ProgressWe’ve significantly increased the degree to which sustainability is integrated into core undergraduate curriculum under the current Plan – although more work needs to be done. The first Sustainability Fellows were appointed in 2019 to champion this effort at faculty level. |
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Future directions
New Plan development activity is considering approaches for achieving a more consistent integration of sustainability across a wider range of subjects, through methodologies that are responsive to the unique potentials and impacts of sustainability across individual disciplines.
Highlights to date
2020 Wattle Fellowship launched, a year-long co-curricula program that fosters student leadership on sustainability. First cohort commences mid-2021.
2020: Joining Melbourne Module ‘Sustainable Communities & Campuses’ launched for commencing undergraduates.
2019: Sustainability Fellows Program established. This initiative is championing undergraduate sustainability-in-curriculum integration. Faculty-based Fellows now appointed in Arts, Science, Education, Engineering & IT, Business & Economics.
2019: Office for Environmental Programs receives the Melbourne ‘Award for Excellence in Education for Sustainability’ for sustained excellence in interdisciplinary sustainability. Current Masters of Environment specialisations offer subjects drawn from nine out of ten faculties.
2018-2021: Ten new sustainability-related interdisciplinary University breadth subjects developed, representing just under 30% of the overall offering.
2018: Milestone - 1,500th graduate from the University’s Master of Environments program