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Sustainable Development

at

University of St Andrews

Dr Rehema White

Sustainable Development Programme Coordinator

Rebecca Petford

Sustainable Development Third Year Student

University of St Andrews Sustainability

Student groups and

initiatives

Research: St Andrews

Sustainability Institute (SASI)

SD Undergraduate Programme:

Interdisciplinary curriculum

Postgraduate teaching:

MSc and PhD

Estates: Sustainable

Development Strategy

Senior Management:

A University goal

Outreach:

teachers and

schools

1. Interdisciplinarity plus single discipline excellence

2. Local to global focus

3. Contemporary issues framework

4. Critical perspectives

5. Linking theory to practice and developing range of skills

A unique approach to education for

sustainable development

Principles of degree

1. Interdisciplinarity

SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTAL

ECONOMIC

liveable

equitable viable

SUSTAIN

ABLE

The three legged stool of sustainability

WORLDVIEW

Global

National

Local

Regional

Global

National

Examples of issues covered:

HIV Aids in Ethiopia

European Water Framework

Directive

UK Sustainable Development

Indicators

Scotland’s Sustainable

Development Commission

Fife Council Waste

Management

2. Local to global focus

UN’s five priority areas:

• Water and sanitation
• Energy
• Health
• Agriculture
• Biodiversity

Cross cutting themes:

• Research and education
• Policy, decision making and governance
• Markets and institutions
• Changing behaviour
• Values, philosophies and ethics
• Gender and equity

3. Contemporary issues framework

5. Linking theory to practice and

developing range of skills

Essays

Independent

research

Group work

Popular

articles

Exams

Presentations

Reports

External

linkages

Careers

support

Dissertation (^) Visiting

speakers

Fieldtrips

Reflective

assignments

Debate

Marketing

Time

management

Educational

display

Design

Spiral learning

How is the SD Programme taught?

At every level students combine core SD modules with modules

from other disciplines (both MA and BSc)

e.g. geography, biology, management, modern history, social

anthropology, economics, philosophy, chemistry.

SD Interdisciplinary core modules + specialism modules

This allows students to tailor individual SD Pathways linked

to disciplines or topics that match their skills, interests and

career goals

Sustainable Development Programme

SD 1002

Sustainability:

ensuring our

common future ( 20 )

SD 2002

Sustainable

Development:

social and

economic aspects

( 30 )

SD 2001

Sustainable

Development:

ecological and

environmental aspects

( 30 )

SD 3002

Review Essay in

Sustainable

Development ( 20 )

SD 3001

Case studies in

Sustainable

Development I ( 20 )

SD 4002

Dissertation in

Sustainable

Development

( 60 / 45 )

SD 4001

Case studies in

Sustainable

Development II ( 20 )

Honours

Social Economic

SD

Ecological

Year

Semester

Worldview

SD 1001

Sustainable

Development:

challenges and

approaches

( 20 )

SD 3003

Research for

sustainable

development ( 20 )

Planned

A student perspective…..

• Current Third Year student
• Interests in Sustainable development and

Management

• Business and Corporate Social Responsibility

Pathway

Sustainable Development Programme

Willow weaving

Sustainable Development Programme

Scenarios project

Sustainable Development Programme

SD4002 Sustainable Development: dissertations

Example titles:

Biodiversity Action Plans: the business response to the

sustainability agenda

People & Power: A case study of health & health care in an Indian

Tea Garden

Barriers and opportunities for domestic microrenewables to

contribute to reduction in carbon emissions

Green house gas accounting: can and how should it contribute to a

sustainable farming policy in Scotland?

Education for sustainability: the potential for mentoring to enhance

learning

Student career prospects:

Graduates will be highly literate and

numerate with a capacity to synthesise

across a broad range of issues and

disciplines

Employability in:

• National, State and Local government
• NGOs
• Conservation
• Impact assessment
• Natural Resource Management
• Business strategy
• Management
• Technology development
• Teaching
• Post-graduate research