Another stimulating day at the NUS sustainable development observatory board yesterday \u2013 although we\u2019re now an advisory group, I note. \u00a0Too many Boards, it seems.<\/p>\n
We had a glimpse of the latest survey results about what students think about the need for a focus on sustainability in their university work. \u00a0Much the same as they have done for the past 5 years, as you ask. \u00a0A remarkable consistency of view, given that the cohort changes every year. \u00a0These outcomes cannot be influenced by the universities themselves, given the timing, so might it be what schools do, despite DfE indifference? \u00a0Or is it because<\/em> of DfE indifference? \u00a0Maybe it's something in the water \u2013 or the air. \u00a0All that NOx, maybe. \u00a0It is quite perplexing, given how little schools do (or say they do).<\/p>\n We learned that, in future, NUS is going to be lobbing for \"a liberated and sustainable curriculum<\/em>\u201d in universities (and colleges, presumably). \u00a0I wondered (aloud) what this was liberation from. \u00a0From those who are \u201cpale, male and stale\u201d, someone suggested. \u00a0Like me?, I thought, and wondered whether the NUS liberation team<\/a><\/em>\u00a0has its eye on everyone\u00a0like me. \u00a0Maybe my time on the advisory group is near its overdue\u00a0end.<\/p>\n