3.1 Teaching ULiège aims to inform tomorrow’s citizens about the challenges of social and environmental transition and to train them to build a sustainable world. A COMPULSORY INTRODUCTORY COURSE ON THE CHALLENGES OF SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSITION ULiège wishes to respond to the challenges of social and environmental transition by developing its teaching and training programmes. To do this, it has first carried out an inventory of existing general and specialised training courses and is now identifying and promoting courses linked to the environmental and social transition. At the same time, the Institution intends to specifically develop interdisciplinary teaching, which is essential if we are to grasp the challenges of transitions in a complementary way. From the start of the 2024-2025 academic year, the University of Liège will include a compulsory 2 ECTS course on ‘Sustainability and Transition’ in all its Bachelor’s programmes. «Designed to develop a foundation of cross-disciplinary knowledge, the course will be delivered mainly in the form of a MOOC involving a number of experts from our university,» explains Sybille Mertens, Advisor to the Rector on Social and Environmental Transition. «The first part will deal mainly with the facts and causes, and will introduce the solutions, all from a systemic perspective. The second part, organised within the faculties, will deal with concrete solutions and propose concrete actions to students, possibly in conjunction with the Green Office or the university NGO Eclosio. It will provide an (inter)disciplinary perspective.» Florianne Fassotte, a specialist in sustainable development, was hired to coordinate the design of the content. «Working with inhouse experts, we are developing the teaching objectives and the course outline on the basis of a broad consultation of materials, such as scientific articles, books, foreign reports on SD teaching, existing MOOCs at ULiège and external SD MOOCs», explains Florianne Fassotte. Following validation by the Scientific Council for Sustainable Development, the CUEF and the CURE, a working group was set up within the Council to continue implementing this ambitious project, in particular by selecting future speakers. Florianne Fassotte announces: «Bilateral meetings with the faculties are planned from the start of the 2023-2024 academic year, as well as an inter-faculty meeting day. We think that it will be very useful to meet, exchange ideas and establish collaborations around Part 2 of the course: putting students into action in a disciplinary or interdisciplinary way.» There is no doubt that this event will motivate and inspire the various stakeholders and facilitate the sharing of information and even teaching resources. The 2023-2024 academic year is off to a flying start for the Sustainability and Transition course team! Any questions? Contact: durabilite.transition@uliege.be CLIMACTES: A SUMMER UNIVERSITY FOR A REGENERATIVE AND REDISTRIBUTIVE ECONOMY Since 2021, the non-profit organisation ACTES has been organising a Summer University at ULiège specifically for the creation of social entrepreneurship projects in connection with the ecological and solidarity-based transition. The 2023 edition opened on 8th July with a lecture by Professor Christian Arnsperger entitled: “De-growth and post-growth: the new resources of citizen entrepreneurship” (Décroissance et post-croissance : Les nouvelles ressources d’un entrepreneuriat citoyen). Over the following two weeks, the 45 participants benefited from the expertise of renowned professors through 18 courses divided into 10 themes. These covered renewable energies, building renovation, greening, sustainable agriculture, sustainable food, health, mobility, low tech, culture and sustainable finance. Social justice, the social economy, the circular economy and project financing were common themes to all the projects. The course programme encouraged exchanges with seasoned professionals who are experts in the taught themes. With the aim of helping the participants turn ideas into action, coaches specialising in sustainable entrepreneurship supported the students in developing projects aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions while promoting social justice. FIND OUT MORE 30 | ACTIVITY REPORT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AT ULIÈGE | 2022 – 2023
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