The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals influence our research and your learning
Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
Our students are calling for a curriculum and HE experience that has sustainability at its heart; supporting their development of attributes and expertise that enables them to meet wellbeing needs and make a difference locally, nationally and globally.
Our researchers are researching climate literacy and innovative ways climate change can be embedded in the curriculum
We are recognised as an innovative leader in higher education for sustainability, across teaching and learning, research and our University operations
Sustainability Education
Growing our international reputation for being a centre of excellence in sustainability teaching and learning
Learning Outside Formal Education
Research that takes a critical approach to normative practices and concepts within the field of education and learning
Children and Families
Educational research that focuses on the lives of children and families
Join the response and make a difference with a masters
At Plymouth, many disciplines come together to tackle this global issue
- MA Acting (Full-time, Part-time route available)
- MA Applied Theatre (Full-time, Part-time route available)
- MSc Climate Science, Policy and Society (Full-time, Part-time route available)
- MSc Digital Culture and Society (Full-time, Part-time route available)
- MA Education (Full-time, Part-time route available)
- MA English Literature (Full-time, Part-time route available)
- MA Heritage Theory and Practice (Full-time, Part-time route available)
- MA History (Full-time, Part-time route available)
- MA Maritime History (Full-time, Part-time route available)
- PGCE (incorporating the Diploma in Teaching (Further Education and Skills)) (Full-time, Part-time route available)
- MA Screenwriting (Full-time, Part-time route available)
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Be inspired by researchers who are leading in sustainable education
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Professor Alison Anderson
Researching climate literacy and innovative ways climate change can be embedded in the curriculum.
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Dr Eric Taylor Woods
Researching the role of social media in communicating sustainability and climate change.
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Dr Kathryn Napier Gray
Decolonising cultural heritage and transforming narratives of remembering, through the Mayflower 400 celebrations.
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Dr Alex Cahill
Developed innovative new training methods to teach compassion to school-aged children across the country, in partnership with St Luke’s Hospice.
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Dr Verity Campbell-Barr
Developing a child-centred competences framework to place children at the centre of pedagogical practice across diverse communities.
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Professor Jocey Quinn
Exploring how music can facilitate communication and well-being in those who struggle to be understood via words.
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Claudia Blandon
Improving education outcomes for people with dementia, autism, strokes and mental illness.