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Project summary
As the urgency of addressing climate change intensifies, expertise in industry-specific practices becomes paramount in teaching courses focused on achieving net-zero goals. With rapid advancements and evolving methodologies within various sectors, collaboration with industry experts ensures that learning remains at the forefront of innovation. Simultaneously, young people, including high school students are driven to make change for the world that they will inherit.
The UTS TD School microcredential program engages high school students on complex problems and systems and equips them with the knowledge of industry experts to shape them into impactful changemakers. It was deployed in partnership with Hills Grammar.
The microcredential was delivered to year 10 students from Hills Grammar and focused on the process behind innovating in complex systems, as well as the transdisciplinary practices that inform the TD school’s teaching. Students developed proposals in response to the key challenges and innovation opportunities for Hills Grammar to become net-zero, students examined transdisciplinary thinking, Indigenous perspectives on sustainability and design prototyping.
The program also allowed students to make tangible change in their environments. Students were invited to share their proposals with the Hills Grammar school council and executive at their strategic planning day. The school will use these discussions to evaluate the potential to fund and implement the students’ projects.
Read more, see student showcases, and learn about the microcredential program.
Project timeframe
2023 - 2024
SDG targets addressed by this project
Climate action:
13.2 Integrate climate change measures into national policies, strategies and planning
13.3 - Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning.
Quality education:
4.7 By 2030, ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including, among others, through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture's contribution to sustainable development
Key contacts
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TD School -
Mel IndrathebTD School
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Eliane StegerTD School
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Key collaborators
Hills Grammar
