Welcome to: Green Academy 2 Change Programme Residential

1. Welcome to:Green Academy 2 Change Programme Residential • 30 April – 1 May 2013 • Weetwood Hall, Leeds

2. Housekeeping • Fire procedure. • Cloakrooms. • Refreshments & Catering. • Work spaces. • Administration and staffing. • Wifi code. • Sharepoint site • Twitter #GreenAcademy.

3. Introductions • Higher Education Academy team • Simon Kemp, Academic Lead, Education for Sustainable Development • Helen May, Academic Lead for Change and Internationalisation • Jonathan Payens, Events Officer • Chris Vincent, Administrator (Leadership and Strategy)

4. Introductions • ESD Lead Supporters • Jane Davidson, Director of INSPIRE, University of Wales Trinity Saint David • Victoria Hands, Director of Sustainability Hub, Kingston University • Peter Rands, Director of Sustainability Development, Canterbury Christ Church University • Carolyn Roberts, Director, Environmental Sustainability KTN at Oxford University • Zoe Robinson, Director of Education for Sustainability, KeeleUniversity

5. Introductions • ESD Lead Supporters • Chris Shiel, Associate Professor, Bournemouth University • Sarah Speight, Chair of the Grand Challenge on Education for Sustainable Development, University of Nottingham • Stephen Sterling, Professor of Sustainability Education at Plymouth University • Daniella Tilbury, Director of Sustainability, University of Gloucestershire • Chris Willmore, University Academic Director of Undergraduate Studies, University of Bristol

6. Introductions • ESD Expert Contributors • Julia Kendal, University of Southamptom • Rebecca Nestor, Leadership Foundation • Iain Patton, Chief Executive, EAUC • Charlotte Taylor, NUS • Aisling Tierney, ESD Intern, University of Bristol • Hannah Tweddel, ESD Intern, University of Bristol • Martin Wiles, Head of Sustainability, University of Bristol

7. Breakout room allocation

8. Objectives of the residential • To shape and inform teams’ understanding and vision of sustainability;  • To enhance teams’ understanding of what is involved in managing whole institutional change for sustainability; • To further develop action plans that will contribute to the embedding of sustainability in the curriculum and across the institution; • To share expertise, resources and information across institutions.

9. Objectives (continued) • To identify approaches to engaging different stakeholder groups across the institution in the change process; • To embed evaluation into action plans so to evidence that your team has had an impact; • To engage in peer review and learn from other teams and the Green Academy programme team; • To identify relevant opportunities for future networking so as to enhance your own learning and further inform your team’s work.

10. Day 1 Programme 10.45 Sustainable Development in HEIs 11.30 Mapping our initiative 12.30 Lunch 13.30 Planning and evaluating your initiative 15.45 (optional) Addressing collaborative challenges 17.00 Poster session and swap shop 18.00 Free association 19:00 Dinner

11. ‘Rules’ of engagement • Mutual respect, trust, support and encouragement • Remain open minded and non-judgemental. • Confidentiality • Work within ‘Chatham House Rule’. • Consent • Obtain permission prior to disclosure of data, materials or other information.

12. Please remember to … • Put up your poster (if you haven't already) and nominate one team member to represent your institution for the ‘Swap Shop’ session at 17.00 pm. • Identify your key challenges to progressing your initiative by 15.00pm today. • Work towards a presentation of your action and evaluation plans by 14.00pm tomorrow. • Be prepared to submit your evaluation plans by change@heacademy.ac.uk.

13. Sustainability in HEIs Leading and implementing sustainability in a Higher Education Institution – the start of developing your action plan An outline of models for ESD and sustainability in general across HEIs. A discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of different approaches and determining the appropriate focus for each individual programme team.

14. What is Sustainability?

15. What is Sustainability? 42

16. Sustainability: What’s in a word? • Sustainability? Sustainable Development? • Sustainability Education? Global Citizenship? • Global Perspectives? • Education for Sustainable Development? • Education for Sustainability? • Q. What are your definitions? • Q. Do we need a definition?

17. What is sustainable development? “Development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” Brundtland Commission, 1987 ‘Our Common Future’

18. Sustainable Development

19. Sustainable Development

20. Education for Sustainable Development • Lack of a universally agreed definition • “ESD allows every human being to acquire the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values necessary to shape a sustainable future” (UNESCO) • UNESCO areas of emphasis: • Improving access and retention in quality basic education • Reorienting existing educational programmes to address sustainability • Increasing public understanding and awareness of sustainability • Providing training

21. Education for Sustainable Development • Gender Equality • Health Promotion • Sustainable Lifestyles • Peace & Human Security • Water • Sustainable Urbanisation • UNESCO themes: • Biodiversity • Climate Change Education • Cultural Diversity • Indigenous Knowledge • Disaster Risk Reduction • Poverty Reduction

22. Education for Sustainable Development https://t.co/redirect?url=http%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2FZLE7Eh88di&sig=65bd85dfed936bff33002f70558c99bd695bc2f5&uid=39553695&iid=59be689d-e606-4a2a-bd2a-321129ee3199&nid=4+252&t=1

23. Curriculum Operations Research Experience (Kemp & Kendal, 2013)

24. The ‘C’ model at Plymouth University Coherence Connection Communication Consistency Congruence Collaboration Outcome Process Foci Sterling, 2013

25. What do students understand “sustainable development” to mean?

26. HEI approaches to sustainability • Through ESD or as part of wider institutional change? • A uniform approach? • No two HEIs are the same • Approach adopted is contextualised by the institution

27. (Shiel, 2011)

28. ‘A University that improves the present whilst enhancing the ability of future generations to responsibly meet their own needs’ What is a ‘Sustainable University’? Kemp, 2013

29. Developing your HEI approach to sustainability • Write down the top 3 priorities for your HEI • How does ‘ESD’ fit into those priorities? • How does ‘Institution-wide Sustainability’ fit into those priorities? • What are your greatest challenges in reaching your vision? • Use these priorities and challenges in your team sessions throughout Green Academy – although they will remain fluid

30. Mapping our initiative • Facilitator: Helen May

31. Objectives of this session • To help your team identify and express creatively your view of the initiative during planning process. • To reflect on your initiative – its history, progress and future direction. • To surface different understandings or perspectives about the initiative within the team. • To develop a common understanding as to what your initiative is seeking to achieve. • To help overview your initiative to others. • To have fun.

32. Background to Rich Pictures • Rich pictures were originally developed as part of Soft Systems Methodology for gathering information about a complex situation and identifying multiple viewpoints. • The methodology was developed in 1960-70s by Peter Checkland and his students at Lancaster University. • Rich pictures were proposed at the beginning of the process and seen as an iterative process of understanding and refining that understanding. • Originally constructed by interviewing people.

33. From the start up meeting….Selling your initiative to others • On one of the shapes, in teams please write one or two compelling sentences that represent your initiative to one of the following target audiences: • Students • Academic staff • Senior managers • Consider • What makes an effective ‘strapline’? • What makes an effective ‘strapline’ for that particular audience?

34. Task: to create a rich picture as a representation of your initiative

35. Journey mapping picture Draws on your ‘strapline’ Informative Challenges and uncertainties Insightful Funny Rich Picture Happy Connections Sad Graphics Pictures Symbols Doodles Political Scary

40. Planning and Evaluation Tools

41. Session overview: tools for change

42. Green Academy Evaluation Framework GOALS EFFECTS Impacts Needs How will you know that you have achieved your outcomes and made an impact? Are your outcomes clear and related to your aims? Are you clear what you are trying to achieve and what your priorities are? Outcomes Aims Inputs & Processes Outputs Objectives Are you distinguishing between your inputs and outputs?

43. Force field analysis Diagram from JISC inforNet: www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/tools/force-field-analysis • Focuses on identifying driving and restraining forces • Helps visualise and identify the changes you wish to plan to take forward.

44. Stakeholder engagement plan

45. Phases, stages, schedules • Schedule to determine the main phases of your initiative • Encourages you to build in a time scale and identify milestones. • Requires you to review and re-plan

46. Roles and responsibilities • Responsibility assignment matrix • Define activities • Assign to team • Agree communication approach. • Helps to agree ‘operating • procedures’ when working as a team.

47. Risk management • Encourages you to rate and prioritise risks • Two key dimensions • Risk impact/probability chart.

48. Follow up: resources JISC inforNet http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/ Mind tools http://www.mindtools.com/index.html Project smart http://www.projectsmart.co.uk/

49. Optional Roundtables: Addressing collaborative challenges • Promoting Leadership • Engaging university communities • Sustainability pedagogies • Bringing about holistic institutional change • Addressing operational challenges • Engaging students • Qualitative success measures • ESD and the employability agenda

50. Now go to your room!