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1. Givers are happier: relational thinking and
education for sustainability : implications for
student experience in HE
Jim Longhurst, Billy Clayton, Georgina Gough, Kate Miller, Fiona Hyland,
Ash Tierney, Hannah Tweddell, Amy Walsh, Chris Willmore
Chris Willmore
Professor of Sustainability and Law, University of Bristol
2. Bristol Green Capital 2015 – how does
it show it has succeeded?
Metrics about carbon footprint?
Recycling? Fairtrade purchasing?
What about attitudes and values?
How do we show our sustainability
inputs
are making a difference to values?
setting life norms not short term
practices?
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How do you measure
success in
sustainability work?
3. 0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
50%
Positive Greens Waste Watchers Concerned
Consumers
Sideline Supporters Cautious
Participants
Stalled Starters Honestly
Disengaged
DEFRA Segmentation Survey
of University of Bristol Students
2010 2013 2015
Attitude and conduct studies
4. So what has your project
achieved?
Traditional outcome measures of success are financial,
or physical environment tangibles.
The relationships forged are perceived as outputs, not
outcomes.
Relational Thinking suggests we need to see
engagement as outcome.
The creation of relationships is not merely a means to an
end. The evidence is that it is central to adaptive
capacity, resilience, wellbeing, belonging and
responsibility.
Answer: Engagement is an outcome
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5. RT as an evidence based approach
Theory - Me or we? Inserting we into modernity
Quantative research evidence :
those who engage are happier and more resilient
the more remote decision makers are from others, the less they feel
responsible for them.
Objectivity
methods for measuring connectivity/ analysing drivers e.g Relational
Proximity Framework
See
Zischka (2013)
Schluter (2016) – SDGs and Relational Thinking
Relationalthinking.net
Schluter M and Lee D, The R Factor
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6. Challenge:
mobilise 10%
of the
population
Dual aim: impact on the city and impact
on our students and our students
Bristol city:
450,000 population and
1.5m catchment
City of radical, innovation
Vision of inclusive,
sustainable city
European Green Capital
2015
Students 10% population
7. How?
Bristol European Green Capital 2015 as catalyst
Unique university partnership
Within: whole institution approach
Between: all Universities and Student Unions
together
Bristol Green Partnership: >850 organisations
City Council and Mayor
Funded by Higher Education Funding Council for
England Strategic Catalyst Fund as test bed
8. 100,000 hours of student action
for sustainability
NOT just this year, but every year
Large and small scale, individual, and collective
Over 220 Public, private sector, voluntary groups, NGOS,
communities
Volunteering, internships, placements, and projects for
sustainability
Students engaged in 100,000 hours of city community
activity
9. The Bees and Hive
• Holistic -total
picture
• Light tough
management
• Accepting failure as
natural
• Surface & share
Enabling students
and community to
see Hive as well as
Bees
10. What have
students
been
doing?
• Cash: raising £300k for local charities through
recycling
• Education: delivering workshops to schools
• Conservation: Designing Wildlife Corridors
• Modern Day Slavery
• NGO Business planning
• Knitaversity
• Greening Business : waste and energy audits
and green business plans
11. Online brokerage platform
“Front of house” for local
organisations to engage with
students
Maintained in partnership
between Universities
Case Studies to inspire
The Change Makers
New permanent award created
to celebrate and reward
students efforts
Two public award
ceremonies a year – over 700
a year – civic and university
leaders – presented by civic
leaders.
12. Traditional
Outcomes…
>2500 students
>140,000 hours
>£1 million value
Changing student
understanding of
what it means to live
in a city
Changing our city
What’s the
point of being
in Bristol if
you don’t join
in?
We felt they really
got to understand
our business and
produced a brilliant
business plan that is
really going to help
us going forward
13. External Evaluation
Carried out by NUS – using the Responsible Futures
Methodology
What surprised them most through the evaluation was “the
overwhelmingly positive feedback from both students and
external community partners. It was really pleasing to see how
useful the students felt, and how much community partners
valued their impact and would recommend working with Bristol
students to other organisations”.
“the effective networking opportunities and opportunities to
share academic and on the ground experiences of sustainability
within the city e.g. links with BGCP.”
“The level and quality of student engagement over the past year
is absolutely incredible and offers an incredible platform upon
which to continue to strive towards creating graduates who are
ready to tackle the world’s greatest sustainability challenges –
during their degree and when they graduate.”
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14. Students see RELATIONSHIPS as
key
Why I joined
Sustainability
experience
Free ice cream
Sounded fun
Low
risk/commitment
Sample and
choice
What I got from it
It make me feel I
belonged
Experienced places
/people I wouldn’t have
Skills of working with
different people
Gave me a richer
understanding of the UK
But remember: participation in the project is largely voluntary so
those who value belonging / relationships might have
disproportionately engaged
15. Student perceived
outcomes
Richer / nuanced understanding of UK
culture/society (28% international students vs
baseline of 15%)
Self identification as belonging to University -
feel part of the ‘community’
Stronger intercultural competencies
Communication and working with different
people
And incidentally a more holistic understanding
of sustainability …..
16. Conclusions
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Research shows engagement in
community correlates to wellbeing
Project evaluations tend to see
engagement as output not outcome
Sustainability projects can be
difficult to measure in traditional
outcome terms
Students articulate relationships as
key – RT offers theoretical
justification
17. For more information please contact
James,Longhurst@uwe.ac.uk
Chris.Willmore@bris.ac.uk
Clayton, W., Longhurst, J. and Willmore, C. (2016) Review of the
contribution of Green Capital: Student Capital to Bristols year as European
Green Capital. Project Report. eprints.uwe.ac.uk/28311
Clayton, W., Longhurst, J. and Willmore, C. (2016) The Bristol Method,
Green Capital: Student Capital. The power of student sustainability
engagement www.bristol2015.co.uk/method/european-green-capital/
‘BEYOND ESD’
Implications for sustainability in Higher Education
International Symposium
7-8 September 2015 Bristol, UK
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30+ academic papers Workshops and roundtables Informal networking
Keynote speakers include: Jamie Agombar & Quinn Runkle (National Union of Students),
Simon Kemp (University of Southampton), James Longhurst ( UWE, Bristol), Sara Parkin
(Forum for the Future), Iain Patton (EAUC), Chris Willmore (University of Bristol)
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The symposium focuses on new ideas to empower students to deliver a more sustainable future. It will
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es linking student- led activities, the informal curriculum, the formal curriculum and the campus and city as
living laboratories. The Symposium will challenge participants to consider the merits of holistic approaches,
and explore not only what we are doing but what we are trying to achieve – the outcomes as well as inputs.
Which initiatives are making a difference? Why? What can we learn from them?What are the new projects
and partnerships that can take forward the agenda of engaged learning for sustainability.