Skills

Inspiring students, citizens and communities to address sustainability challenges through knowledge and skills required to understand problems and create solutions to them.

The Skills theme is equipping learners and communities with the green skills and competencies needed to create a sustainable future. We believe that education is central to collective climate action: to make meaningful change, people must understand both the visible challenges, such as extreme weather and plastic waste, and the less tangible but equally urgent threats of biodiversity loss, ecosystem degradation and the greenhouse effect. Building this understanding requires new ways of thinking that connect environmental systems with the diverse human actions that shape them. 

Our goal is to provide innovative, interdisciplinary and accessible education that translates world-leading sustainability research into practice. We aim to reach work with students in Manchester and beyond, as well as professionals, citizens and communities worldwide, through approaches such as applied learning, distance learning, continuing professional development and living labs. By bridging research, teaching and action, we will cultivate not only knowledge but also the practical competencies and professional capacities needed to deliver a just and sustainable transition. In doing so, the Skills theme will empower people everywhere to contribute to a more resilient and equitable future. 

Skills Team

Skills Theme Lead

Academic Lead for Sustainability Teaching & Learning

Skills ECR Champion

Senior Lecturer in Sustainability Education

Skills ECR Champion

Research Associate