ESD Case Studies

Click hereLink opens in a new window to see our sustainability curriculum mapping work so far at Warwick.

Design Ecologies and Regenerative Practice (DI106-30), a core first-year module in Design Studies at Warwick, challenges students to reimagine design through systems thinking, biomimicry, circular economy principles, and life-centred design - developing the next generation of regenerative practitioners.

Click hereLink opens in a new window to listen to Helena RatcliffeLink opens in a new window, Students' Union Ethics and Environment OfficerLink opens in a new window, alongside Luke DaviesLink opens in a new window, Taran TalbottLink opens in a new window, and Finley Arcos-Archard from the Students' UnionLink opens in a new window Sustainability ForumLink opens in a new window, discuss how activism has shifted since COVID.

The second session of the Transatlantic Teaching Exchange SeriesLink opens in a new window brought together educators from over 20 institutions across the UK, US, and Canada to explore how sustainability can be meaningfully embedded in university curricula.

Dr Tom Ritchie discusses Education for Sustainable Development in higher education with Jo Kukuczka on the new Curriculum Conversations podcast. The conversation builds on Tom's experience of the PGA CDHE programme and explores practical approaches to integrating sustainability into curriculum design at Warwick.

SMLC leads curriculum decolonisation through student-advocate curriculum reviews and pioneering Intercultural Online Exchange with international partners across France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and China.

WBS requires all academic staff to record ESD hours in module approval processes and has integrated sustainability into all MBA core modules.

The PGA CDHE educates Warwick academic staff to embed Education for Sustainable Development into their curricula using the Advance HE ESD framework.

The Community Fridge demonstrates circular economy principles through partnership between Chemistry, Warwick Food Group, and Energy & Sustainability teams.

As part of our STEM Connect Programme, we've developed a series of new sustainability Masters programmes. Learn more here!

All Engineering undergraduate and postgraduate courses at Warwick hold AHEP (Accreditation of Higher Education Programmes) accreditation.

The Beyond Science module uses campus as a Living Lab to support Chemistry students develop their skills through real-world sustainability projects.