Our University has a high-level commitment to making the Sustainable Development Goals integral to our education, research and knowledge exchange, inclusion, and operations - as well as to our everyday work and life. Our commitment comes across in our strategies, policies and practices. We have regularly secured external recognition of our achievements. There is a lot to celebrate and share as a collective. The workshop will do that!
Please join us on Monday 16 June for a series of lightning 3-minute presentations from colleagues across the University, broken up by guided workshops and (of course!) refreshments.
Agenda
- 9:30 - Doors open
- 9:45 - Welcome from the organisers Dibyesh Anand, Randhir Auluck, Pooja Basnett, Virginia Cheung, Morgan Lirette, and Ro Spankie
- 10:00 - Session 1: ‘SDGs and Challenges in a Contested World - What's Next?’, Peter Bonfield in conversation with Dibyesh Anand and Q&A
- 10:30 - Session 2: Presentations
- 10:45 - Session 2: Group discussion: 'Partnerships for the SDGs', chaired by Ro Spankie
- 12:00 - Lunch break
- 13:00 - Session 3: Presentations
- 13:45 - Session 3: Group discussion: 'Youth Engagement and Leadership in SDGs', chaired by Pooja Basnett
- 14:30 - Tea Break
- 15:00 - Session 4: Presentations
- 15:45 - Session 4: Group discussion: 'SDGs and Their Barriers at UoW - A 'Six Thinking Hats' Exercise', chaired by Randhir Auluck
- 16:30 - Introducing the SDG Coordinating Group and the Sustainability Team
- 16:45 - Conclusion and Takeaways
- 17:00 - Networking Reception
Programme of presentations
Session 2
- Stephen Bunbury & Deborah Husbands - Black History Create Programme and its alignment with SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities
- Zsuzsanna Matyak - Raising awareness of our work towards the SDGs in news stories
- Tom Cohen - SCUE, ATA and the SDGs – three abbreviations that go together well
- Farhang Morady - Democratic Education Network (DEN)
- Frantzeska Kolyda - Embedding Education for Sustainable Development in the Computing Curriculum via Authentic Assessment
- Raphael Heffron - Challenges to Commerce that Leave us Behind
- Miracle Chinwenmeri Uche - Embedding the SDGs in Existing Modules in Westminster Law School: A means to Raising Awareness and Inspiring Action
- Ignas Stankaitis - Technical Team progress on Sustainability
- Ripin Karla - Meeting SDG(s) everywhere with community greywater networks
- Maria Neofytou - From Blood to Benchside: The role of Liquid Biopsy in cancer management
- David Scott - Fabricating Sustainable Development: Embedding SDGs in the Fabrication Lab Practices
- Ro Spankie & Graham Smith - Taking our climate ambitions seriously - the forthcoming University of Westminster Climate Assembly
- Vedia Can & Lucy Gardner - Community Organising suite of University-wide electives
Session 3
- Regina Keith - Using co-created voice equity and diversity to disrupt power in health and nutrition systems (addressing SDGs 1, 2, 3, and 10)
- Nina Watts - How we can help you work more effectively to meet the SDGs
- Alastair Blyth - Alastair is the School of Architecture and Cities director of Professionalism, Ethics and Practice.
- Godfrey Kyazze - Biotechnology meets sustainability
- Lilian Miles & Maria Granados - Can Cities be truly sustainable while excluding migrants? Rethinking SDG 11 in Practice
- Natasha Whiteman - Ethics Education and the SDGs: Subjectivity, Literacy and Critique
- Maria Kramer - UoW role as a civic anchor whilst promoting tacit and embodied knowledge (SDGs 4, 11, and 12)
- Amanda Capucci Polzin & Gustavo Espinoza-Ramos - Applying an Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) framework in business studies to support SDGs 4.7 and 17
- Mazia Yassim, Randhir Auluck, & Felicity Hardley - Prioritising SDGs at Westminster Business School
- Norah Soufraji & Frands Pederse - Student trip to Panama themed around Sustainable Development Diplomacy
- Enrica Papa & Sabina Cioboata - Just Streets: Creating Fair and Inclusive Urban Spaces for Sustainable Futures
- Lou-Ann Quentin & Julia Pinheiro Bassani - Cavendish Living Lab: Designing Sustainable Solutions Through Lab-Based Work and Social Outreach
Session 4
- Eduardo Lees - Working collaboratively across the UK to support sustainability within global mobility
- Olasunkanmi Sholarin - Quality education for all (SDG 4): Threats, opportunities and policy implications
- Sigrun Lange - Addressing SDGs in human and animal health research - ONE HEALTH (SDGs 3, 14, 15, 13, 4, and 17)
- Federica Mazzara & Roza Tsagarousianou - The Crisis of Migration Discourse: A Participatory approach for a new lexicon of Migration
- Christine Hammond & Nicola Mansfield - Unexpected Consequences: Application of regenerative practices in wool and cotton farming and procurement of innovative materials, focusing on their environmental, economic, and social benefits, linked to the SDGs 3, 11, 13, 14, and 15
- Chris Walker - Getting Creative with SDGs
- Markos Mentzelopoulos - Tutor-Help: Enhancing Student Engagement through Inclusive NPC-Driven Learning Systems
- Gene Editors of the Future - Students at the forefront of CRISPR-led innovations for sustainable development
- Yasmin Kulasi & Dain Robinson - Sustainability Consulting in Practice' module
- Manal Mohammed - Authentic assessments for improving all learners' employability
- Namgyel Wangchuk - Is Education a Political Act in Bhutan?
- Sumita Ketkar, Rebecca (Yi) Wang, Tracy Nkay, Dia Wagle - Students as co-creators: Embedding SDGs in the Curriculum
Location
The Pavilion, Cavendish Campus, W1W 6UW
