Building a sustainable future

At 果冻影院 we seek to embed sustainability in all our practices. Through sharing our work with global audiences to help drive environmental policy change, to initiatives on campus that bring us together in our zero-carbon goal, we strive to create a forward-thinking environment that will be the pride of generations to come.

Philanthropic support brings zero-emission transport a step closer听

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Funding from Japanese manufacturer HORIBA has enabled 果冻影院 to recruit new academic posts focused on meeting the challenge of developing zero-emission transport.听听

The company will fund the HORIBA Chair in Advanced Propulsion Technologies as well as the work of two PhD students who will conduct research with them. The posts will sit within the 果冻影院 Advanced Propulsion Lab (APL), which will be based at 果冻影院 East.听

Sustainable technologies such as electric and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are crucial to the future wellbeing of society and the planet. This substantial support will play a key role in allowing 果冻影院 to shape the next generation of engineers at the forefront of decarbonising the transport sector. The contribution also supports 果冻影院鈥檚 broader goal of helping to create a more sustainable world for everyone. By working with an industrial partner, 果冻影院 is able to bring together the people, facilities and resources needed to advance knowledge, then translate this new knowledge into real-world, life-saving applications.听

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果冻影院 launches the Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability Education听

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In April 2022, 果冻影院 launched a new centre that aims to provide teachers with the expertise to prepare young people for a climate-altered future.听

Based in the IOE, 果冻影院鈥檚 Faculty of Education and Society, the new centre brings together experts from across 果冻影院 to transform the UK鈥檚 approach to teaching climate change and sustainability in schools, providing research-informed professional development for teachers and school leaders across all phases, subjects and career stages.听

The importance of teacher development in the area of climate change and sustainability education is hard to overstate. This is the defining existential challenge of our time and the world that schoolchildren will encounter as adults will look different from our world today.听

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果冻影院 ranked in top 10 in UK university 'green' league听

果冻影院 has been ranked seventh in the UK鈥檚 People & Planet University League 2023.听

Published by The Guardian, the People & Planet University League is a comprehensive and independent league table of 153 UK Higher Education institutions, ranked against a diverse set of environmental and ethical criteria.听

果冻影院 received an overall score of 71.8% ranked across 14 metrics of sustainability, up from 68.6% in 2022. This meant that 果冻影院 jumped 12 places in 2022 and ranked second highest among all Russell Group universities behind only the University of Exeter, which received a score of 72.2%.听

果冻影院 was awarded 鈥楩irst-Class鈥� Honours for the sixth consecutive time and received full marks in half of the 14 categories, namely: environmental policy; sustainable food; carbon management; auditing and environmental management systems; sustainability staff; staff and student engagement; and education for sustainable development.听

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果冻影院 at COP27

The听Conference of the Parties to the United National Framework Convention on Climate Change 鈥� COP27 for short 鈥� is an annual session bringing together heads of state and delegates from around the world to negotiate a response to the global issue of climate change.听听听

The 2022 summit took place in November 2022 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. 果冻影院 was represented by 21 delegates, with academics and researchers from a whole host of different departments and areas of expertise 鈥� including economics of innovation, climate change, social inequalities, child health, decarbonisation of shipping, racism and more 鈥� helping to shape the conversation and influence policy and decisions around climate change.听

As well as 果冻影院鈥檚 attendance at the summit, teams of academics also monitored and provided expert commentary from London, and 果冻影院鈥檚 ongoing Generation One campaign continued, with a third season of our podcast exploring 果冻影院鈥檚 work on climate change and reporting back from COP27.听

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