United Kingdom Education & Sustainability Leadership Summit at Dollar Academy
Date: 17-19 May 2021
Location: Dollar Academy, Scotland, United Kingdom
Open to: School leaders, pupils, staff, policy makers, politicians and UK-wide business leaders.
Number of delegates: 150
In collaboration with:
University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
Dollar Academy
SusEd’s inaugural United Kingdom Education & Sustainability Leadership Summit (UKESLS) took place between 17-19 May 2021 and took the form of a series of lectures, workshops and seminars from world experts in climatology, sustainable business modelling and education.
Summit Aims
To develop a clear vision of how your organisation can become an agent for change.
To explore and develop new strategies for incorporating sustainability into your organisation’s strategic plan.
To emphasise the deep moral purpose of education, with specific reference to the current ‘climate crisis’.
Drawing upon existing innovative practice, to explore alternative curricular approaches that may be better suited to educating for a sustainable future.
Through the lens of sustainability, to cultivate a new appreciation of the relationships among approaches to teaching and learning, the curriculum and school infrastructure.
To explore the role that collaboration among schools, industry and government can play in pursuit of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
To become part of a network of leaders in education and sustainability, and part of an ‘Active Alumni’ who are committed to the idea of sustainable leadership and educating for a sustainable future, and the further development of the programme.