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Internship opportunity: Responsible Futures

Posted on 11 December 2023

Interested in working in a team to embed sustainability and climate justice in all student learning? Apply for one of our internships.

Three ESAY internships offered by Environmental Sustainability at York (ESAY) are available to support the University of York and YUSU to deliver the Responsible Futures programme. Responsible Futures is administered by Students Organising for Sustainability (SOS) UK and is a whole-institution approach to embedding holistic sustainability across the formal and informal curriculum. Responsible Futures provides a framework to assist in creating an environment for staff and students to work together to embed sustainability into teaching and learning. 

The role

The ESAY intern will work in a team to support the mainstreaming of climate and environmental sustainability education. The internship will involve auditing the existing curriculum and organising and supporting events on campus to support climate education in the institution. This role will be a hybrid mix of in person and remote work. 

The ESAY interns will be supervised by Lynda Dunlop, Director of Education for ESAY, and will work closely with Anna Morfitt (ESAY Communications Officer), Daisy Kemp (ESAY Project Manager) and Felicity Palmer (YUSU Sustainability Coordinator).

The intern will have the opportunity to:

Personal specification

How to apply

To apply for this role head to Handshake to login and apply before midnight 11 January 2024. For an informal chat about the role, please contact esay@york.ac.uk.

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