Industry Partnerships and Visits
Students from our Art and Design course worked on incorporating recycled materials and end of life considerations into their design projects working with a local recycling company to create their final products.
Workshops and Events
- Groups of students from our degree Environmental Conservation and Equine courses to our Foundation Studies have taken part in sustainability workshops.
- We run a range of events throughout the year to get students involved in all elements of Sustainability and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) including Green Colleges Week and SDG Week.
Tracking Nature
- Conservation students have been working with our grounds team to identify a re-wilding area. Previously part of the maintained grounds, this 0.38Ha plot will now be left for nature with the students regularly surveying the wildlife to monitor the changes.
- We take part in the RSPB Garden bird count tracking the bird species in our walled and foundation gardens - this year our students spotted over 88 birds including Coal Tits, Robins and a Mistle Thrush.
Building
We have now been awarded 3 phases of Salix Decarbonisation Funding covering 8 buildings at our Bishop Burton Campus including insulation, double glazing and electrifying our heating systems. When the works are completed 12 of our buildings across both campuses will be fully electric, including some of our larger teaching spaces like the LRC and Princess Anne University Centre with an estimated Co2e reduction of over 400 tonnes per year.
Grounds
We're capturing solar energy to power our grounds maintenance equipment, including our robotic mowers, chainsaws, leaf blowers and trimmers saving an estimated 11 tonnes of Co2e per year. Keep an eye out for Lionel Pitchy, our battery-operated line machine!
Electric Cars
We have two electric cars as part of our vehicle fleet as well as a number of electric buggies used for travelling onsite for our care taking and catering teams.
Flood Defences
We have a balancing lake that acts as a flood defence for the rural villages downstream. It also features as a water jump for our British Evening Horse Trails!