Communities of Practice

EAUC is committed to supporting our Members to exchange ideas, skills and experience. Our network now comprises over 5,500 colleagues in universities, colleges and learning and skills institutions. To encourage more specialist learning and information sharing, we seek out and launch a range of Communities of Practice (CoP) to support focused and efficient networking.

Scope 3 Networks

FE Network

For those in FE and Learning and Skills Organizations wanting to facilitate dialogue and knowledge exchange specific to the FE Sector

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Circular Economy

For those wanting to facilitate the sharing of ideas, experience and best practice related to the Circular Economy in universities and colleges.

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Waste

For those wanting to facilitate the sharing of ideas, experience and best practice related to waste in universities and colleges.

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Living Labs

For those wanting to facilitate the sharing of ideas, experience and best practice related to living labs in universities and colleges.

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Biodiversity

For those wanting to facilitate the sharing of ideas, experience and best practice related to biodiversity in universities and colleges.

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Energy & Water

For those who work with energy and water in a university or college and wish to share best practice and learn from one another.

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Transport 

For those wanting to facilitate the sharing of ideas, experience and best practice related to travel and transport in universities and colleges.

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Sustainability in Higher Education Developers (SHED) Group

A Community of Practice for Education for Sustainability 

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Managing Climate Risks

For those wanting to share insights and progress in managing climate risks to staff and students, operations and estates

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Offsetting and Insetting

For those wanting to share dialogue and knowledge exchange specific to insetting and offsetting.

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Responsible Procurement Group

In conjunction with HEPA, the purpose is to identify, share and promote best practice on Responsible Procurement throughout the sector.  This is a closed group but we will share all tools, resources and outputs across HEPA and EAUC memberships.

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Sustainability Communications

For those wanting to facilitate the sharing of ideas, experience and best practice related to communicating sustainability in universities and colleges.

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Sustainable Events

For those wanting to facilitate the sharing of ideas, experience and best practice related to running sustainable events, including catering, in universities and colleges. 

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Investment Management & Practice

EAUC and BUFDG have set up a closed working group on Investment Management and Practice.
 

Environmental Sustainability Concordat

EAUC and the Wellcome Trust have launched a mailing list for the Environmental Sustainability Concordat. 
 

Scotland based groups - Topic Support Networks (TSN)

Our EAUC Scotland team facilitate Topic Support Networks (TSNs), the Scottish equivalent of the Communities of Practise listed above. A TSN is a group of people working together on a specific sustainability subject that is relevant to Scottish colleges and universities. Members of the network can be staff in further and higher education, or in public or non-profit organisations. There are 9 TSNs - find out more here.