Postgraduate ProsPectus - Aston University

As an Aston student, you’ll get the best of both worlds:
a green, well-equipped, friendly campus in the heart of a
vibrant city. Plus, all of our social, support and academic
facilities are based on campus, so you never have far to
go. Our self-contained, green campus in the centre of
Birmingham is something we are very proud of. Trees,
shrubs and water features, including the ‘Chancellor’s
Lake’ give our campus a natural feel. We are improving
our facilities all the time and as we do, we are working
on a number of projects to improve our sustainability and
reduce our environmental impact.
Committed to becoming a more sustainable
University
People and Planet Green League
We are very proud that our commitment to sustainability here at Aston
has been recognised in this year’s ‘People and Planet Green League’.
Aston has been awarded ‘First Class Honours’ for our ranking at
number 11 out of the 152 UK universities and HE institutions. It is the
fourth year running that Aston University has achieved a top 20 ranking.
Platinum EcoCampus award
EcoCampus provides a framework to embed best practice in carbon
and environmental management, and is widely recognised as a source
of support and guidance for Higher Education Institutions in target
setting and in the delivery of carbon management strategies and
plans. We have achieved the Platinum EcoCampus award for our
Environmental Management System, one of only 7 universities to have
reached this level.
Aston has also been a Fairtrade accredited University since 2007 and
we are proud of our commitment to Fairtrade products which help
producers in other countries to achieve a better standard of living.
“Congratulations to Aston University for becoming one of the UK’s
greenest universities, and to all its staff and students who have
shown a collective commitment to Fairtrade and for recognising their
global responsibility. The awareness that this is raising among the
student population will help make a better future for producers in the
developing world”.
Veronica Pasteur
Head of Campaigns at Fairtrade.
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Aston is in the top
ten of the ‘People
and Planet Green
League’, making
the University one
of the most
environmentally
friendly
universities in
the UK.
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