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For Faculty Staff: Student Sustainability Induction PowerPoint slides can be found on the Sustainability SharePoint.
Watch our Shaping A Sustainable Future
What we do for Sustainability at Ulster University
- Implement the Environmental Sustainability Policy Statement and Action Plan
- Lead via the Sustainability Steering Group with staff & students across the university
- We are working towards embedding sustainability in the curriculum in ALL courses
- We are linking modules and our research to the UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Produce 15% of our own electricity from renewable sources (based on 2023/24 data)
- Support responsible consumption: bring your own tea/coffee cup and save money
- Run carbon literacy training sessions (dates will be published shortly)
- Work with the Students Union on sustainability projects
- Encourage travel by sustainable public transport
- Recycle 100% of our waste off site through procured contracts
- Promote the UN Sustainable Development Goals across the wider university
- Report annually on our sustainability work: People, Place, & Partnership
Ways you can support Sustainability at Ulster University
- Become familiar with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and develop your knowledge of sustainability through these opportunities:
- Sign up for the Net Zero Challenge
- Sign up for carbon literacy training (limited spaces: dates available soon)
- Send your ideas to the sustainability team by email to: sustainability@ulster.ac.uk
- Work with your Students’ Union Officer to promote sustainability
- Try to incorporate low carbon travel where possible
- Support Ulster University’s Sustainable Futures for all Strategy
- Learn more about your carbon footprint and ways to reduce it!
Get Involved
Join the Net Zero Challenge at Ulster University and become part of a growing movement to tackle climate change through collective action.
By making small, meaningful changes in your daily habits, like how you travel, use energy, and consume resources, you can support our journey toward a sustainable, net-zero future.
Staff and students can sign up using their University email address and have a chance of winning a £20 voucher to Storybox NI every month!
Ulster University also offers free Carbon Literacy Training to students and staff in partnership with Live Here, Love Here. This one-day, online course helps you understand the science and impacts of climate change.
You’ll explore carbon footprints, climate justice, and practical ways to reduce emissions. By completing the training, you’ll be certified Carbon Literate by the Carbon Literacy Project.
Students can sign up via EDGE and staff can express interest via emailingsustainability@ulster.ac.uk.
