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WATCH: Our amazing Sustainability Challenge

21 Sep 2017

8,000 students, 9 buildings, 1 day – welcome to Manchester

Sustainability Challenge

On Tuesday of Welcome Week all 8,000 new first year undergraduates were invited to take part in our Sustainability Challenge.

Students worked in project teams across 171 classrooms in 9 buildings to develop a new campus for the fictitious University of Millchester. They had to  incorporate factors such as costs and energy efficiency, while considering the needs of the local community and wider society.

Over 250 PSS and academic staff were involved in delivering the Challenge as facilitators, IT/AV/event support and plenary presenters.

The Sustainability Challenge forms part of the University’s Ethical Grand Challenges programme, which engages undergraduates with key global issues. Students will move onto exploring Social Justice in their second year and Workplace Ethics in their final year.

Ethical Grand Challenges are part of Stellify which encourages our students to do more and be more, and completion of the Sustainability Challenge is the first step towards students’ achieving Stellify’s Manchester Leadership Award.

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