Enhancing the curriculum through social, environmental and global responsibility: The QAA/HEA education for sustainable development guidance document
(2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Outputs (350)
Objectively assessed physical activity and subsequent health service use of UK adults aged 70 and over: A four to five year follow up study (2014)
Journal Article
Objectives: To examine the associations between volume and intensity of older peoples' physical activity, with their subsequent health service usage over the following four to five years. Study Design: A prospective cohort design using baseline parti... Read More about Objectively assessed physical activity and subsequent health service use of UK adults aged 70 and over: A four to five year follow up study.
University leadership for sustainability. Implementing a comprehensive institution wide approach to education for sustainable development. A case study of the University of the West of England, Bristol (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Responding to the first of the questions underpinning this conference this presentation describes the actions taken by UWE, Bristol to develop a comprehensive approach to Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) within the curricula of the Univers... Read More about University leadership for sustainability. Implementing a comprehensive institution wide approach to education for sustainable development. A case study of the University of the West of England, Bristol.
Education for sustainable development: Guidance for UK higher education providers (2014)
Report
This guidance has been prepared by representatives of the higher education community with expertise in education and sustainable development. It has been produced via collaboration between the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) and t... Read More about Education for sustainable development: Guidance for UK higher education providers.
The IAHS Science for Solutions decade, with Hydrology Engaging Local People IN a Global world (HELPING) (2024)
Journal Article
The new scientific decade (2023-2032) of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) aims at searching for sustainable solutions to undesired water conditions - may it be too little, too much or too polluted. Many of the current iss... Read More about The IAHS Science for Solutions decade, with Hydrology Engaging Local People IN a Global world (HELPING).
Air pollution XXI (2013)
Book
Containing papers presented at the twenty-first in a successful series of conferences on the modelling, monitoring and management of air pollution, the book Air Pollution XXI covers what has become a widespread and growing challenge to the internatio... Read More about Air pollution XXI.
Is local air quality management a successful strategy in achieving selected EU limit values? (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Musical pathways: An exploratory study of young people in the criminal justice system, engaged with a creative music programme (2013)
Report
There is growing evidence from across the arts and health field that suggests that participatory arts programmes can contribute to health improvement, emotional resilience and social reintegration, among vulnerable and excluded groups including crimi... Read More about Musical pathways: An exploratory study of young people in the criminal justice system, engaged with a creative music programme.
Is local air quality management a successful strategy in achieving selected EU limit values? (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
The Bristol Health and Planning Protocol - First year evaluation
Report
The report documents the evaluation of the first year of ‘the Bristol Protocol’. This is an agreement between NHS Bristol and Bristol City Council to receive public health consultations for selected planning applications and preapplication processes.... Read More about The Bristol Health and Planning Protocol - First year evaluation.
Urban planning for healthy cities a review of the progress of the european healthy cities programme (2013)
Journal Article
The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the progress made by European cities in relation to Healthy Urban Planning (HUP) during Phase IV of the World Health Organization's Healthy Cities programme (2003-2008). The introduction sets out the general p... Read More about Urban planning for healthy cities a review of the progress of the european healthy cities programme.
QAA-HEA education for sustainable development guidance document consultation (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
The Guidance is intended to assist staff in higher education institutions with the implementation of ESD in courses and across the curriculum. We wish to gain direct feedback, ideas, and suggestions for improvement from academics and students fro... Read More about QAA-HEA education for sustainable development guidance document consultation.
Understanding the social context of fatal road traffic collisions among young people: A qualitative analysis of coroners’ records (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Education for sustainable development at the University of the West of England, Bristol (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
The challenges and implications of linking wetland science to policy in agricultural landscapes - experience from the UK National Ecosystem Assessment (2013)
Journal Article
Wetlands have been the focus of conflicts in societal priorities throughout human history, with competing demands for water and land use delivering a range of ecosystem services but contributing to severe degradation and loss. Conservation of wetland... Read More about The challenges and implications of linking wetland science to policy in agricultural landscapes - experience from the UK National Ecosystem Assessment.
Whole school food programmes and the kitchen environment (2013)
Journal Article
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe the impact of the Food For Life Partnership (FFLP) whole school food programme on kitchen staff employment and professional development. Design/methodology/approach: This exploratory research involved... Read More about Whole school food programmes and the kitchen environment.
Safeguarding the provision of ecosystem services in catchment systems (2013)
Journal Article
A narrow technocentric focus on a few favored ecosystem services (generally provisioning services) has led to ecosystem degradation globally, including catchment systems and their capacities to support human well-being. Increasing recognition of the... Read More about Safeguarding the provision of ecosystem services in catchment systems.
Coroners’ records for action on road safety (CARS) in Wiltshire (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Strategic approaches to ESD and sustainability at the University of the West of England (2013)
Book Chapter
This article appears as a case study in Chapter 12 of The Sustainable University - Process and Prospects: "Whole institutional change towards sustainable universities"