purpose of this project was to empower students to ask questions about sustainability in their course experience and identify powerful sustainability learning, and to equip academic teams with simple principles to assess levels of integration of Education for Sustainability into courses any subject area.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"146\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/qualityefs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/326\/2023\/06\/EfS-partners-1024x146.jpg\" alt=\"Organisations in the project's logos: University of Gloucestershire, UK Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA), Kings College London, UAL: London College of Fashion - 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Rating sustainability quality in courses, in a nutshell\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jGrQ88UlJrE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-palette-color-6-color has-text-color\"><strong>Project purpose from the student viewpoint<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Project outputs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">The project involved student co-creation and was based on an approach to assessing progress and quality in EfS developed by University of Gloucestershire.&nbsp;The package of resources found in this website include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>A \u2018blueprint\u2019 of quality principles and criteria for EfS<\/strong> \u2013 with potential for use and adoption in flexible ways by course teams, students, academic developers or sustainability staff, to raise EfS quality in university courses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>An \u2018anti-greenwash education kit\u2019 for students<\/strong> \u2013 designed by the student team and based on student feedback, with speed-training tools to empower students to rate EfS learning in their courses and examples in practice. Thanks to QAA for providing post-project hosting of this resource, for the benefit of all students across the sector.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\" style=\"min-height:280px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-palette-color-2-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">About the project<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Find out more about the project\u2019s purpose and activities.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-palette-color-7-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/qualityefs\/about-the-project\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\" style=\"min-height:280px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-palette-color-2-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Anti-greenwash <br>Education Kit<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Use the EfS speed training tool, rate your course and drive change.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-palette-color-7-background-color has-background has-text-align-left wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.anti-greenwash-education.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Visit the kit<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\" style=\"min-height:280px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-palette-color-2-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Sector review<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center 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