Case studies
To accompany some of our briefing papers, we have developed case studies highlighting best practices and climate action from our member universities.
Alongside the working paper, Assessing climate risk and strengthening resilience for UK Higher Education Institutions, 6 case studies were developed by member institutions.
To accompany the Network’s Mainstreaming Climate Change Education in the UK Higher Education Institutions working paper, we developed 11 case studies on climate education across our member universities.
University of West London: Building energy resilience in a changing climate
University campuses and buildings are energy intensive estates that require large amounts of energy for lighting, heating, cooling and powering teaching and research facilities. View
University of Strathclyde: Climate ready Clyde – why city and region collaboration for climate resilience works
Universities can collaborate with external partners across the cities and regions they are based in to develop integrated, place-based planning for climate resilience. View
Oxford Brookes University: Resilient student halls
In November 2021, Oxford Brookes University received planning permission to redevelop the Clive Booth Student Village – an existing student accommodation site. View
Newcastle University: Addressing flood risk through city-university collaborations
Driven by significant disruption from flooding, Newcastle University implemented sustainable drainage systems and green infrastructure across its campus. View
Loughborough University: Building resilience to flood risk
Floods caused by heavy rainfall and streams overflowing occasionally impact Loughborough University campus and the frequency and severity of these floods are expected to increase because of climate change. View
Cranfield University: Developing a University climate change risk assessment and adaptation strategy
As teaching and research institutions, universities are major contributors to climate change adaptation and mitigation, as they have the power to inform and influence students and their academic workforce to take action. View
Integrating Climate Change Through Service Learning in Dental Education Programmes
The dental education programme at the University of Manchester integrated community-engaged learning and supports initiatives that help mitigate climate change. View
Planning and Approving a New Climate Change Degree
Designing and progressing an undergraduate degree around climate change entails multiple decisions on how interdisciplinarity is implemented and what skills should be prioritised. View
Student-Led Climate Education
In many universities, climate education is demanded and led by the student population. In both the University of Oxford and the University of Glasgow, students have mobilised to harness the expertise within University departments to provide grassroots climate education. View
The Falmouth Curriculum Ladder: A Curriculum-Led Embedding Strategy for Climate Education & Sustainability
Falmouth University has created, and continues to evaluate, a novel evidence-informed strategy for embedding climate education through the sustainability strategy at scale across the curriculum. View
Enabling Change Agents via Upskilling
The University of Glasgow created a programme to provide life-long learners with practical skills to enable sustainable practices. View
Developing a Pedagogical Approach to put Interdisciplinarity into Practice for the Low Carbon Transition
The School of the Built Environment at Oxford Brookes University has developed and tested a pedagogical approach to put interdisciplinary education into practice for the low-carbon transition. View
Embedding Research-Based Education for Sustainable Development & Climate Education in HE Curricula
The University of Strathclyde is embedding Research-Based Education for Sustainable Development into undergraduate curricula using an innovative pedagogy and aligning this with United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (UN SDG)-focused research. View
Brokering Applied Research Between Students and Organisations to Affect Change for Sustainable Development
The University of Manchester Living Lab brokers applied research projects between students and external organisations to affect change for sustainable development. View
Carbon Literacy: Peer-to-Peer Training Facilitates Access for All Staff and Students
Manchester Metropolitan University's programme of work on carbon literacy training has has increased student and citizen awareness, ability, and importantly, their likelihood to take action on climate change. View
Collaborating Across Disciplines for Climate Change Education
Academics with a shared purpose for climate change education have come together from across the University of Bedfordshire to create a bottom-up Sustainability Forum. View
Climate Intervention: Developing a Youth Guide With and For Young People
This case study outlines a non-formal intervention involving academics, NGO partners and young people from UK and international institutions, focused responses to the climate crisis, including different methods of geoengineering. View
Briefings
UUCN coordinate and publish a series of briefing papers to share evidence on key climate change topics, written by authors from our member universities.