| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 83.66 |
| Liaison | Philippe Lemarchand |
| Submission Date | Dec. 2, 2024 |
Technological University Dublin
EN-2: Co-Curricular Activities
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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9.00 / 9.00 |
2.1 Student sustainability organization
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the sustainability-focused student organization(s):
TU Dublin has a number of societies (student-led organisations) that are active in the area of sustainability such as the Environment and Planning Society ( Ref1) which organises events around environment and planning, and organises the university Green Week. There is also a Sustainbaility Society (Ref2) and a number of volunteering societies and activist societies which campaign and tacke action on social justice and environmental issues (Ref3).
URL References:
Ref1: https://societies.tudublin.ie/societies/environment,planningandsustainabilitysociety
Ref2: https://societies.tudublin.ie/societies/sustainabilitysocietycitycampus
Ref3: https://societies.tudublin.ie/societies/
Does the institution formally recognize at least one student organization that is focused on a topic other than sustainability, but is advancing ecological integrity or racial equity and social justice?:
Narrative and/or website URL providing an overview of the student organizations that are advancing ecological integrity or racial equity and social justice:
TU Dublin has a number of student organisations / societies that have a focus in the area of social justice and equity. These include the St Vincent De Paul Society that works on the area on social justice (Ref1); the LGBTQ+ Society that campaigns for gender equity (Ref2) and the Africa Society that works for racial equity (Ref3)
URL References:
Ref1: https://societies.tudublin.ie/societies/svpcitycampus
Ref2: https://societies.tudublin.ie/societies/lgbtqplussocietycitycampus
Ref3: https://societies.tudublin.ie/societies/africasociety
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2.2 Sustainability-focused co-curricular activities
Description of and/or website URL for at least one major sustainability-focused event or series of events:
Does the institution have a sustainability-focused peer-to-peer education program in which student educators are selected and trained to help catalyze change among their peers?:
Description of and/or website URL for at least one sustainability-focused peer-to-peer education programs for students:
TU Dublin currently employs five Student Champions for the Education for Sustainability theme. They are listed here (Ref1) and run various projects and workshops to educate their peers.
TU Dublin staff can avail Education for Sustainable Development CDP (Ref2). Academics can then produce peer-to-peer education programs for students and exploit the ESD Library of Resources (Ref3, Ref4).
URL References:
Ref1: https://www.tudublin.ie/explore/about-the-university/academic-affairs/ntutorr/themes/education-for-sustainability/
Ref2: https://www.tudublin.ie/explore/about-the-university/sustainability/about/news-and-events/educating-for-sustainability-cpd.php
Ref3: https://www.tudublin.ie/explore/about-the-university/sustainability/sustainability-education/sustainability-toolkit/
Ref4: https://www.tudublin.ie/explore/about-the-university/sustainability/sustainability-education/sustainability-toolkit/library-of-resources/
Does the institution provide sustainability-focused employment opportunities for students on at least an annual basis?:
Description of and/or website URL for at least one sustainability-focused employment opportunity for students:
Does the institution have at least one student-managed enterprise that is sustainability-focused?:
Description of and/or website URL for at least one student-managed enterprise that is sustainability-focused:
Student-led enterprises are typically found in our TU Dublin Student Volunteering groups (Ref1).
Sustainability-focused enterprise include:
“TU Dublin's Student-Led Volunteering Projects” which give students the opportunity to start their own volunteering community programme to make a difference for a cause they are passionate about (Ref 2). For examples, students may work with a local school, elderly people or setting up a gardening club.
TU Dublin Student Volunteering groups led by students include project on the topics of communities, Human-Rights/Justice, Arts/Culture/Media, Environment/Animal Welfare, Health and Wellbeing, International, Education, Sports and Recreation. For example, the SVP Food Pantry provide food for free to students and saved it from landfill. In the first 6 weeks of its operation, 300 students received free food that was equivalent to diverting 1,894 Kg of CO2e emissions (Ref 3).
Students are strongly supported to develop enterprises and start-ups that focus on sustainability.
Many of our students also operate their own enterprises with the support of the University. For example, Giada and Ethan have set up a “motivational coaching for sustainable success” enterprise and are speaking at our Green Week. Ethan is a TU Dublin student who has set up several enterprises, as he notes: “I lead social enterprise initiatives that use business as a force for good. One of these projects, Football for Grief, is a program that provides a support system for people experiencing loss through football.” (Ref 4)
URL References:
Ref 1: https://www.studentvolunteer.ie/tudublin/view-all
Ref 2: https://www.studentvolunteer.ie/view-all/tu-dublin-volunteering-student-lead-project-funding
Ref 3: https://www.studentvolunteer.ie/view-all/svp-society-food-pantry
Ref 4: https://www.tudublin.ie/explore/about-the-university/sustainability/about/news-and-events/take-control.php
Description of additional sustainability-focused co-curricular activities for students:
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2.3 Percentage of students that participate in sustainability activities
Percentage of students that participate in sustainability activities:
Approach used to determine the percentage of students that participate in the institution’s sustainability activities:
Narrative outlining how student participation in the institution’s sustainability activities was determined:
This activity carry-on annually meaning that after 4 academic years, all students would have participated to sustainabiity activities.
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Optional documentation
Additional documentation for this credit:
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