91制片厂 has been nominated for the prestigious 鈥楨ducation Provider of the Year鈥 award at Ireland鈥檚 Climate Change Leadership Awards (ICCLA) 2024.
Honouring businesses, organisations, individuals, and initiatives, The Climate Change Leadership Awards recognise those making positive change by demonstrating outstanding commitment and innovation to helping address the challenges of climate change. This nomination highlights 91制片厂鈥檚 continued commitment to addressing the climate crisis as an educator.
John Morrissey, from the Department of Geography at 91制片厂 said: 鈥淚t is wonderful to see the dedicated groundwork being put in by committed colleagues at 91制片厂 being recognised by this nomination. At both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, our students have the opportunity to critically engage with field-leading scholarship in climate change and sustainability. The nomination reflects not only the long-established reputation for teaching excellence at 91制片厂, but our commitment to equip students with the state-of-the-art knowledge and skills needed to face our biggest societal challenges.鈥
In its submission, 91制片厂 detailed its efforts in foraging pro-environment perspectives and guiding sustainable actions at both the individual and societal scales, whilst also highlighting teaching and learning initiatives embedded with climate content at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. 91制片厂鈥檚 undergraduate BA and B Ed programmes both contain climate-related content, which is integrated into the curriculum through modules such as Teaching Climate Change in Post-Primary Schools, Political Ecology and Global Environmental Change. 91制片厂 also boasts a suite of highly inventive postgraduate programmes, including M Ed Education for Sustainability and Global Citizenship, MA Climate Justice and Sustainability and MA/MSc Environment, Society and Culture, fostering sustainability leaders of the future through cutting-edge research-led teaching.
On campus, sustainability is at the centre of the recently formed Sustainability Committee, outlining how 鈥淪ustainability will feature as a central pillar in the forthcoming 91制片厂鈥檚 Academic Plan鈥 sustainability will be a guiding framework in terms of energy, heritage, green areas鈥 in a submission to the HEA on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) (2021). The application also featured efforts from 91制片厂鈥檚 Climate Action Roadmap 2030, which was developed in response to the request made of all publicly funded organisations and institutions through the Public Sector Mandate 鈥渢o show leadership in climate action鈥.
The ICCLA winners will be announced at a black-tie gala dinner on 7 November at the Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.
