UvA Sustainability Grant awarded to 6 lecturers

Six UvA lecturers were recently awarded the UvA Sustainability Grant, organised by the Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies (IIS) and the Teaching & Learning Centre (TLC). This grant offers lecturers of all faculties the opportunity to develop their ideas for implementing sustainability in their teaching into concrete educational activities. Below, three lecturers share what they plan to do with the time and space enabled by this grant. Marieke Sijm - Medical Information Science : "Many medical students do not know that the healthcare sector has a major impact on the climate. We will not only increase the awareness of students at the Faculty of Medicine about the climate impact of the healthcare sector, but also stimulate students to contribute actively to finding solutions for making healthcare more sustainable by bringing students into contact with healthcare professionals using an online platform. But how do you design education and make educational plans suitable for teaching by means of such a dynamic e-platform? That is what we are going to find out with this grant." Irina Lock, Anke Wonneberger and Marijn Meijers - Communication Science: "A big picture perspective is necessary when changing the world to become more sustainable. In the Master's programme in Communication Science, there are two electives that address sustainability.