HEInnovate webinar (5th November, 2024, 17:00 – 18:00 CEST)
ZOOM video conference (click here to register)
Since 2013, HEInnovate, a joint initiative of the European Commission and OECD has been supporting individual higher education institutions and higher education systems to assess and develop their innovative and entrepreneurial potential, as foreseen under the European Strategy for Universities.
This hour-long HEInnovate online webinar will take place on the 5th of November, 2024, at 5 pm CEST. It will engage representatives from The Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges (EAUC) and the Universitat Rovira i Virgili to explore innovative approaches to integrate sustainability in teaching, learning, and research at higher education institutions.
Speakers will give an overview of what a higher education institution’s approach to sustainability looks like, including the importance of entrepreneurship and knowledge exchange in this process. Examples from a variety of higher education institutions will be given. The speakers will also discuss how higher education institutions integrate sustainability into their teaching, learning, and curriculum.
This topic is closely linked to HEInnovate, particularly the Entrepreneurial Teaching and Learning dimension, as a core theme throughout the self-assessment is addressing the need to ensure sustainable teaching, learning, innovation, and entrepreneurship in higher education. Innovation plays an important role in promoting sustainability, opening doors to the design of sustainable new curricula and new methods of integrating sustainability in leadership and governance, university culture, and teaching and learning at higher education institutions.
Agenda
| 17:00 – 17:03 |
Welcome and introduction - Rebecca Allinson, Managing Partner, Technopolis |
| 17:00 – 17:23 |
Overview of EAUC and sustainable approaches to knowledge exchange, teaching, and learning at higher education institutions Charlotte Bonner, CEO at The Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges (EAUC) |
| 17:23 – 17:43 |
Higher education institutions’ approaches to embedding sustainability into curriculum Gisela Cebrián Bernat, Associate Professor in the Department of Pedagogy at the |
| 17:43- 17:57 |
Discussion, including Q&A from the audience - moderated by Rebecca Allinson |
| 17:57– 18:00 |
Wrap up and goodbye |
About the speakers and moderator:
- Charlotte Bonner (LinkedIn profile) has nearly two decades of sustainability leadership experience across membership organisations and the tertiary education sector. Her strengths lie in driving engagement and influencing policy change. She serves as the strategic co-lead for the Department for Education’s Climate Ambassadors programme.
- Gisela Cebrián Bernat (LinkedIn profile) is Associate Professor in the Department of Pedagogy at Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV). Her research interests are in Education for Sustainability, organisational learning and change, sustainability competencies and curriculum development and innovation. She is currently leading the EDUCLIMAD and EDU4CLIM R&D projects, focused on the implementation of climate assemblies in schools and its influence in the development of sustainability competencies amongst students.
- Rebecca Allinson is a Managing Partner at Technopolis Group, and she is responsible for projects/work in the field of European and UK public policy, specifically related to the Higher Education, Research, Information Society, and Enterprise Policy
Please click here to register.
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We look forward to welcoming you to the webinar!
The HEInnovate Team