ESC-30060 - Module Specification
School of Geography, Geology and the Environment
Faculty of Natural Sciences

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2024/25

This module will give you the opportunity to drive real change towards a more sustainable future, working with a partner organisation. Projects may help partners to tackle the climate emergency, or may be targeted at another area of sustainabilty challenge presented by the partner organisations. You will work as a group to address the challenge posed by the partner organistion, bringing together your expertise with learning on the theory of sustainability and tools of sustainability analysis and driving change. Partner organisations will vary each year and may include a range of local stakeholders from councils, businesses, community groups, education providers, as well as Keele University itself. The module may provide the opportunity to complete an accredited carbon literacy course.
In your groups you will carry out a sustainability analysis of the problem, and plan and carry out a programme of work over the course of the module. The programme of work will vary depending on the partner requirements, but may include an action-orientated project (for example designing and implementing an environmental awareness campaign) to a more research-orientated project (for example carrying out a carbon footprint analysis). You will present your programme of work in a formatively assessed presentation to gain feedback from your peers and partner organisation in order to inform a final report that you will prepare, that will be available to your partner organisation.

This module aims to provide students with the opportunity to tackle a live sustainability-focused project working with an internal or external partner, with the aim of contributing to real positive change or real research usable to the partner.
Students will work in groups to i) develop a project plan and programme of work (action or research), working in partnership with their partner organisation; ii) conduct the programme of work; iii) present this to the partners in the form of a presentation (for formative feedback) and report.

Intended Learning Outcomes

work as a team member to contribute to the team process and products and reflect on their own contributions to the project and the project outcomes: 1,2,3
plan and execute an achievable programme of work (either action or research based), based on partner requirements: 1,2
present the results of the work effectively to a partner audience through a presentation and report: 2
apply learning about sustainability tools and enacting change to a real project: 1,2

Study hours

20 hours workshops/support sessions
Independent research = 60 hours
Group preparation of programme of work = 20 hours
Presentation preparation = 10 hours
Report (or equivalent) preparation = 30 hours
Individual reflection = 10 hours

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment