University of Sunderland

Finalist

Creative Education for a Sustainable Future

In the Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries (FACI), we believe that our students’ creativity can make the world a better place.

This cross-faculty project highlighted the importance of creativity and thinking sustainability in the creative industries. It showcased sustainability in the curriculum and celebrated diverse approaches from our students and staff. Importantly, the project is professions-facing to help tomorrow’s employees think sustainability into their careers.

In summary we:  

Top 3 Learnings

  1. Projects like this need leadership from the management team to focus, encourage and celebrate developments.
  2. Alongside strong leadership it is important to create space for academics, technical staff and - importantly - students to feed in their ideas and priorities.
  3. We recommend focusing on a limited number of priorities to start with which are then executed beautifully.
12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
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