Future Pathways



Future Pathways ESD Project


The 3 Steps:

Embedding Sustainability into teaching and learning

Step 1: Referencing ESD/sustainability/SDGs in our Module Descriptors

Step 2: Embedding ESD/sustainability/SDGs in our Learning Objectives  

Step 3:  Aligning Assessments and Rubrics with Steps 1 & 2


 Learning Lunches: collaborative, professional development


Collaborative sessions to share and develop innovative pedagogies and practice that support ESD

Education must transform itself” (UNESCO, 2020).


ESD is part of 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.  It outlines the role of Higher Education in supporting the knowledge, skills and competencies that students and staff develop to contribute to a more sustainable future.


Advance HE and QAA (2021)

Future Pathways approach: collaborative, co - created, action learning focused, from light touch to deep dive, inclusive and creative, every voice counts.


Educators as Changemakers: Teach the change you want to see

Educators as Changemakers, 2022

Stephen Sterling's 'Sustainable Education, revisioning learning and change' is a seminal text from 2001. He is internationally recognised as a leading figure in sustainability education and this site has a clear and accessible 'self interview' format. 

Click on 'Key Ideas' to view



5 Steps to Sustainability.docx

Educating for a more just and sustainable future.

Which way forward

for 21st century learning?

What 21st century skills do students need for a sustainable future?


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