Sustainable Development: the contribution of UK Higher Education

Dr Andy JohnstonHead of Education and Learning, Forum for the Future

What will the VC/Principal of a leading university look like in 10 years time?

1. Social entrepreneurs

2. Society’s challenges

3. Innovative solutions

4. Context

5. The education challenge

6. How VC/Principal react?

Social entrepreneurship

Identify the pressing problems of society

and

provide practical innovative solutions

Visionary

Determined

Innovative

The new breed of

Vice Chancellor ?

Resource depletion

Wellbeing – health and happiness

The end of party politics

Globalisation

Lifestyle and individualisation

Social inclusion

Society’s challenges

Land

Wood

Energy (CO2)

Construction materials

Metals

Environmental Space

0 1 2 3 4 5

Number of planets needed to sustain current

global consumption

Resource use

The Equity Issue – 80:20 rule

0 20 6040 10080

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USA

Switzerland

Poorest 20% Richest 80%World population

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1906, Carroll glacier, Alaska

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Carbon trading – other resource trading?

Fair trade

Microgeneration

Regeneration

Science Shops

Green Gown

THES award

Innovative solutions

Climate change

Efficiency

Comprehensive Spending Review

Business

Context

Ever increasing student numbers

Workforce

ICT

Resource costing

Governance

Funding

Marketing

The education challenge

Competition

Students as customers – quality

Research

International competition

Business

Regions

Communities

The education challenge

Leadership

Policy alignment

Partnership

Externally focused

Support entrepreneurs and their ideas

Sell good practice

How VCs Principals react?

Increased importance of environmental resources leads to mainstreaming

The controversial bit

Increased importance of environmental resources leads to mainstreaming

Students and logos on the rise

The controversial bit

Increased importance of environmental resources leads to mainstreaming

Students and logos on the rise

Cities not regions

The controversial bit

Increased importance of environmental resources leads to mainstreaming

Students and logos on the rise

Cities not regions

Healthy environments for students

The controversial bit

Increased importance of environmental resources leads to mainstreaming

Students and logos on the rise

Cities not regions

Healthy environments for students

Privatisation of universities leads to marginalisation of environment

The controversial bit

Increased importance of environmental resources leads to mainstreaming

Students and logos on the rise

Cities not regions

Healthy environments for students

Privatisation of universities leads to marginalisation of environment

Environment manager is dead long live the CSR manager

The controversial bit

EAUC scaling up good practice

HEEPI rewarding good practice

Forum for the Future facilitating good practice

How can we help?

Thank you

Dr Andy Johnston

www.forumforthefuture.org.uk