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Last month we were joined by 15 staff with sustainability remits across FE and HE unions to launch a new Professional Development Network for the movement.
Martin Samson studies Economics and Psychology at the University of Edinburgh. Here, he reflects on his participation in the Responsible Futures Auditing Programme.
We've published the 7th year of research into students' experiences of teaching and learning for sustainability.
Last month, NUS held its first-ever 'teach-in' for the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It was met with huge enthusiasm from students and educators alike � we're already planning
Anglia Ruskin University is delighted to have signed up to the Fossil Fuel Declaration, a partnership between the National Union of Students and People & Planet. Here's their announceme
The National Union of Students and the Environmental Association for Univeristies and Colleges (EAUC) were invited to Tashkent, Uzbekistan in January 2017 by the British Council in Uzbekist
NUS has been calling for the National Student Survey (NSS) to include questions about environmental sustainability for five years. The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has now agr
Danny Hyde, bar manager at Trinity Saint David's Students' Union (TSDSU), tells us about his bar's commitment to becoming plastic-free.
Hayley Cooper, student at University of Central Lancashire, shares her story of organising a farmers' market supported by NUS' Student Eats.
Vice President Robbiie Young shares his top three updates on the Divest-Invest: Emissions Impossible campaign, in the fourth edition of this monthly blog.
What is the connection between climate change, environmental justice, and prisons? Jess Bradley - NUS' Trans Officer - explains.
Last year, in partnership with the Fairtrade Foundation and with support from the Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges, NUS launched a Fairtrade award for universities and col
We're mid-way through the #SDGTeachIn! It's been so motivating seeing everyone's updates on Twitter. Here's what Rana Parween has to say about integrating the UN Sustainable Development Goals (S
The climate crisis is a racist crisis. Black Students' Officer Ilyas Nagdee explains why.
Sustainable food systems not only reduce environmental harm and minimise waste - they bring people closer. These four food enterprises, supported by NUS' Student Eats, have community connection at th
Dr Alison Greig, Director of Education for Sustainability (EfS) at Anglia Ruskin University, shares three ways to integrate the Sustainable Development Goals into learning during the #SDGTeachIn
NUS Scotland Vice President (Education) Jodie Waite supports the #SDGTeachIn in this blog considering the role of sustainability in education.
SOAS University of London is pleased to announce that it has fulfilled its promise of March 2015 to divest from fossil fuels within three years. This makes SOAS the first university in London to fulf
Jessica Lavie, BA Fine Art student at the University of Northampton, tells us how pledging to the #SDGTeachIn connects to her work with environmentally-conscious art.
Vice President Robbiie Young shares his top 3 updates on the Divest-Invest: Emissions Impossible campaign, in the third edition of this monthly blog.
Congratulations to all of our valued participants on the Green Impact Students' Unions programme!
This month, MPs on the Environmental Audit Committee called for a 25p surcharge on disposal coffee cups.
The Green Impact network consists of a wide breadth of organisations, teams and individuals. This month showcases the project at the University of Manchester.
Dr Debbie Bartlett, Principal Lecturer and Programme Leader MSc Environmental Conservation at the University of Greenwich, tells us how the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) feature in h
The report, Homes Fit for Study, is compiled from research into student experiences of energy in the private rented sector, funded by the Eaga Charitable Trust.
The University of Huddersfield has confirmed that its ethical investment policy screens out all investments in fossil fuel companies.
The Further and Higher Education (FE and HE) sector is making a collective call to vice chancellors and principals to put their money where their mouth is when it comes to sustainability
Dr Alastair Smith, Senior Teaching Fellow in Global Sustainable Development at the University of Warwick, tells us how he'll be particpating in the #SDGTeachIn.
Keya Khandaker from youth activist group Accountability Advocates tells us why they are supporting the SDG Teach-in.
Community Energy Briefing.
In this guest blog, UCL student Selai Saydzai tells us about her experience of becoming a senior Green Impact project assistants - and why other students should do it too!
UWE is the first university to fully commit to the SDG Teach-in. How is your institution doing?
The Green Impact network consists of a wide breadth of organisations, teams and individuals. This month showcases the project at the University of Sheffield.
This month, Unite Students' in-house sustainability engagement programme won the Behavioural Change & Employee Engagement Award at The Energy Awards.
The festive season is a great time of year for teams to complete Green Impact tasks in a fun and social way. Here are some of our favourite activities we've heard about this year.
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Vice President Robbiie Young shares his top 3 updates on the Emissions Impossible: divest-invest campaign, in the second edition of this monthly blog.
This Monday, NUS hosted a parliamentary reception to celebrate ten years of its sustainable behaviour-change programme, Green Impact.
A summary of the 2017 Student Eats conference
The day - attended by over 150 students and students' union representatives - featured talks and workshops on a wide range of issues, all with a focus of adopting an interconnected approach to sustai
Today, student campaign groups at the UK universities of Manchester, Cambridge, Leeds, UCL, Oxford, Bristol and Plymouth are leading a national day of action demanding their institutions divest from
Sustainable Development Goals
This guest blog from People & Planet reflects on the 10th annual People & Planet University League which was published today. It reveals how a decade of student pressure on cam
Emissions Impossible: divest-invest
This was my first ever NUS Sustainability Summit, and it was the largest one ever, so the best one to start off my sustainability journey on! I attended some really inspirational workshops and m
Vice President Robbiie Young shares his top 3 updates on the Divest-Invest: Emissions Impossible campaign, in the first edition of this new monthly blog.
In 2016, 14% of university and 5% of Further Education college governors were linked to the fossil fuel industry, with £18.7 million worth of university fossil fuel research taking place.
On the 5th October, alongside People & Planet, we submitted evidence to the University of Cambridge's Divestment Working Group.
Taking place at Coventry University, on 8th November 2017
The second year of our pilot project in FE institutions and unions launches
A brand new petition to end oil sponsorship of the Royal Shakespeare Company launches today
The ESSA project, funded by the EU's Erasmus+ programme, is one year old. Find out what we've been up to delivering the project across Europe...
On Monday 25 September at the Labour Party Conference, stakeholders from education and environment groups got together for an event called, �What would a green National Education Service look like?�
Registration for the Student Sustainability Summit 2017 is now open! And this year it's a two-for-one; our sustainable food Student Eats conference is the day before.
NUS is developing a new, European student energy-saving initiative, called Students Achieving Valuable Energy Savings 2.
Green Impact is NUS' ethical and environmental accreditation scheme. It's designed to support your organisation in becoming as sustainable as possible - so both you and the planet feel good.&nbs
We've launched our annual Impact Report. Take a look to read about our achievements over the past year - including supporting student activism, organising global sustainability programmes, and winnin
Last year, NUS was honored to win a UNESCO award for our pioneering work Education for Sustainable Development, through Green Impact. We used part of our prize money to award microgrants to Gree
In partnership with People & Planet, NUS has developed the Fossil Fuel Declaration. By signing this, universities are affirming their current fossil free status, as well as&nb
Every year the research we run proves what we've been suspecting for decades - students want to learn more and use their education to take action for a cleaner more positive future. 2/3 of stude
We've supported some truly inspiring sustainable food enterprises through our Student Eats programme. Here's how some participants feel about their projects' impacts on wellbeing.
Last month, NUS hosted an event for UK health professionals to get together and discuss the present and future of sustainable healthcare.
Last month, we held our annual Sustainability Programmes Roundtable, bringing together those delivering NUS sustainability programmes to network and share good practice.
Every year, the Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges (EAUC) runs the Green Gown Awards, to recognise exceptional sustainability initiatives by universities and colleges.
The Green Impact Students' Unions awards last night were a big success - well done to all involved, and thank you for joining us in our work for a sustainable society!
university and college Fairtrade standard
Dan Glass is an award-winning activist, academic, performer and writer who was named as one of Attitude Magazine's campaigning role models for LGBTQI youth, and a Guardian UK youth climate leader. He
This year's Green Impact Students' Unions has been a little different; it's aimed to bring in more people, foster sustainable skill sets, and encourage campaigning. So, as audits are drawing to a clo
Our sustainability behaviour change toolkit, Green Impact, has proven so successful that we've been rolling it our across sectors and countries... and now we've reached Australia!
It's National Vegetarian Week! Whether you're a committed carnivore, vegetarian, vegan, or something in between, these really quite easy and delicious recipes will not disappoint.
Here's a lively guest blog from the City University food co-op team, supported by Student Eats, on their experience starting a sustainable food enterprise. (Hint: it sounds pretty great!)
NUS National Conference passed a motion resolving to push for work placements and apprenticeships incorporating sustainability.
At the Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges Conference, the Fairtrade Foundation and NUS ran a workshop on their plans to redevelop and relaunch the Fairt
NUS, the Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges, and Love to Ride are piloting an initiative to get more university students and staff cycling.
NUS and Friends of the Earth are set to launch a programme to engage and empower Further Education students through campaigning.
Today, delegates at NUS National Conference voted in favour of a motion to renew the drive for student action against climate change.
In this guest blog, student volunteer Kristina Kjoenigsen at Roehampton University shares why she started volunteering at food enterprise Growhampton, how she's helped its development - and how t
This guest post by the Marine Conservation Society looks at the serious (and absolutely gross) environmental implications of flushing even 'flushable' things down the loo.
Green Impact Programme Manager Jo Kemp went to a conference dedicated to sustianability in universities and colleges - here's what she thought.
This academic year has been another big one for Green Impact, reaching wider into the community more than ever before and continuing to innovate approaches on campus with staff and students.
Green Impact support calls and webinars
University of Bradford Union volunteering assistant, Bianca Olimpia Drotleff, tells us about their WWF Earth Hour events last month - both attended by almost 100 students!
Ayo Akinrele, member of NUS Advisory Group for Sustainability, went to an innovative event about solidarity with refugees. Here's what he learned.
How one student took her sustainability project idea from a pondering in a lecture to a full-scale, functioning initiative! Kim Croasdale tells us about Dissertations for Good.
In light of the ever-increasing momentum of universities' divestment from fossil fuels, Vice President Rob Young considers the powerful potential democratic, student-centred reinvestment decisio
Two ways to win a trip to India with NUS and clothing company Epona, to visit our Fairtrade supply chain.
A lightening eight-week campaign by King's College Climate Emergency of daring direct actions, culminating in a 14 day hunger strike and twenty-four hour occupation, has led to a significant change o
Get your applications in for funding for Green Impact sustainability projects - last chance this academic year!
The plans follow a determined campaign by the University's Fossil Free Society, inspired by the international fossil fuel divestment movement.
Vice President Robbiie Young rounds up NUS's powerful divestment campaign so far, and looks at the vital work being done by students' unions and student activists to push their institutions to commit
In this student guest blog, Michael Kind from the University of Sheffield considers the potential of empowered students to harness a cooperative approach to renewable energy.
NUS is launching an open resource to demonstrate that sustainability can - and should - be embedded into any (yes, any!) curriculum.
Green Impact also works to make healthcare more sustainable - here's how it works, and some examples of who's involved.
Pete Offord is Campaign and Community Partnerships Coordinator at Middlesex University Students' Union. We spoke to him about engaging the student community with sustainability.
NUS' clothing company, Epona, is the first UK business to announce its backing for the pioneering Fairtrade Textile Programme.
Check out our new ratecard and bring our award winning campaigns and projects to your campus in 2017/18.
report revealing that 14% of UK universities have links with the fossil fuel industry
We've already funded some innovative sustianabilty initiatives with our microgrants - could yours be next?
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