University of Bradford Ecoversity Programme Student Records

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University of BradfordEcoversity
ProgrammeStudent Records
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Ecoversity Programme

• Institution wide programme
• Built into Corporate objectives and plans
• Aims to tackle 4 themes of sustainability
• Environment
• Social linking with community and wellbeing
• Economic linking with local business
• Curriculum

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Structure of Ecoversity Programme

• Task Groups pull together relevant and interested
  parties to focus on single issues
• Overseen by the Action Group and Scrutiny Board
• Feed into University Council and Senior
  Management Meetings

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How Can People Get involved in Ecoversity

• Become members of the task groups
• Set up local actions fund available
• Become an academic pioneer
• For students 3 levels of involvement intern,
  ambassador or volunteer

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Waste Task Group Actions

• Full installation of recycling system now
  diverting around 70 waste from landfill
• Managing 10 paper reduction project
• Setting up formal mechanisms for re-using
  furniture and electronics in house and
  domestically

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Travel Task Group Actions

• Helping initiate Free City Bus in Bradford
• Setting up Sustainable Business Travel Framework
• Incentivised Car Sharing and Network
• Package of financial savings for non car drivers
• Green Travel Awareness Weeks

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Energy and Carbon Group Actions

• Verified utility data and setting up full
  management picture of utilities
• Preparing for CRC Scheme
• Installed Biomass Boiler saving 500 Tonnes CO2
  annually
• Carried out energy awareness activities
• Took part in Earth Hour

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Food and Drink

• Lug A Mug discounts on re-usable mugs
• Moved to make sandwiches on site
• Rocket composter installed to deal with food
  waste
• Negotiating catering contracts
• Planning to install water fountains

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Sustainable Purchasing Actions

• Produced Green Buyers guide which now needs
  training of purchasing staff
• Reviewed PQQ to include sustainability questions
• Using National Procuring the Future flexible
  framework for measuring progress
• Reviewing investment policy to look at ethics
• Reduced deliveries from Office Depot to 3 per week

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Education for Sustainable Development

• Established network of pioneers in each of
  schools
• Every course now taught must include relevant
  sustainable development ideas and principles
• 18 months into 5 year rolling programme to build
  sustainability into all courses

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Local Action Group

• Been difficult to define
• Local sustainability fund for staff and students
  to apply to for local action e.g. computer
  project
• Trying to provide a network for different local
  actions

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Exercise

• Split into Pairs / Threes
• Take a card
• Discuss the topic on the card
• Think of around 3 ways you could make that
  process / function more sustainable
• How would you implement these and make sure they
  happen

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Whats happened at in our Student Records?

• Paper Reduction of around 40 -paperless
  re-enrolment, electronic comms with overseas
  students, less printed media
• Improved webpages and self service options
• Moving to electronic prospectus
• Sunray computers and automatic light sensors

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Continued

• Installing water coolers rather than bottles and
  discounts on coffee for reused mugs
• Switching to reconditioned toner cartridges
• Installing new system called Digitry which
  integrates student records functions with bank
  letters, council tax, CAS and other functions
• Have had to try and wean employers off paper
  statements of results