{"id":68,"date":"2022-06-16T08:45:21","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T08:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/nextgenhn\/?p=68"},"modified":"2024-09-10T10:11:35","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T10:11:35","slug":"nextgen-hn-webinar-learning-for-sustainability-lfs-the-journey-so-far-captures-centres-interest-and-enthusiasm-for-lfs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/HN100\/2022\/06\/16\/nextgen-hn-webinar-learning-for-sustainability-lfs-the-journey-so-far-captures-centres-interest-and-enthusiasm-for-lfs\/","title":{"rendered":"NextGen: HN webinar series – Learning for Sustainability: the journey so far captures centres\u2019 interest and enthusiasm"},"content":{"rendered":"

Julie Parker, New Product Development Manager, reflects on a recent webinar presented by Donna Clark, Learning for Sustainability (LfS) strand lead at SQA. The webinar showcased the commitment to identifying opportunities for developing the knowledge, understanding and skills of Learning for Sustainability within all qualifications.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

What is Learning for Sustainability?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

The overarching concept of sustainability includes three central pillars – social inclusion, environmental protection, and economic growth. Donna referred to the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that incorporate all three sustainability pillars and demonstrated that for something to be truly sustainable there should be a balance between each of them.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The goals provide practitioners with a broad range of topics and opportunities to embed LfS within qualifications and are central to the Sustainable Development Agenda. This is an internationally agreed 15-year blueprint that the United Kingdom has signed, with the aim of achieving a better and more sustainable future for all. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Why embed LfS?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

Global citizenship is a desirable attribute for all learners and a valued employability skill that provides the opportunity to develop an individual\u2019s ability to think beyond their personal situation, behaviour, and attitudes. It can empower learners with the skills and knowledge to drive change at local, national and global levels.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

How to embed LfS in NextGen: HN\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

The NextGen: HN External Reference and Steering Group are unanimously endorsing the recommendation for a mandatory LfS component beyond academic year 2022\/23.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Evidence suggests that learners are seeking more environment and climate change aspects within college curricula, and therefore there is the expectation that NextGen: HN graduates will have:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n