1 January 2013
Sustainable
University Notes: An introduction
10 January 2013
Sustainability:
The challenge
24 January 2013
Sustainability:
The definition
15 February 2013
Education’s role in
addressing sustainability and ESD
24 May 2013
Higher Education’s
role in building a sustainable world
21 July 2013
Pathways to a
sustainable university
6 October 2013
EDUCATION pathway to
a Sustainable University (Part 1): curriculum content and delivery
21 October 2013
Opportunities for
integrating sustainability across curricula (Part 2 of EDUCATION pathway to a
Sustainable University)
30 October 2013
University of
Planetshire approach to integrating sustainability across the curriculum (Part
3 of EDUCATION pathway to a Sustainable University)
4 November 2013
Outputs of the
University of Planetshire Approach to integrating sustainability across the
curriculum (Part 4 of EDUCATION pathway to a Sustainable University)
1 January 2014
Will it work? – The
University of Planetshire Approach to integrating sustainability across the
curriculum (Part 5 of EDUCATION pathway to a Sustainable University)
Then,
the 12th post, on The Planetshire University Model, was published in
March 2014:
Sustainability as an
enhancer of reputation and financial position | The Planetshire University (PU)
model
Further
development of this Model led to its second version in August 2014. The
proposal in full (also as PDF) is available from:
Sustainability
in the curriculum as a driver of reputation enhancement and stakeholder
engagement | The Planetshire University (PU) Model (v2)
This
proposed R&D project will aim to enhance academics’ engagement in
sustainability at Planetshire University (PU, a hypothetical university) while:
·
Enriching
and supporting PU’s programme of integrating sustainability across its
curriculum, and
·
Using
sustainability as a driver of the institution’s reputation enhancement and
stakeholder engagement
Its
Executive Summary is as follows:
This research and development project will aim to enhance academics’ engagement in sustainability at
Planetshire University or PU (a hypothetical university) while (a) enriching
and supporting PU’s programme of integrating sustainability across its
curriculum, and (b) using sustainability as a driver of the institution’s
reputation enhancement and stakeholder engagement.
Its strategy will
bring together PU’s disciplines, stakeholders and efforts onto a common online
platform by way of a project that comprises four elements: (1) academic
engagement in sustainability, (2) a sound theoretical basis, (3) a practical
approach, and (4) mutually beneficial, inclusive and regular engagement. Academic engagement comprises:
co-create discipline-friendly sustainability profiles through a research study;
enable academics to showcase their expertise in the public domain; and help
their learning and teaching of sustainability. The sound theoretical basis spans both organisation theory (e.g.,
Ambiguity Advantage, Stakeholder Approach and CSR) and theories in SHE (e.g.
campus as a living lab for sustainability learning, three curricula opportunities
for ESD, and the 4C Model). The practical
approach revolves around the learning from the proposer’s experiment called
The Sustainable University One-stop Shop http://www.sustainableuni.kk5.org/
(recognised in UNEP’s Greening
Universities Toolkit). Mutually
beneficial, inclusive and regular engagement is ensured by a number of
ways, including provision of a choice of three welcoming gateways to the world
of sustainability (Subjects, Interests and Continents), use of diverse means
for engagement (ranging from research to poetry) and setting up and leading an
RCE on ESD as part of UN University’s global RCE network.
Project deliverables
are of seven types, under three broad categories: (1) online one-stop shop
suite (i.e., PU One-stop Shop for a Sustainable World, flanked by six satellite
websites, including Curriculum, Campus and Research); (2) offline deliverables,
including an ESD helpdesk, academic papers and press articles; and (3) RCE
Planetshire tools (if established) (e.g. RCE London http://www.londonrce.kk5.org).
The proposal can be implemented as an R&D project in
which the proposer is happy to work as a research assistant, or as a PhD
project. He has the necessary strengths to play the diverse roles demanded by
this project, including journalism, photography, design and marketing/branding.
Feasibility of this project is
strengthened by a number of factors, such as innovative integration, cost
effectiveness, simple implementation, mutually beneficial stakeholder
engagement and the proposer’s strengths.
Among this project’s other
benefits are staff development, cost savings and contribution to HE agendas
(e.g. student recruitment, employability, carbon reduction, research impact,
internationalisation, quality, e-learning, access). By becoming the host
institution of this innovative PU Model, a
university can position itself at the forefront of the global endeavour for
Sustainability in HE and ESD.
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I am looking for a host institution to
implement this innovative model. If you are interested, please contact me on asitha_jayawardena@yahoo.com
Become the host institution of this innovative Planetshire
University (PU) Model and place your university at the forefront of the global
endeavour for Sustainability in Higher Education and Education for Sustainable
Development (ESD)….
NOTE:
Asitha Jayawardena is the founder of The
Sustainable University One-stop Shop (SUOSS) (http://www.sustainableuni.kk5.org) and The
Planetshire University (PU) model (http://sunewsinfo.wordpress.com/proposal/), which frames
sustainability as an opportunity for organisations, particularly universities,
for reputation enhancement and stakeholder engagement. His LinkedIn Group is
‘Sustainability, Education and Engagement | ESD at Planetshire University’ http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Sustainability-Education-Engagement-ESD-Planetshire-8102240. His profile and
portfolio http://issuu.com/aij3/docs/profile-asitha
Its
satellite websites: News &
Info www.sunewsinfo.wordpress.com | Research www.suresearch1.wordpress.com | Good Practice www.sugoodpractice.wordpress.com | Quotes www.suquotesfacts.wordpress.com | Blog www.su-notes.blogspot.co.uk | Reflective Diary www.esddiary.wordpress.com | Twitter www.twitter.com/sustainableuni1
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