All EAP leaders and practitioners hold a unique position to sketch out the conceptual ground for sustainability education, as they set the scene for academic study in HE. Staples of EAP expertise such as scaffolded learning, reflective practice, communicative and collaborative learning, critical thinking skills and student-centred pedagogies are also key to teaching and learning for sustainability.

This BALEAP PIM aims to build on these EAP strengths and share complementary knowledge, resources and networking potential to enable educators from multiple disciplinary backgrounds to embed transformative sustainability education into any course, at any level.

Come and join some of the leading experts in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) driving ‘an educational change agenda allowing us to look critically at how the world is and to envision how it might be, supporting learners to create and pursue visions of a better world’ (Advance HE QAA ESD Guidance, 2021: p.8).

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Keynote Speakers

Professor Simon Kemp is an award-winning academic recognised for his student-focused work in ESD and employability through the Times Higher Education ‘Most Innovative Teacher of Year’, a National Teaching Fellowship, and the Green Gowns ‘Sustainability Professional of the Year’ awards. He is the University Lead in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) at the University of Southampton and responsible for embedding sustainable development across the whole of the university curricula and student experience. He was Co-Chair for the 2021 Advance HE and QAA ESD Guidance document.

Dr Isabel Rimanoczy is an academic devoted to promoting change accelerators. She developed the Sustainability Mindset framework by studying business leaders who championed corporate initiatives with a positive impact on the environment and the community, and created the PRME Working Group on Sustainability Mindset, an international cohort of academics promoting a sustainability mindset with their students. She is the author of ten books, including Stop Teaching and The Sustainability Mindset Principles: A Guide for Educators to Shape a Better World.