Sustainability and Scotland's Colleges: page 10

Sustainability and Scotland's Colleges

1. Educational leadership and direction

Embedding sustainability within strategic plan aims, objectives and targets.
Universities and Colleges Climate Commitment for Scotland: college plans to take forward the commitment.
Staff awareness of sustainability issues.
Sustainable development policies and procedures.
Sustainability within college arrangements for self-evaluation and internal review.

2. Education, training and lifelong learning

Promotion of sustainability.
Embedding sustainability within learning and teaching strategies.
Extent to which sustainable development is integrated within the curriculum.
Programmes and units that target sustainability.
Reviewing the curriculum and resources.
Use of resources, advice and support mechanisms to embed sustainable development education within units, programmes and the wider learner experience.
Sustainability within lesson plans.

3. Impact on learners and other users of college services

Learner contributions to sustainable development including aspects such as volunteering, community collaboration, and carbon management.
Benefits to learners and accreditation issues.
Campus sustainability learning: learner encounters with campus environmental management practices.

4. Management and support of staff

5. Management and use of resources

Extent to which estate developments embody principles of sustainable development.
Environmental management systems.
Fulfilment of statutory duties, relevant legislation, directives, regulations. Energy certification – Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) and estate plans to improve performance.
Benchmarking studies.

6. Impact on employers and communities

Employer and professional expectations regarding learners’ skill sets or attitudes arising from sustainability issues.
Community engagement and sustainability: use of college expertise, link with schools, knowledge transfer.