Canterbury Christ Church University
Developing a Student Green Office
Finalist, Student engagement
Finalist, Student Engagement
About
The Student Green Office is a group of dedicated students paid to work on their sustainability passion projects that engage the study body of CCCU and often its local community, to raise awareness and hope about sustainability in all its forms. The team runs events, designs resources, leads their own projects and campaigns, as well as taking charge of CCCU’s online sustainability presence in order to fulfil these goals, and has done so across twelve years to great success. A managing staff member acts as a mentor, who supports and guides their work, as well as enabling them to make further collaborations across the University with other staff teams.
Top 3 learnings
- It is important that we provide meaningful opportunities for leadership, self-direction and empowerment.
- We greatly value the knowledge, insights and perspectives that the students bring to our team.
- Students have so many demands on their time: we offer them incentives to engage.
What would it mean to win?
Winning this award would confirm our belief that a small, hardworking, dedicated team can have a significant, lasting impact.
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)
| 2026 | |
| Student engagement | |
| Finalist, UK and Ireland |
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