Winner of the 2020 International Green Gown Award for Student Engagement and 2020 AASHE Campus Sustainability Research Award, the Vertically Integrated Projects for Sustainable Development (VIP4SD) programme at the University of Strathclyde represents an innovative approach to embedding credit-bearing, Research-Based ESD in undergraduate curricula. VIP4SD is embedded in the curriculum and enables students to work in partnership with experienced researchers and academics across different disciplines (including engineering, business, science, and humanities and social sciences) and years of study on student-centred, SDG-focused research projects. The session will explore the challenges the programme coordinators have encountered in taking the program from pilot to a scalable, mainstream educational offering across the whole institution. The session will also reflect on the pivotal role the programme has played in paving the way for a broader ESD agenda to emerge at Strathclyde (ESD@Strath) and how it influenced the strategic plan of the University to commit to embedding ESD across curricula.
Presenters:
Dr. Scott Strachan (he/him), Senior Research Fellow, University of Strathclyde
Dr. Louise Logan (she/her), Learning Enhancement Officer, University of Strathclyde
Moderated by: Jonas Haertle, Chief, Executive Director Office, UN Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)