TU/e Education for Sustainability: Strategy and Implementation

Project introduction and background information

Three proposing organisations of TUe (innovation Space, the GO Green Office and Technology for Global Development)  agree that an educational offer focused on a sustainable future should have a greater presence and prevalence at TU/e.

There should be a concrete and targeted strategic plan to increase the students’ opportunities to acquire a systemic thinking regarding sustainability in all engineering fields and to experience its practical application and impact in real-life projects.

A three year project was defined. The present project covers the first year.

Objective and expected outcomes

Initiation Phase

Establishing a competence framework

• Overview of (scientific) literature on available, state of the art frameworks
• Benchmarking report of frameworks used by peer institutions
• Motivated choice of framework to be used

Present Position

• Evaluation report of position of TU/e versus the chosen framework

Benchmarking

• Evaluation report of position of peer institutions versus the chosen framework

Dialogue

• Co-creation sessions with students and staf
•  A compact shared vision of where TU/e wants to stand

 Strategy Development Phase Work Packages

Key Elements definition

• Knowledge and competences our students will need at the different levels
•  Overview of key elements for future education; including priority.

Co-create key elements.

• Detailed content and implementation plan for all elements
• Developed pilots, ready to be executed

Development plan second year

• Plan for second year; including project structure, required resources etc.