Curriculum
Providing accessible and inclusive learning opportunities on sustainability and the climate and ecological crises.
The University has committed to embedding the Sustainable Development Goals and Climate Emergency across all courses in its Environment and Climate Emergency Policy Statement.
Transformative Education - through the Transformative Education Framework, we will use the power of education to transform our students’ lives so that they, in turn, can transform the world. This framework enables all students to see the challenges associated with the climate emergency, inequality and social injustice in their fields of study.
Responsible Futures - a whole-institution supported change programme and accreditation mark to embed sustainability across all aspects of student learning. The University is aiming to gain accreditation in 2024.
Curriculum mapping project - mapping the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) teaching and learning approaches across the formal curriculum through a student-led mapping exercise.
SDG Teach In - an annual campaign running throughout March that encourages all educators to include the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) as part of their teaching.
Sulitest provides universities with the tools to integrate sustainability education into their institutions, programs and courses through a suite of tools and tests.
We are in the process of implementing use of Sulitest TASK to raise student awareness of sustainability and to assess how this changes over their time at Exeter. This builds on previous use of Sulitest in 2023/24 where all first and second-year students were asked to participate. In the initial role out of Sulitest 327 first-year and 170 second-year students completed it. This is expected to be far surpassed with the role out of Sulitest TASK which is anticipated to be more strongly integrated into the curriculum.
Learn.Exeter is our Moodle platform that offers free online short courses to the public - the University has now completed the process of transferring our online courses from FutureLearn to our own site - Learn.Exeter. This includes a range of courses relating to sustainability and the SDGs. Learn.Exeter is available for staff and students and members of the public to access. The site formally launched in April 2024.
Flexible Combined Honours - a unique degree structure that lets you study a range of subjects with a focus on sustainability.
Future17: SDG Challenge Program - a global initiative between the University of Exeter, QS and leading international universities designed to support students to develop the skills needed to collaboratively tackle 21st Century global challenges, through working with professionals to create pathways for innovative solutions to real-world issues associated with the United Nations SDGs.
Green Consultants as credit-bearing modules - providing students with additional skills and experience required to work in the highly competitive environmental and sustainability sector.
