Global Sustainable Development News

Warwick has made it through to the finals of this year’s Green Gown Awards in the Enterprise, Sustainability Champion, and Community categories.

These Awards exist to recognise the exceptional sustainability initiatives being undertaken by universities and colleges in the UK, and our progress to the finals in 3 categories is fantastic recognition of all the hard work that goes into sustainability at Warwick. Find out more about the projects and initiatives that have been recognised......:

The University has approved a brand new BASc single honours course in Global Sustainable Development to be launched in October 2018.

Building upon the success of the existing joint degree courses and taking account of feedback received from current and prospective students, this new course allows students to study in-depth the issues around Global Sustainable Development that concern them most.

Find out more about the course structure on our webpage.

If we believe that we can personally help stop climate change with individual actions – such as turning the thermostat down – then we are more likely to make a difference, according to research from the University of Warwick

Dr Rosemary Collier, director of the Warwick Crop Centre and academic lead on food – one of our Global Research Priorities – shares how our research is looking at ways of improving existing UK vegetable and fruit crops as well as looking for completely new ones.

One of our students, Meredith, has started blogging about her experiences of being a Global Sustainable Development student. Have a look at her posts for an insight into life at Warwick, and the student experience of our GSD degrees

We are proud to announce the re-launch of GLOBUS magazine. We have officially handed over the magazine to the students who have redesigned the magazine and made it their own!

http://www.globuswarwick.com/

Warwick has risen to 34th place in this year’s Green League after two years of not being ranked in the top 100; a fantastic achievement, especially given the rate at which our campus has expanded over recent years.

Food security is at the heart of a new doctoral training collaboration between the University and Waitrose. We’ll be providing PhD students with academic development and industry training in agriculture and sustainable crop production.

The third, and perhaps the most exciting issue of GLOBUS marks the expansion of the magazine to School-level: the GSD and Liberal Arts teams will now be working together.

Our very own Professor Jan Palmowski has been appointed as Secretary General for a new Guild of European Research Intensive Universities. This role recognises Professor Palmowski's long-standing commitment to the trans-national agenda.