SOS-UK SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS' UNIONS 2020-2021
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SOS-UK SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS’ UNIONS 2020-2021
INTRODUCTION TO SOS-UK Over summer 2019, in response to the climate emergency and ecological crisis, student officers and staff at NUS founded Students Organising for Sustainability UK (SOS-UK) to go further and faster with NUS’ transformational sustainability work. SOS-UK is part of that NUS family that has been at the forefront of social change since 1923 with 550 students’ union members representing 7 million students. SOS-UK engages, inspires and empowers students to lead on sustainability. Ours is a long-term investment in education today for a better future tomorrow. UNESCO recognise SOS-UK as global leaders of education for sustainable development. SOS-UK also runs programmes to support alcohol and drugs harm reduction on campus. SOS-UK is a charity. Connect with us: SOS-UK OFFERING 2020/21
OUR WORK IS DRIVEN BY STUDENT DEMAND
SOS-UK’s work is underpinned by findings from a national online survey which has been
running since 2010. The survey was completed by over 6,000 students in October 2018.
Findings include:
88% say they agree their 80% would like to see 59% say sustainable
place of study should sustainable development development is something
actively incorporate and actively incorporated and they would like to learn
promote sustainable promoted through all courses more about
development
Source: NUS Sustainability Skills Survey 2018-19 | Base: c.5565 respondents in higher education across the UK
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CALL TO ACTION- KEEP IN TOUCH! If you are interested in working on issues relating to sustainability and climate justice or drugs and alcohol harm reduction, please join our mailing list where we share monthly updates and opportunities: Join the SOS-UK mailing list We also support NUS to run the following Facebook Workplace groups: NUS Sustainability, Ethics and Climate Action NUS Students and Alcohol SOS-UK OFFERING 2020/21
GREEN IMPACT
STUDENTS' UNIONS
Green Impact Students’ Unions (GISU) is our
flagship sustainability support package and
awards programme for SUs.
It’s designed to help unions run
impactful projects and campaigns, using our
power as the student movement to create
lasting change.
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GREEN IMPACT STUDENTS’ UNIONS
• A framework for union staff, officers and
students to collaboratively address key issues
to lead on embedding sustainability and
social justice across campus, the
curriculum, and wider society.
• This supports SUs to build impactful projects
and campaigns around climate justice and
equality, curriculum reform, health and
wellbeing and much more.
• You’re joining our network. We provide
opportunities to partner with other unions,
hold networking events and share best
practice through resources and case studies.
Find out more or email gisu@sos-uk.org
Embedding sustainability across campuses, curriculums and communities is
fundamental to representing our students, and strengthening our students’ unions.
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OUR FLAGSHIP CAMPAIGNS 2020-2021 SOS-UK OFFERING 2020/21
TEACH THE FUTURE Teach the Future is a campaign by secondary and tertiary education students to repurpose the UK education system around the climate emergency and ecological crisis. We call for 1. a review 2. teacher training 3. priority for sustainability in school inspections 4. a new emergency act of parliament . The current and future generations of students are going to grow up in a world greatly affected by climate change. We deserve to be taught about this so that we can understand the impacts we will face. We must be equipped with the skills to live sustainably so that we can limit the progression of climate breakdown as much as possible. Find out More and get involved! SOS-UK OFFERING 2020/21
INVEST FOR CHANGE Invest for Change is a campaign to radically reform how universities invest their endowments, unleashing their positive potential to create a more resilient and sustainable economy. UK universities have over £15 billion of endowments invested in holdings that frequently act against the interests of students and the world they will graduate into. Furthermore, investment decisions are often left to externally appointed investment managers with little engagement from the university itself. We’re asking SUs to help us convince our universities to invest in environmental and social justice solutions, engage with investments to influence wider corporation change and adopt responsible investment policies that support a sustainable future. Find out more and get involved! SOS-UK OFFERING 2020/21
NEW- DRUG IMPACT From 2020-21 we are expanding our Alcohol Impact accreditation to include a whole university programme designed to foster a harm reduction approach for drugs including alcohol on campus and in the community. The accreditation programme will provide resources and practical guidance for use by university institutions and students’ unions to help them develop student/campus-specific drug harm reduction policies and action plans. We will be running a 2-year pilot with a limited number of institutions. To register your interest please email tracy.lumb@sos-uk.org Full programme information. SOS-UK OFFERING 2020/21
LEARNING ACADEMY
The Learning Academy is our hub of
learning and development, with a range
of opportunities designed to progress
sustainability across the education sector.
SOS-UK OFFERING 2020/21THE STUDENT SUSTAINABILITY SUMMIT The Sustainability Summit is our flagship sustainability event for students, officers and staff from across the movement. This year’s summit will be taking place online, across the week of 2-6 November 2020. The Sustainability Summit offers workshops, talks and panel discussions with some of the UK’s top environmental activists and campaigners, from organisations including Friends of the Earth and People and Planet, as well as the students and students' unions leading the youth climate movement. Connect with others involved with environmental and climate justice campaigning , and gain practical skills in community organising, campaign planning, liberation and sustainability, and so much more. The Summit is open to all students over the age of 16, as well as officers and staff from both the SU and college/university. Some SUs send their Environmental Committees. If you have any queries please contact hello@sos-uk.org SOS-UK OFFERING 2020/21
EDUCATION AND SUSTAINABILITY Officer Sustainability Bootcamp £150 per attendee + VAT Training for new part-time and full-time officers who have a sustainability and/or environmental and ethics remit or interest in progressing this. This is an opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of what it means to declare a climate emergency, how to do it and how to develop a strategy to turn such a declaration into meaningful action. Course reps & sustainability: an introduction to ESD £500 in-person delivery or £350 for online delivery An introduction to sustainability and education for sustainable development for course representatives. The training will explore how course reps can use their roles to contribute towards progressing sustainability and Education for Sustainable Development in the curriculum. Sustainability and ethics: Integrating values into our professional lives TBC A day's training course for students and/or staff from all programmes of study to explore sustainability values and ethics, and bringing this into future careers regardless of specialism. Sustainability & laboratories TBC A half a day training course on exploring sustainability in laboratories. What are the key areas that will make the biggest difference with procurement, resource use, wellbeing and efficiency? Sustainable students £500 + VAT A session for students to understand what sustainability is, what it means to be sustainable, and what actions students can take to help address the sustainability issues at their institution. SOS-UK OFFERING 2020/21
CLIMATE CHANGE Carbon Literacy Contact for quote Carbon Literacy is defined as: “An awareness of the carbon dioxide costs and impacts of everyday activities, and the ability and motivation to reduce emissions, on an individual, community and organisational basis.” This training will provide attendees with some introductory science on climate change to understand the social and environmental impacts of carbon dioxide emissions. During the training attendees will begin to develop their own toolkit and strategies for acting on and communicating action on climate change. This training is certified by The Carbon Literacy Project. Upon successful completion of the training, learners will be award a Carbon Literacy certificate. SOS-UK OFFERING 2020/21
WELLBEING Alcohol Awareness Training Contact for quote This training will enable staff to deliver alcohol awareness training to students and explore how to run a successful alcohol awareness interventions. As recommended by the recent UUK report into student initiations, the training will also cover educating students about the risks of consuming alcohol in large quantities and guidance on caring for those who are drunk. SOS-UK OFFERING 2020/21
PROJECT & CAMPAIGN PLANNING & MANAGEMENT Planning your sustainability campaign TBC Developing impactful campaigns which make progress towards a set specific outcome, need thoughtful planning and an awareness of building capacity and keeping up momentum. Individual Social Material: Planning effective behaviour change interventions £500 + VAT ISM is a practical tool, which allows us to think beyond the individual to consider all of the contexts that shape people’s behaviours - the Individual, the Social and the Material. Developing a theory of change £500 + VAT A theory of change is a useful tool that can help organisations define what they want projects and campaigns to achieve and how these achievements will be realised. Monitoring your impact TBC This training introduces a range of evaluation tools and approaches which enable the collection of quantitative and qualitative data that will support understanding of impact. Student project implementation training & support Contact for quote A bespoke training opportunity for students on project design, planning and implementation. Students go on to implement their project on campus, or in the community. SOS-UK OFFERING 2020/21
SUSTAINABLE FOOD Starting a sustainable food social enterprise £500 + VAT Since 2017 our Student Eats programme has worked with almost 80 student and staff groups to help them establish sustainable food social enterprises on campus. These have included zero waste shops/stalls, vegbox schemes, growing to sell and food preserving enterprises, pay-as- you-feel cafes, beekeeping and many more. The impact has included access to affordable, sustainable and healthy food, reduction in food waste and improved employability skills for students. Setting up a no-dig food growing site £500 + VAT Over the last 8 years food growing has played a central role in Student Eats with our free membership network bringing together students and staff across 70 sites to produce nutritious and delicious food. Charles Dowding, a well-known no-dig gardener and author of 9 books, has been supporting Student Eats and we're now focussing our support towards no-dig growing methods. This technique leaves soil structure intact creating the potential to increase soil carbon, water retention and produce food with higher nutritional benefits. SOS-UK OFFERING 2020/21
INSTITUTION-WIDE
ENGAGEMENT
PROGRAMMES
SOS-UK offer a broad range of
university/college wide engagement
programmes around sustainability, as well as
alcohol and drug harm reduction.
These programmes support SUs to work in
partnership with their university or college to
deliver positive change across the institution.
SOS-UK OFFERING 2020/21ALCOHOL IMPACT Alcohol Impact is our whole-university programme and accreditation mark designed to foster responsible drinking cultures for students. The programme adopts social change theory; aiming to reduce harm and improve welfare, well-being and academic achievement – whilst creating more inclusive spaces and enhancing the student experience. Full programme information. DRINK RETHINK Drink Rethink is a preventative approach which aims to reduce high-risk drinking behaviour among students by training student ambassadors to use a nationally recognised evidence-based behaviour change tool (Identification and Brief Advice - IBA) to deliver an alcohol intervention on campus. Full programme information. SOS-UK OFFERING 2020/21
NEW- DRUG AND ALCOHOL IMPACT From 2020-21 we are expanding our Alcohol Impact accreditation to include a whole university programme designed to foster drug harm reduction on campus and in the community. The accreditation programme will provide resources and practical guidance for use by university institutions and students’ unions to help them develop student/campus-specific drug harm reduction policies and action plans. We will be running a 2-year pilot with a limited number of institutions. To register your interest please email tracy.lumb@sos-uk.org Full programme information. SOS-UK OFFERING 2020/21
SUSTAINABILITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMMES FOR UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES Student Switch Off is our multi award-winning student sustainability programme - it provides a structure for engagement to improve student experience and carbon literacy by focusing on quantifiable energy, waste and water reduction within student accommodation. Full programme information. Green Impact is our UNESCO award-winning change and engagement programme for workplaces – this environmental accreditation scheme helps staff and students understand sustainability and social responsibility, gives a framework for actions, and celebrates achievement. Full programme information. SOS-UK OFFERING 2020/21
STUDENT EATS Student Eats works with students and staff at colleges and universities to create a more equitable food system by putting healthy and sustainable food at the heart of campuses across the UK. Full programme information. SOS-UK OFFERING 2020/21
FAIRTRADE UNIVERSITIES & COLLEGES The Fairtrade Universities and Colleges accreditation is run in partnership with the Fairtrade Foundation for institutions that have made a commitment to supporting and using Fairtrade. NUS research tells us that 90% of students say they want to buy more products that don’t harm the people that produce them and 84% say they trust the Fairtrade Mark the most of all product marks. From procuring more Fairtrade products to embedding trade justice principles in policies and campaigns, the award seeks to impact students, staff and producers. Full programme information. SOS-UK OFFERING 2020/21
EDUCATION
PROGRAMMES
SOS-UK education programmes work to
embed sustainability through all aspects of
the student learning experience, ensuring
all students leave formal education
equipped to make the world a better
place.
SOS-UK OFFERING 2020/21RESPONSIBLE FUTURES Responsible Futures is our accreditation framework for embedding sustainability through all aspects of student learning. Using whole-institution approach, this embeds sustainability learning through the formal, informal, and subliminal curriculum. To date, 30 universities and colleges have participated in partnership with their students’ union, representing over 500,000 students. Full programme information. FOR GOOD For Good is our platform which supports students to make their coursework, projects and dissertations more than just an academic exercise. We match local charities and small businesses with students, so their research delivers community and sustainability benefit. Full programme information. SOS-UK OFFERING 2020/21
SDG CURRICULUM MAPPING A support package for mapping the UN Sustainable Development Goals across the formal curriculum through a student-led audit. Universities, colleges, and students’ unions across the UK are increasingly examining how they might map their teaching and learning onto the SDGs. We know there is significant demand from students for greater inclusion of sustainability, in its broadest sense, in the formal curriculum. In response to this institutional and student demand, the University of Winchester and NUS developed a training and support package for mapping the curriculum to the SDGs through a student-led audit. Full programme details and 2020-21 programme fees. SOS-UK OFFERING 2020/21
We also offer bespoke support, get in touch if you would like to discuss this further.
We look forward to hearing from you.
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