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In the Liberal Arts Futures module, we recently ran a two-hour game session called Brighton(er) Futures, which drew on tabletop roleplaying games and solarpunk fiction to imagine mixed-to-positive climate futures, centred on Brighton itself.

Next year we'd be interested in exploring running it in a bigger space as a session open to students and staff across the university.

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PAW or other incentives for teaching observation

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PAW or other incentives for teaching observation

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It's great to meet colleagues and hear about what they're doing, but it would be even better to SEE it in action.

I suspect some subject areas are much further ahead than others (and of course, some might naturally lend themselves more to sustainability than others).

I would love to sit in on teaching by colleagues in SSRP, IDS, Global, Life Sciences, etc. to improve myself as an educator, to acquire more domain knowledge, and perhaps to contribute my own perspectives too. But there's no real forum or incentives to arrange this sort of thing. Maybe it could be done under the banner of sustainability?

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Tie-ins with Sussex's sustainability strategy

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Tie-ins with Sussex's sustainability strategy

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Students can sometimes be very cynical or anxious around sustainability. Anything we can do to show the progress being made here on campus, in terms of net zero, climate resilience, biodiversity protection, or in other areas, will be useful to connect with students. Things we can point to that feel like, "Yes! It's not all just talk! The world really is changing for the better, bit by bit!" It's hard to know what this means in practice, because the info is often there, it's just lost in millions of other emails. But I would be especially interested if we could tie this into lesson planning, assessment, field trips, etc.

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Acknowledge our own radical traditions and our own thought leadership

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Acknowledge our own radical traditions and our own thought leadership

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The SDGs are incredibly useful for driving change, but as a university we can and must also shape ideas of sustainability that go beyond the SDGs. Sussex should foster its own pluralist, dynamic, exciting idea of sustainability, informed by our transdisciplinary research and many nonacademic partnerships, that makes space for degrowth and postgrowth, postdevelopment discourse, queer development studies, and more. We should feel supported to articulate and take ownership of what sustainability means for Sussex.

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The more staff know about sustainability, the more it naturally finds its way into our teaching. I think for many of us it's just a matter of finding the time: it's not as high priority as it should be!

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What if there were an option to fasttrack e.g. changes to assessments where the changes are closely aligned to embedding sustainability (tie in with Reimagining the Curriculum, Ethical Educators)?

Or to more rapidly make changes to learning outcomes for a module, when the change is:

(a) Refining an existing learning outcome into a substantially similar learning outcome; and
(b) Introducing a clear link with one of the SDGs

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Teaching enhancement funds for sustainability

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Teaching enhancement funds for sustainability

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A light touch process to apply for small pots of money to do things like invite guest speakers or establish local partnerships. The SDGs are very broad so some thought would be needed on what criteria to put in place, so that it's not just a generic teaching enhancement fund (although those are great too!)

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Curriculum redevelopment "clinics" or similar

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Curriculum redevelopment "clinics" or similar

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Just an idea, but what if there were some kind of event where you could bring a module or a lesson plan, to a team of sustainability experts and talk through it, looking for places where you could include sustainability angles on what you're already teaching? This might help a bit (although not fully) address the risk of replicating the same themes again and again, from the students' perspectives, because it would already be tied to material that is unique to your module.

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It's an obvious one, but still worth mentioning!

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With the support of my HoS, I have recently become accredited as Carbon Literate from the Carbon Literacy Project, and will now be able to get courses I write accredited also - allowing students to also become carbon literate. Having supportive line managers, HoDs and HoSs willing to ring fence time for CPD and experimentation is critical to allow engaged staff members drive their own knowledge and test how it can be implemented in teaching.

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in Product Design we embed the elements of 'sustainability' in different ways across all three years in different modules (from prototyping only being completed in reusable / recyclable materials, designing for disassembly and understanding components etc) We also try and use the term of 'circular economy' more than 'sustainability' however as it is much easier defined and can encompass many more facets of activity. We are also mapping each SDG to the teaching undertaken in
each module, and also linking Final Projects to SDGs also.

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Training (internal and/or external) needs to be in place to brush up on the sustainability knowledge and skills of the staff. I am currently undertaking an online course on Sustainable Finance to stay connected with the financial sector and keep informed with the new trends and developments of sustainability in the real world. I am very grateful for the support from the Department of Accounting and Finance on my training.

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The MSc Sustainable Finance and Accounting progamme at Business School is attracting more attention. Among many sustainable finance and accounting modules on this course, I am conveying 121N1 Sustainable Business Finance, which seek to equip the students with knowledge and skills on sustainably improving business performance, as well as driving the changes of business purpose.

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We are inviting you to be part of the community of Sussex academics leading our efforts to further embed sustainability in the curriculum.

Join the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Teach In

The SDG Teach In is an annual campaign from Students Organising for Sustainability (SOS), taking place from 1-31 March 2023.

It calls on educators to include the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in their teaching, learning and assessment.

SOS are a sister organisation to the National Union of Students, who we recently partnered with to audit our curriculum and explore how the SDGs are already present in University modules.

The Teach In spans the formal, informal and subliminal curriculum at all stages of education and through all disciplines, so educators of all kinds can take part.

You can incorporate the SDGs in any way you like - but we'd encourage solutions-focused and participatory learning that's relevant to your discipline.

Take part in the SDG Teach in by:

1. taking immediate action and pledging to take part now via the Pledge form

2. learning more by about the SDGs and how to embed them in your teaching by watching SOS's webinar and using their case studies and resources

3. completing an action plan and starting to teach about the SDGs.

We'd love you to join the campaign and become one of our target 100 Sussex academics who pledge, plan and teach their students about the Sustainable Development Goals this March.

Other ways to get involved

Join our in-person event on 9 March or online on 10 March to discuss our wider Sustainable Curriculum conversation, share and learn best practice and ideas for teaching about the SDGs. You can also join this conversation on our online discussion board.

More information

You can find out more about sustainability and the curriculum by:

reading about the Teach In campaign

reading our brochure showcasing how sustainability is currently featured in the curriculum

exploring our report on the our recent student-led audit of the curriculum.

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We are inviting you to be part of the community of Sussex academics leading our efforts to further embed sustainability in the curriculum. The SDG Teach In is an annual campaign from Students Organising for Sustainability (SOS), taking place from 1-31 March 2023.

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As part of changes to meet the AHEP4 learning outcome criteria for course accreditation

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Reduce workload and provide sufficient notice for changes to be planned and implemented in a meaningful way.

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Online Webinar: Sustainable Curriculum Conversation (14 March)

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Online Webinar: Sustainable Curriculum Conversation (14 March)

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online webinar: sustainable curriculum conversation tickets

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Eventbrite - Sussex Sustainability Team presents Online Webinar: Sustainable Curriculum Conversation - Tuesday, 14 March 2023 - Find event and ticket information.

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In-person Workshop: Sustainable Curriculum Conversation (09 March)

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In-person Workshop: Sustainable Curriculum Conversation (09 March)

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in-person workshop: sustainable curriculum conversation falmer tickets

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Eventbrite - Sussex Sustainability Team presents In-person Workshop: Sustainable Curriculum Conversation - Thursday, 9 March 2023 at Conference Centre, Third Floor, Bramber House, Falmer, England. Find event and ticket information.

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It is becoming increasingly obvious that many of us already include sustainability in our teaching but the lack of awareness of what sustainability means, makes it seem more elusive.