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Geography, Geology and the Environment

Zoe Robinson awarded prestigious National Teaching Fellowship

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Posted on 12 October 2012

Robinson_Zoe Dr Zoe Robinson has been awarded one of the prestigious National Teaching Fellowships, for her contribution to Education for Sustainability, and other teaching innovations around Open Educational Resources and employability. 

The awards are made to individuals who have had an outstanding impact on teaching in Higher Education, both within their institution and nationally.

Since starting lecturing in Physical Geography in 2004, Zoe's teaching interests have become increasingly focused towards environmental and sustainability education.  Her educational developments in these areas led to a Teaching Excellence Award from Keele in 2008, and numerous external grants, publications and lecture invitations. 

Of particular note has been the design of the innovative interdisciplinary 'Environment & Sustainability' undergraduate degree, developed with Sherilyn MacGregor, which has been shortlisted for a prestigious Green Gown award later this year.

The undergraduate 'Greening Business' module, which aims to provide students with the capability to make sustainability improvements in their future workplaces, has also proved popular, and provided the template for 'Project Green' in which over 200 graduates have undertaken sustainability-related internship projects with a range of organizations in the region. 

Zoe led Keele's 'Green Academy' team, in which eight universities were supported by the Higher Education Academy to develop strategies to embed sustainability within their institutions.  For Keele, this led to 'sustainability' being a core theme in the Distinctive Keele Curriculum, and to Zoe taking on the role of Director of Education for Sustainable Development, as part of a team of colleagues committed to helping Keele University become recognized as one of the top 'green' universities in the UK.
 
Beyond her influence on sustainability education in higher education, in 2006, Zoe and Mark Ormerod set up an environmental education group, Science for Sustainability, which has been shortlisted for numerous national awards.  The group delivers tailored sustainability-focused workshops for schoolchildren and schoolteachers, and events for the public.

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