Background to survey

This survey aims to support education for sustainable development activity across the 28 FE Colleges within the East Midlands.

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 Preferred respondent

• Ideally, the survey should be completed by a College Head/Director of Curriculum, or equivalent post. (E.g. a relatively senior member of staff with a good overview of teaching and learning/college operation issues)
• You will not require any particular information to be at hand when filling in this survey.
• All responses will be treated confidentially and no individual data will be published.

If you experience any difficulties with the survey, please email: ec73@le.ac.uk

Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. The UK government is committed to developing a sustainable, innovative and productive economy that delivers high levels of employment and a just society that promotes social inclusion, sustainable communities and personal well-being.

The further education system has a significant role to play in achieving this. The LSC needs to provide leadership for the system and act as an exemplar organisation through its own approach to sustainable development. Over the next 10 years, our vision is that the learning and skills sector will proactively commit and contribute to sustainable development through its management of resources, the learning opportunities it delivers and its engagement with employers and communities

 In particular, it is our vision that:

• all providers and learners will know about sustainable development and expect it to be part of normal practice
• organisations will have strategies, policies and plans in place to integrate and implement sustainable development, and these will be understood and acted on
• the LSC will have become an exemplar organisation by integrating sustainable development into its policies and everyday practices
• risks and barriers preventing sustainable development will be understood and strategies to overcome them will be shared
• continuous improvement in the sustainable development performance of the sector will be recognised and celebrated

The LSC has already published its strategy From Here to Sustainability: The Learning and Skills Council’s Strategy for Sustainable Development, September 2005, following a consultation exercise.

To further support practitioners, the LSC has commissioned the development of an online sustainable development toolkit, which will be launched to the sector at a workshop in late June 2007.

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For more information on the LSC Strategy and toolkit, please contact:

Mary Kelly – mary.kelly@lsc.gov.uk