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Postgraduate | CUR-SCP544 | 2023
Leadership in Sustainability
Be inspired by personal leadership stories. Identify leadership skills that you can apply to meet specific sustainability issues.Shine a spotlight on the businesses, agencies and non-government organisations that are tackling sustainability head on.
- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- No ATAR needed,
- No prior study
- Duration
- 13 weeks
Start dates
- 29 May 2023
FEE-HELP available
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- evaluate a range of contemporary leadership frameworks and apply them to sustainability
- apply leadership theory to analyse success factors for established sustainability leaders
- develop skills and tools needed to promote an ethic of sustainability leadership within an individual's sphere of influence
- synthesise own learning with professional leadership experiences
- communicate and demonstrate creatively the application of leadership skills in relation to a chosen sustainability issue.
- The Theory and Practice of Leadership in Sustainability I
- The Theory and Practice of Leadership in Sustainability II
- Creativity and Sustainability Leadership
- The Theory and Practice of Leadership in Sustainability - Pushing Boundaries
- Creative Projects Discussion
- The Theory and Practice of Leadership in Sustainability - Theory U
- Personal Leadership Stories
- Exhibition Creative Projects
- Discussion - Application of Leadership
This subject provides the rationale for why a business, agency or Non Government Organisation needs to address sustainability at all levels of its organisation and how the innovative ones are exploring what this can mean. It establishes a process for students to engage in taking their own leadership aspirations to a new level and to develop their own potential as leaders in sustainability. Students will be given the opportunity to engage with a range of respected sustainability leaders from business, government and Non Government Organisations who will share their wealth of experience through reflective discussions about their personal sustainability journeys, as well as exposing the students to contemporary information on the topic.
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- Creativity project (40%)
- Essay (50%)
- Presentation (10%)
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- 13
- Times Higher Education Ranking 2023:
- 11
Entry requirements
No entry requirements
Additional requirements
- Other requirements - Audio video equipment required Access to the Internet Admission to degree may be required
Study load
0.125 EFTSL
This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following degrees
PostgraduateCUR-SCP-MAS
PostgraduateUNE-PRO-GCE
PostgraduateCUR-SCP-GCE
PostgraduateCUR-SCP-GDI
PostgraduateOUA-PSU-GCE
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