In the 2021-22 academic year, around 100 students signed up to become involved in the University’s sustainability activities throughout the year. In order to both help promote sustainability and enhance their CVs, opportunities to sign up for paid jobs, volunteering activities and placements were popular. The other most popular choice (62% signing up) was involvement in Go Green Week in… Read more →
Go Green Week 2022 written by and image by Heather Sykes Go Green Week 2022 was yet another super success. This year, the university’s Go Green Week ran from the 7th to the 11th of February. There were so many things to celebrate, and it was great fun to see so many people involved. The students at SusThingsOut put together… Read more →
Bird Watching For Well-being at Worcester written by and images by Heather Sykes Bird watching for well-being is coming to campus. Well-being at uni is key. The University of Worcester encourages students to take care of their well-being whilst studying. A new set of signposts have been put up around campus to help students take their minds off everyday stresses.… Read more →
Activities included: much needed cuddle time with therapy dogs, plant give-aways, live vegan cooking, seed bomb making and much more… Read more →
‘Concerned about the clothing crisis? Re-home your clothes on campus’ written by Dominic Parry, edit and images by Becky Adams. Re-home your clothes on campus Giving your clothes a second lease on life is a great way to get rid of your unwanted clothes, and also help the environment. You can easily re-home your clothes on campus at the University of Worcester, using the British… Read more →
The University of Worcester students participated in the 2020-21 Sustainability Skills survey. A national survey was undertaken by NUS and received over 8700 responses in total from students studying in further and higher education across the UK. This post summarises the key learnings from the survey. the full report from our students is also available if you want the long… Read more →
Words by Heather Sykes, Creative Writing and Illustration Student. Graphs by Aleksandr Mäeots, Film Production Student. Survey Highlights In 2020 the university asked students and staff about sustainability knowledge and awareness, this is a longitudinal study going back a number of years so we can view trends. Here we take a look at a few key points from the latest… Read more →
