Do your modules reflect the Sustainable Development Goals and support Education for Sustainable Development?
Take your education into your own hands and map your modules against the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals in this impactful volunteering opportunity run in collaboration with SOS-UK.
Discover how well your degree modules prepare you for the environmental, social and economic challenges and employment needs of the future!
As a volunteer you'll assess whether your modules include reference to the 17 United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as well as the extent to which they reflect a set of decolonial statements.
The SDGs set out a global 'to do' list to meet ambitious targets such as no poverty, zero hunger, inclusive economic growth, equality, diversity, human rights and an environmentally sustainable planet by 2030. We believe that Higher Education has an important role to play in addressing these goals, particularly through the curricula and the development of the leaders of the future. Similarly, climate justice cannot be achieved without social justice and as such we want to know to what extent your modules support the decolonisation, or moving away from a Western centred view of education.
The Curriculum Mapping project aims to:
- Provide information to the University on the extent to which the SDGs and decolonisation are currently embedded into a sample of curricula and identify areas of good practice
- Promote discussion between academics, students and Course Reps on module delivery
- Establish a baseline against which progress can be measured.
- Provide an opportunity for students to participate in SOS-UK Curriculum Mapping Training that will allow students to develop auditing, critical evaluation and analysing skills that will further their knowledge in SDGs.
- Provide an opportunity for students to take a lead on influencing the change in their curriculum and pushing the University to take a more impactful approach to sustainability in Higher Education
If you complete 7+ hours of activity you will be eligible for the Liverpool Award and receive a digital badge and certificate as recognition for your hard work.
There will be a 1.5hr training session where we will discuss the SDGs and how to use the mapping form. We'll also be hosting some 30 min introduction sessions which will allow you to see whether this opportunity is right for you. Support throughout the year will be available through a dedicated Teams channel, as well as during 'Coffee and Mapping' / 'Pizza and Mapping' sessions.
If you have any questions, please email Lizzie at lgsustainability@liverpool.ac.uk
Benefits to self
Development of critical thinking and auditing skills
Self-organisation and motivation
Assessing whether modules reflect skills needed for the future
Benefits to others
Ensure future modules reflect the SDG goals and current decolonising principles to give future students the best possible education for the future
Location
Online and in person sessions
Training available
1.5hr online training session with SOS-UK to get to grips with the background of the project and the mapping criteria with the opportunity to start mapping modules with staff on hand to help.
Regular 'Mapping and Pizza / Coffee' sessions for students to map modules as a group and ask any questions with support on hand if needed