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TEACHING AND LEARNING PRINCIPLE 3: METHOD, PRINCIPLE 5: PARTNERSHIP
FORMAL CURRICULUM EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (ESD)
increasingly turbulent global environment. It builds
The PRME Principles continue to underpin teaching
of Responsible Management, Social Justice,
on our Business Management degrees from first year
Principles of Environmental Sustainability, Climate
undergraduates to Masters students. This includes
Change and Policy Responses, International
core modules relating to Responsible Management
Human Rights and Social (in)Justice.
and Sustainability as key pillars in the framework for our courses.
upon the United Nation’s Principles for Responsible Management Education and designed alongside the UN SDGs. Core modules comprise Principles
Other Master’s level programmes such as International Business and Project Management
An example of an undergraduate module is:;
include a core module on the Principles of
Sustainability in Business - In the second year,
Responsible Management. Students engage
students are required, as part of their module
with the analysis of organisational practices
assessment to analyse organisation sustainability
through the lens of ‘The Great Reset’ and ‘Build
approaches and reporting methods using
Back Better’. The Executive Masters in Business
frameworks such as the Gap Frame. and the United
Administration (MBA) comprises a module on
Nations Global Compact SDG Compass. Dr Karen
Leadership, Sustainability and Ethics which enables
Cripps reports the value students gain from applied
professional practitioners to reflect on the alignment
knowledge of assessing organisational approaches
of organisational leadership with SDGs.
to the achievement of SDGs - “The depth of insight students gain into how the SDGs relate to all areas of business practice through this module, plays a vital role in developing employability profiles and leadership skills for the future we need”.
POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES The Masters In Business Administration (MBA) (and other Masters level programmes such as the Applied Global Practice, International Business and the new Sustainability Masters) include core modules on Sustainability, Ethics and Responsibility. The newly validated MSc Sustainability and Social Justice programme is designed to challenge current thinking on the way in which individuals engage with, and organisations operate within an
