Scotland's Rural College

SEEDABLE: Graduates that will create a sustainable future

Humanity faces complex, multidisciplinary challenges from climate change, inequalities in food supply, health, wellbeing, and education. SEEDABLE (Sustainability, Enterprise, Equality and Diversity, through Active and Blended Learning) a four year project takes a whole-institution approach to embed the SEEDABLE principles into the Curriculum. Students need to be deeply aware of these issues, their interconnectedness and supported to develop competencies that will facilitate multifaceted innovative solutions to these issues.

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs) are key to allow teaching teams to engage with the process - our courses are concerned in part with the environment but are not specifically linked to UNSDGs or the competencies required to produce sustainable solutions.

The SEEDABLE project embeds the UNSDG’s into all programmes with a teaching and learning focus on building the competencies to create sustainable solutions.

What the Judges Thought

A good response to the first stage feedback. The judges liked the diversity and clear ambition of the approach. Embedded in the curriculum is positive. Replicable and applicable.

What it Means to Win

"We are delighted to win a Green Gown Award. This is a great honour for SRUC and is testament to the commitment we have made and the enormous strides we are taking to support sustainability and environmental competence through our curriculum, supporting our students to become the changemakers of tomorrow."

Professor Wayne Powell, Principal and Chief Executive Office

Top 3 Learnings

1. Bringing together thinking on sustainability, enterprise and equality and diversity (SEED) provides a powerful tool to review and enhance our curriculum.
2. Encouraging all programmes to be action centred to better prepare students for the multifaceted challenges and opportunities they will face in their careers.
3. In a large change programme, the importance of communication in multiple ways as well as having a visually appealing logo and catchy name (SEEDABLE!).