Social & Environmental Sustainability StrategyActive Citizenship for All

Active citizenship: Motivating and inspiring people to make a positive difference. Active citizens draw on knowledge and understanding to participate effectively in public life, advocate for change and take informed action on the issues they care about, often with a social or environmental focus.

Our ambition

Everyone has a role to play in addressing environmental and social challenges. Being an active citizen means taking informed, intentional and sustained actions to help address these challenges.

We want our staff and students to understand and fulfil their potential to make a positive impact on the world. We will support them to make changes in their life and work and provide wide ranging opportunities to share their expertise, wins and know-how.

Active Citizenship for All: case studies & highlights

Providing routes for active citizenship

We will provide staff and students with the knowledge and opportunity to make informed, impactful change.

We will achieve this by:

  • Providing staff and students with the training, tools, opportunities and support they need to become active citizens both within and outside the University

Mainstreaming active citizenship for all

We will support staff and students to identify and use their expertise to influence, empower and accelerate the changes needed for a better world for all.

We will achieve this by:

  • leveraging our high-impact policy centres to embed inclusive development and socially progressive approaches into Government policy
  • providing our knowledge, skills and capacity to partners and communities worldwide to help drive innovation and deliver transformational societal change
  • delivering innovative and socially progressive public engagement programmes that reflects the diverse needs, identities and experiences of people in Glasgow and globally
  • enhancing our collaboration between operational and academic expertise to drive innovation within our own institution
  • involving the University community in the review, design and evaluation of policies and plans relating to sustainable development
Education for Sustainability