Implementing Education for Sustainable Development Collaboratively - A Case Study

Abstract

Universities should be role models in promoting sustainability by educating students and giving all universitymembers opportunities for information and networking, at best including the university’s external partners.This paper illustrates the setting-up of a one-week long event at the University of Applied Sciences Coburg aspart of the German-wide ‘Public Climate School’ campaign with various (extra)curricular events. The eventsimplemented were based on principles of Education for Sustainable Development and Sustainable Entrepre-neurship Education. The aim was to involve as many internal stakeholders as possible (teaching staff, students,non-academic staff) as well as partners from the university’s local environment. From the experiences and thefeedback of those involved, we found that internal communication, engagement of students as well as infor-mal events to exchange ideas and get to know local players are critical to success. We derive practical implica-tions for universities when planning and implementing the programs. Universities should be role models in promoting sustainability by educating students and giving all university members opportunities for information and networking, at best including the university’s external partners. This paper illustrates the setting-up of a one-week long event at the University of Applied Sciences Coburg as part of the German-wide ‘Public Climate School’ campaign with various (extra)curricular events. The events implemented were based on principles of Education for Sustainable Development and Sustainable Entrepreneurship Education. The aim was to involve as many internal stakeholders as possible (teaching staff, students, non-academic staff) as well as partners from the university’s local environment. From the experiences and the feedback of those involved, we found that internal communication, engagement of students as well as informal events to exchange ideas and get to know local players are critical to success. We derive practical implications for universities when planning and implementing the programs.

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Titel	Implementing Education for Sustainable Development Collaboratively - A Case Study
Medien	Qualität in der Wissenschaft (QiW)
Heft	1
Band	19
Verfasser	Dr. Christian Schadt, Prof. Dr. Adelheid Susanne Esslinger
Seiten	11-17
Veröffentlichungsdatum	2025-05-28
Zitation	Schadt, Christian; Esslinger, Adelheid Susanne (2025): Implementing Education for Sustainable Development Collaboratively - A Case Study. Qualität in der Wissenschaft (QiW) 19 (1), 11-17.