PRME Southwest Local Network: Event Review
PRME UK & Ireland Southwest Local Network, September 2024
PRME UK & Ireland Southwest Local Network Co-convenor Dr Constantine Manolchev and Dr Ruth Cherrington hosted academics and industry from the region in a sandpit event “Business & Business Education: Towards a Shared Southwest Agenda” held at the University of Exeter’s Penryn campus on September 9th 2024. PRME UK & Ireland Chair Professor Natascha Radclyffe-Thomas kicked off proceedings with a keynote “Doing Good Works”, followed by Dr Jo Bowler, research impact fellow with the University of Exeter’s ‘Developing business-aware academics’ project. Delegates engaged in discussions and committed to actions to build a regional alliance, guided by PRME’s principles and presenting a unitary perspective to key regional business stakeholders. For more details of the event, see Dr Manolchev’s blog.
PRME UK & Ireland Local Networks 2024-25 Theme
Your Local Network Leads are currently planning a range of activities for the academic year 2024-25. The theme running across the Local Networks in ‘Impactful Five (i5)—PRME UK & Ireland applications and reflections’. This theme is designed to significantly enhance network connections and spark enriching discussions, adding to PRME global community initiatives. If members have ideas regards an event you would like to run and/or would like to become more active in the Local Networks please contact Local Network Co-ordinator Dr Rachel Welton or your Local Network Lead.
PRME UN Summit of the Future Side event
PRME will be hosting a UN Summit of the Future Side events on Friday 20th September.
9:00 - 11:00 a.m. (ET) - A virtual event on Elevating Youth Voices - Shaping Responsible Leadership for a Sustainable Future - Learn more and register here!
🌍 UN Global Compact Network UK Annual Summit: Bridging the Ambition to Action Gap
The time to deliver on commitments to avoid the worst impacts of climate change and inequality is now. To give you the strategic insights needed to bridge the ambition to action gap and transform business for people, planet, and prosperity, the UN Global Compact Network UK Annual Summit returns to the iconic London Guildhall on 1 October 2024.
Speakers include our UK and Ireland Chapter Chair, Professor Natascha Radclyffe-Thomas, Marija Rompani (John Lewis & Partners), Nathan Fabian (UNPRI), Rachel McEwen (SSE), Catherine David (WRAP), Adil Rehman (ASOS), Alderman Sir William Russell (City of London Corporation), Matt Sparkes (Linklaters), and more!
Registration for members of the UN Global Compact Network UK is free! If your institution is not yet a member of the UK Network, please contact Simran Stevens at simran.stevens@unglobalcompact.org.uk to view your options.
🗓️ Event Details:
Date: Tuesday 1 October 2024
Location: London Guildhall
🔗 Find Out More & Register Here!
PRME UK & Ireland Working Group Tour
The PRME UK&I Working Group Tour kicks off on Friday 4 October at 10.30am BST with a session led by Dr Alex Hope, co-Lead of the Working Group on Climate Change and Environment . These are a series of sessions hosted by the PRME UK and Ireland network to engage with the PRME Global Working Groups.
“PRME Working Groups deepen collaboration in and across institutions on specific issues relevant to corporate sustainability and responsibility and related to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. PRME Working Groups develop and publish resources relevant to increasing awareness around responsible management education and other thematic topics for business” (See the link below for more information).
Each session will introduce the Working Group Lead, how to get involved and feature teaching and research by Working Group members from the UK and Ireland network. All are welcome - please share with your colleagues and students. Attendees do not need to be members of PRME. Please register in advance via this ZOOM REGISTRATION LINK.
· Working Group co-lead Dr Alex Hope (Deputy Faculty Pro Vice Chancellor, Northumbria University) with Dr Amama Shaukat (Reader in Accounting and Finance, Brunel University)
Amama will discuss her paper ‘Towards the Natural Environment Agency Theory (NEAT)’ as a conceptual tool for framing the relation between business and society in the context of the natural environment. She will also discuss NEAT’s implications for research, policy and practice towards environmental responsibility by both, business and its diverse societal stakeholders.
PRME UK & Ireland Chapter Onboarding Session for New PRME Leads
Date: Thursday 7 November 2024, 2pm to 3pm
Are you a new PRME Lead within the UK or Ireland? Would you benefit from learning more about PRME, including opportunities for faculty and student engagement? If so, please join the PRME Chapter UK & Ireland Chair, Prof. Natascha Radclyffe-Thomas, and Vice-Chair, Dr Laura Steele, on Thursday 7 November 2024 at 2pm for an 'Onboarding Session for New PRME Leads'.
To register, please click here. The webinar will cover:
An overview of the objectives, structure, and work of PRME.
Different ways to engage with PRME at a local, national, and international level, including competitions for faculty and students.
Key aspects of the PRME Sharing Information on Progress (SIP) reporting framework.
Q & A with established PRME Leads within the Chapter.
In addition, there will be a set of sharable resources disseminated, which you can use to articulate the value of PRME to colleagues within your institution.
For questions or more information, please email Laura Steele (laura.steele@qub.ac.uk).
CALL FOR COLLABORATORS: PRME UK & Ireland Interest Group on Employability, Sustainability and Jobs of the Future
This is a nationwide study into the supply of and demand for placement, internship, and graduate roles that involve “sustainability” (in its broadest sense). The study also seeks to understand employer views on student readiness for such roles to inform HEI curriculum design.
Following the development of this project through the work of the PRME UK&I Interest Group on Employability, Sustainability and Jobs of the Future, the University of Exeter, University of Surrey, Nottingham Trent University, and Richmond American University joined as early partners in the Spring. We are now rolling out the opportunity further. Collaborators are both academics and career service professionals.
See this link for more information or contact Dr Jonathan Louw and Karen Cripps, co-leads of the PRME UK&I Interest Group on Employability, Sustainability and Jobs of the Future.
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