Advance HE & QAA ESD Guidance

This guide is intended to help UK Higher Education institutions incorporate Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) within their curricula. Aimed at supporting staff involved in curriculum design, course management and delivery, to support students from any discipline to aquire the knowledge, understanding and skills necessary to develop values and take actions for more just and sustainable futures. It aims to make the area as approachable as possible for a non-expert audience.

It covers 4 key sections:

Section 1: An introduction to sustainability and ESD 

Section 2: How to get started with ESD

Section 3: Teaching, learning and assessment approaches;

                       Key competencies for sustainability

                       Course and Module Learning outcomes for ESD

                       Learning environments for ESD

Section 4: References and resources

There is an executive summary document to get started, plus the full length document below.