Announcement of Prize-Winners

 

11th March 2025

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The PRME UK & Ireland Chapter is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2024 Developing Innovative Pedagogic Approaches and Teaching Practices in PRME Seed Funding Competition – an initiative designed to foster pedagogic approaches and teaching practices aligned with the United Nations’ Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME). 

 

Cultivating Innovation in Sustainability Education

 

Now in its sixth year, the competition empowers educators to overcome financial barriers and pilot transformative teaching ideas that advance sustainability, ethics, and responsible leadership.

 

This year’s theme, “Innovative Pedagogic Approaches for a Sustainable Future”, attracted 36 submissions from 39 member institutions across the UK and Ireland, reflecting the growing commitment to reimagining business education. 

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Announcing our Four 2025 Winners

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• Dr Rebecca Yu Li Brunel University of London: Interactive AR (augmented reality) Workshop: Teaching Carbon Markets and Blockchain for Emissions Reduction​​

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• Dr Barbara Tomasella, University of Derby; Dr Richard Howarth, Nottingham Business School; Dr Chris Moon, Middlesex University; Anne Wylie, University of Derby; Michelle Littlemore, Northumbria University, Dr Catherine Brentnall, Manchester Metropolitan University, Orla Kelleher, University of Derby: Sustainable Mindset Principles in Enterprise Education: A Comprehensive Active Learning Approach​​

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• Dr Isik Akin & Dr Eda Sahin, Bath Spa University: Integrating Finance and Law for Responsible Business Leadership

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• Dr Susanna Chui; Dr Mark Charlton; Dr Mujeeb Rehman; Maggie Woo De Montfort University: Co-design for SDG16 pursuit: Using an integrated systems and design thinking approach for tackling the complex issues of individually displaced persons and migration​​​​

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PRME UK and Ireland Chapter Hair, Professor Natascha Radclyffe-Thomas EdD, said of the competition

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'As Chair, and as a passionate proponent of excellence in pedagogy and teaching, I am personally delighted with the quality and scope of this years’ Innovative Pedagogy individual and team competition winners. I commend the winners and their institutions and look forward to seeing how these projects progress and impact responsible management education and sustainability. Special recognition goes to Dr Laura Steele and Dr Claire May for their exceptional stewardship of this initiative, and to our judges for their expertise. We eagerly await the ripple effects of these projects across our chapter’s institutions.'

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For any questions related to the competition, please email PRME@bcu.ac.uk

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