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People during a protest calling for the removal of the statue of 19th century imperialist, politician Cecil Rhodes from an Oxford college
COLLEGES and universities across Britain must “decarbonise and decolonise” education to help better prepare students for the climate crisis, unions and campaign groups are demanding ahead of the COP26 international climate change conference later this year.
The campaign, launched with an online event today, is jointly co-ordinated by the University and College Union (UCU), Teach the Future, Students Organising for Sustainability (SOS-UK) and the National Union of Students and forms part of wider calls for the sector to do more to embed climate education in curriculums by 2030.
Institutions are being urged to meet the United Nations Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) goals and to establish a decolonising commission with trade unions, students and local community involvement.
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