Sustainability

Why sign up?

Sustainability is:

• Relevant and Future-Focused: Learn about climate change, environmental issues and sustainable development.
• Career-Ready: Gain skills valued in growing green industries like energy, conservation, and business.
• Supports Progression: Ideal for university, apprenticeships, or careers with a sustainability focus in sectors like energy, conservation, engineering, and business.
• Real-World Application: Apply knowledge to tackle real environmental challenges.
• Stand Out: Boost your CV with a unique qualification that shows you’re a responsible, forward-thinking learner.

What do I have to do?

• Taught in 2 lessons per week this qualification is the equivalent to an AS level and carries UCAS points.
• It is assessed via 1 exam which covers 50% of the course content and is 1 hour 15 minutes. There is also an opportunity to resit the exam.
• The other 50% of the course is assessed via an assignment.

What will I learn?

• Fundamentals of sustainability: Inter-relationships of the three pillars of sustainability (environmental sustainability, economic sustainability, and social sustainability).
• Sustainability in practice: Practice’s organisations are adopting to become more sustainable and the technologies that are being used. Students will also learn research methodologies and how to analyse data and draw conclusions. Students will use this knowledge and understanding to investigate a real organisation’s practices and recommended how they can become more sustainable.