Loughborough UCU

Tag: Climate

  • CPD: Embedding Climate Education in the Curriculum

    CPD: Embedding Climate Education in the Curriculum

    Lboro UCU branch has organised an online CPD workshop, open to all LU staff. Masters and PhD students at LU are also welcome to attend the session. The Embedding Climate Education in the Curriculum CPD workshop will take place online on Tuesday 21st April from 2pm–3:30pm. In addition to helping you to improve your teaching practice, this CPD workshop can be referenced as evidence of pedagogical development in PDR/GLOW conversations and for academic promotion applications. Please come along and invite your colleagues (including those who may not be UCU members) to join us.

    This interactive workshop will look at detailed examples of how UCU members are incorporating climate education in their classroom practice in a way which we hope you will find exciting and empowering.

    The full aims of the interactive workshop are to:

    1. understand why sustainability issues are so important to students and staff
    2. explore how sustainability issues have been incorporated into a range of learning programmes
    3. reflect on how to amend your own practice
    4. consider how you could use your experience to support other staff members around sustainability issues.

    How the workshops will work

    The taught sessions will last for about 60 minutes, after which time it may be possible to take 15-20 minutes to discuss the issues raised with a UCU official, depending on availability. In that case the total time commitment will be less than an hour and a half.

    Sign up to the training here and please share this link with any other staff at Lboro who may be interested in coming along – https://cpd.web.ucu.org.uk/events/embedding-climate-education-in-the-curriculum-loughborough/.

    Upon signing up you should receive an email including an outlook calendar invite and a link to join the session within 3 working days. If you have not received this within a week of signing up, please contact ucu@lboro.ac.uk and we will make sure it comes through.

  • CPD: Embedding Climate Education in the Curriculum

    Lboro UCU branch has organised an online CPD workshop, open to all LU staff. Masters and PhD students at LU are also welcome to attend the session. The Embedding Climate Education in the Curriculum CPD workshop will take place online on Tuesday 21st April from 2pm–3:30pm. In addition to helping you to improve your teaching practice, this CPD workshop can be referenced as evidence of pedagogical development in PDR/GLOW conversations and for academic promotion applications. Please come along and invite your colleagues (including those who may not be UCU members) to join us.

    This interactive workshop will look at detailed examples of how UCU members are incorporating climate education in their classroom practice in a way which we hope you will find exciting and empowering.

    The full aims of the interactive workshop are to:

    1. understand why sustainability issues are so important to students and staff
    2. explore how sustainability issues have been incorporated into a range of learning programmes
    3. reflect on how to amend your own practice
    4. consider how you could use your experience to support other staff members around sustainability issues.

    How the workshops will work

    The taught sessions will last for about 60 minutes, after which time it may be possible to take 15-20 minutes to discuss the issues raised with a UCU official, depending on availability. In that case the total time commitment will be less than an hour and a half.

    Sign up to the training here and please share this link with any other staff at Lboro who may be interested in coming along – https://cpd.web.ucu.org.uk/events/embedding-climate-education-in-the-curriculum-loughborough/.

    Upon signing up you should receive an email including an outlook calendar invite and a link to join the session within 3 working days. If you have not received this within a week of signing up, please contact ucu@lboro.ac.uk and we will make sure it comes through.

  • Leicester & District Trades Union Council Events

    Your Rights, The Law, and Empowerment Event

    Unite Community Leicester has organised an event “Your Rights, The Law, and Empowerment” on Sunday 19th January 2025 from 11am – 4pm. Everyone is welcome to join them at: Secular Hall, 75 Humberstone Gate, Leicester (LE1 1WB).

    Lawyers will give three presentations to update you on laws around protest and strike action, with each focusing on one of the following topics: “Unions”, “Palestine” and “Climate & Ecological Emergency”. The event is supported by Leicester & District Trades Union Council (L&DTUC). For more information, please see this flyer.

    Organising the next Workers Memorial Day

    The Health, Safety and Welfare (HSW) subcommittee of Leicester & District Trades Union Council (L&DTUC) will meet to start organising the next Workers Memorial Day event. The meeting will be on Tuesday 21st January 2025 starting at 6pm and, it’s hoped, will not last much more than an hour. All trade unionists are welcome. You do not need to be a trades council delegate to get involved. The organising meeting will be held on Zoom. If you’re interested in contributing, please use this link to join the meeting.

  • UCU Climate and Ecological Emergency National Meeting

    The UCU Annual Meeting for Climate and Ecological Emergency will be held on Thursday 14th November 2024 online via Zoom from 11:00am to 4:00pm. The annual meeting will advise and make recommendations to the climate and ecological emergency committee and the National Executive Committee on matters relating to the climate and ecological emergency and environmental sustainability. The meeting will hear reports on the work of UCU in relation to the climate and ecological emergency and discuss motions submitted by branches and local associations. There will also be plenty of opportunity to network with colleagues.  

    All members with an interest in furthering the union’s work on the climate and ecological emergency may register to attend the meeting. Please ensure you register before the deadline of Thursday 7th November at 5pm by clicking here. There will be an e-mail confirmation automatically sent out after registration is complete.

    For full details of the meeting, please consult this pdf.