Dr Jed Odermatt, The City Law School, and colleagues from Learning Enhancement and Development (LEaD) at City St George’s, have developed the new teaching module.
By Dr Shamim Quadir (Senior Communications Officer), Published
Since January 2025, students at City St George’s , University of London have been taking a new interdisciplinary module on Sustainability and Climate Change.
Initially offered to law students, the aim is to widen the module to other programmes in future years.
Led by Dr Jed Odermatt, Reader at The City Law School, and taught by academics throughout the university’s schools and departments, the module introduces students to sustainability and climate change and examines its scientific, economic, cultural, legal, moral and ethical dimensions.
The module relates to the following of the United Nation's (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):
- 4 (Quality Education)
- 13 (Climate Action),
- 17 (Partnerships for the Goals)
In the module, students work in groups to address a sustainability and climate change challenge and develop skills in critical thinking, problem solving and using technology.
Learning Enhancement and Development (LEaD) ran a co-design workshop in April 2024 with staff and students to consider what the module should look like and how it would be taught.
The workshop saw plenty of active participation and highlighted what can be possible for educational offers when designed collaboratively by staff and students.
The project was the successful recipient of a Teaching and Research Award from the University of London’s Centre for Online and Distance Education (CODE).
This CODE award will enable the team to study the impact of the module’s innovations, including group work assessment.
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