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Global Challenges and Creative Practice

Last updated May 2026
<p>The Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) guidance published by QAA &amp; Advance HE (2021) highlighted the need for HE providers to incorporate ESD within their curricula. Arts University Plymouth has experience of embedding themes of global citizenship and ESD into our curriculum through the following units: Platforms of Exchange - a cross-uni, mixed-discipline unit that invites students to work together to share their creative attributes in pursuit of problem solving and Global Challenges - exploration of some of the key issues facing the world in the 21st century, through creative consideration of citizenship, sustainability, precarity, social justice and what it means to be a global citizen. At GLAD 2024 the following will be considered: student experience and reflection of their learning journey through the units; staff experience and challenges they encountered such as modes of delivery or issues of inclusivity; and Impact and influence, from actual student outcomes/achievements through to evidence of continued impact through the wider curriculum and beyond.</p>
Global Challenges

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Publish Date
2024
Reference
Brown, M., (2024). Global Challenges & Creative Practice. Proceedings of Gathering Pace: GLAD Conference 2024. 6th September 2024, Ulster University, Belfast. DOI: 10.66992/kJRsJK
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