Education for Sustainable Development in HE The QAA define Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) as ‘the process of equipping students with the knowledge and understanding, skills and attributes needed to work and live in a way that safeguards environmental, social and economic wellbeing, both in present and future generations.’ (QAA ESD Guidance 2014) ESD means working with students to encourage them to: consider what the concept of global citizenship means in the context of their own discipline and in their future professional and personal lives consider what the concept of environmental stewardship means in the context of their own discipline and in their future professional and personal lives think about issues of social justice, ethics and wellbeing, and how these relate to ecological and economic… Read moreEducation for Sustainable Development in HE