PRME Chapter UK & Ireland ESD Resource Exchange Booklet
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UK higher education is under sustained financial pressure, with many institutions reducing staff through redundancy programmes and hiring freezes. Remaining academics are consequently carrying heavier teaching loads and are often required to deliver unfamiliar modules at short notice.
In parallel, students and other stakeholders are increasingly calling on universities to embed environmental and social sustainability in a meaningful, curriculum‑wide manner, rather than treating it as an optional add‑on. Against this backdrop, sector-wide networks and initiatives that share practical, adaptable sustainability education resources have become increasingly important in helping academics respond to these pressures.
The United Nations–supported Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME), established in 2007, seeks to advance sustainability in business and management education through seven Principles centred on societal impact and planetary stewardship. Over nearly two decades, PRME and its signatory institutions have produced a substantial body of education for sustainable development (ESD) resources, many of which are transferable beyond the business and management context.
Alongside PRME, ESD Exchange, through its national conference, also aims to provide space for dialogue, connection, and the sharing of practice and research for those engaged with ESD and Green Skills in higher education across the UK and beyond. This year’s event was held in Leicester on 16 April, hosted by De Montfort University and co‑organised by the University of Leicester and Loughborough University. The event placed a strong and distinctive focus on student experiences and perspectives.
As part of the ESD Exchange conference, PRME Chapter UK & Ireland was strongly represented by a team consisting of the Chapter Chair, Vice‑Chair, Local Networks Coordinator, and Midlands Local Network Lead. The team led an interactive session introducing selected PRME resources and invited participants to highlight open‑access materials they use or have developed through an “ESD Resource Exchange”. The goal of
the session was to build a shared, practical repository of existing teaching resources that educators can readily adopt and adapt in a resource‑constrained environment. Participants were invited to bring resources—whether developed by themselves or others—that they were willing and able to share (for example, links to relevant webpages).
Following the event, the team produced a booklet bringing together insights and materials from PRME alongside resources generated and shared during the session. The booklet first outlines relevant PRME-related resources and opportunities before presenting the additional materials discussed through the ESD Resource Exchange.
You can download the booklet here.
