Sustainable development within UK higher education: Revealing tendencies and tensions

Journal of Geography in Higher Education

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 293-305

  Scott, William ^a   Gough, Stephen ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Curriculum design toolkit; Earth Summit; Higher Education Partnership for sustainability; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; HIGHER EDUCATION; LEARNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745321544     PISSN: 03098265     EISSN: 14661845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03098260600717398     Document Type: Review

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