Sustainability in Education

The University feels strongly about ensuring that students understand, and are concerned about, global issues of sustainable development. Our students go on to play key roles affecting and safeguarding the future of the planet.  Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship (ESDGC) is a fundamental part of many modules across the University.

For example:

Our Foundation Year students, in all subjects across the University, are required to complete a module on Contemporary Issues, in which they study and discuss topics such as climate change and genetic modification. 

In Childhood Studies, the importance of teaching sustainability to children is now being recognised. Children who grow up understanding and practicing sustainability within their family units and locally in a community can have a powerful impact on everyone’s future. Proactive children who take sustainability seriously can teach others about reducing consumption, recycling and reusing items to preserve the Earth’s resources.

Renewable Energy students have been on many field trips, including a tour by Muir and Mick from Peel Energy's wind farm on the M53, a trip to Corwen micro hydro scheme, and a visit to Spring Bank Farm who use excess power from wind and solar to make hydrogen which runs a farm vehicle. 

WGU offer Funding, scholarships and bursaries and Accommodation offers for internationals

The University’s active learning framework (ALF) aims to make best use of on-campus learning spaces with student focussed online learning content which can be accessed anytime. Wrexham University Academic Regulations require that all work is submitted electronically. These approaches minimise the use of resources including paper and printing for student work.

Professional Development

We're commitited to the professional development of our staff and students.

We aim to apply and implement the Education in Sustainable Development (ESD) Vision and deliver transformational education, research and innovation by:

• Providing values-based quality education that is transformative and future-oriented, where the academic, physical and emotional development of the student is central and facilitated through access to academics and opportunities for career-enhancing activities, such as volunteering, exchanges, placements and enterprise.
• Adopting a systems thinking and holistic approach to teaching through our actions, and supporting staff in delivering excellence with commitment and passion.
• Providing a healthy and engaging learning environment, indoors and outdoors, with multi-disciplinary learning opportunities and activities for students, teachers, staff, and the wider school community (i.e. the local community in which the University is situated) for fostering ecological literacy development.
• Measuring and where necessary reducing the ecological footprint of WU in such ways that invite engagement with the larger University community.
• Maintaining and enhancing WU’s drive to become a learning community where engagement and participation from all members of the school community are valued and welcomed, and partnership and collaboration for ESD is practiced.

The University plays an active role in the promotion of ESDGC in Wales. For example, academic staff are representatives on the Higher Education Future Generations Group in Wales, and on the Wales Regional Centre of Expertise in the Global RCE Network co-ordinated by the United Nations University in Japan.

The University’s active learning framework (ALF) aims to make best use of on-campus learning spaces with student focussed online learning content which can be accessed anytime. Wrexham University Academic Regulations require that all work is submitted electronically. These approaches minimise the use of resources including paper and printing for student work.