CONSULTATION ON THE OfS STRATEGY-2022-2025

The Office for Students(OfS) has just announced a change in emphasis to its regulatory strategy for university quality assurance:it’s about levelling up and the role of universities in this policy vacuum. “Three and a half years since our public launch, this consultation on our new strategy marks a significant milestone for the Office for StudentsContinue reading “CONSULTATION ON THE OfS STRATEGY-2022-2025”

Quality Standards and Sustainability in our Universities

The link between quality and sustainable development is probably best exemplified in the following quote: “Human relationships based on naked self-interest (e.g., greed, envy or lust for power) maintain inequitable distribution of wealth, generate conflict and lead to scant regard for the future availability of natural resources.”   An education system which mirrors these values isContinue reading “Quality Standards and Sustainability in our Universities”

What’s in a name? – why ‘the environment’ can be a misleading myth

Guest blog by Stephen Sterling, Emeritus Professor of Sustainability Education, University of Plymouth I see myself as an environmentalist. And have done so ever since my early teens – which was a long time ago. So why would I be writing a blog with such a title? On the face of things, perhaps it seemsContinue reading “What’s in a name? – why ‘the environment’ can be a misleading myth”