Mixing it up: alternative learning Twitter: @UBUbristol | www.ubu.org.uk
Jan 18, 2016
Mixing it up: alternative learning
Twitter: @UBUbristol | www.ubu.org.uk
Twitter: @UBUbristol | www.ubu.org.uk
Improved recycling at Welcome Fair
WHAT DID UBU GET GREEN DO LAST YEAR?
10 % energy savings across all halls
88 tonnes of unwanted items donated (rather than landfill) raising £200k for local and national charities
20% increase in recycling in some halls
2000 students on the newsletter
4 student-led upcycling workshops
Free Earth Hour concert with music and performances
Sustainability training for Course RepsEco-themed pub quiz
Researching a UBU Second Hand shop
800 students attended events
Project OverviewUBU Get Green
Learn
• Empowering students to become change makers in their curriculum.
Act
• Developing positive environmental behaviours for waste, energy, and water.
Engage
• Giving opportunities for students to volunteer, gain employability skills, and contribute to the community.
Create
• Supporting students with funding, resources, and staff assistance in making their own green ideas a reality.
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UBU KEY APPROACHES• Student led• Partnership focussed• Utilising existing
systems and processes
• Open access resources
Learn• Embedding Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)
in the curriculum• Empowering students to be change makers in the
classroom
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What is alternative learning?
Community Based Learning
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• Work with a community partner on a real world problem
• Individual examples• Three pilots: Engineering, Social Policy and
Geographical Science
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Dissertations for Good• NUS Pilot
• Undergraduate dissertations
• Projects that are practical, fascinating and publishable
Social Media
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• Example from UBC-Vancouver
• Provides the opportunity for students to propose, coordinate and lead your own
• Cover a topic not currently offered by the University
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Student Directed Seminars
Over to you……………
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• How do you learn at the moment?
• How would you like to learn?
• What needs to change?
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• Next steps……….
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Join our Green Curriculum Team!
• First meeting this Monday 20th October 6.30pm in Wills Memorial Building L102
Contact: Quinn, Amy and Hannah
Email: [email protected]: 0117 331 8653
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Thank you!