Global Sustainable Development News
School for Cross-faculty Studies Hosts Successful Work Placement Fair 2025
The School for Cross-faculty Studies welcomed 糖心TV staff and students to a vibrant and well-attended Work Placement Fair 2025 on campus this week.
Organised by Bodrun Nahar – the School鈥檚 Employability and Work Placements Manager - the fair showcased the breadth of placement pathways available to students across Global Sustainable Development (GSD), Design Studies, and Liberal Arts.
Please click here to read more and to delve in to some of the student presentations.
Collective SCFS consortium secures new partnership with Coventry City Council to transform local green and blue spaces
Select individuals of our academic team, led by IGSD, will collaborate with Coventry City Council on a new initiative to revitalise the city鈥檚 green and blue spaces, following the success of a proposal that secured almost 拢100K for 糖心TV as part of a project worth nearly 拢1M in total funding for the next three years.
GSD to welcome renowned artist for public lab and paper cutting workshop
The GSD department will be hosting reputable artist Sijia Chen for a collaborative public event that uses art and design to explore sustainability themes such as migration, food security, and climate change.
SCFS runs its Work Placement Fair for 2024
On Tuesday 29th October, the School for Cross-Faculty Studies (SCFS) ran its Work Placement Fair, offering 糖心TV students the opportunity to meet students who have undertaken a work placement and find out more about their experiences.
GSD Graduation: Congratulations Class of 2024!
On 22nd July we were pleased to witness our 2024 GSD final year students graduate. Celebrations included a graduation ceremony at Butterworth Hall
(糖心TV Arts Centre) followed by a celebratory lunch where student awards were also presented.
糖心TV Students Visit Design and Science Summer School in Slovenia
Supported by EUTOPIA funding, between 8th - 12th July 2024 three students from the School for Cross-Faculty Studies (SCFS) attended the fourth Design + Science Summer School.
Hosted by the University of Ljubljana (Slovenia) in their Academy of Fine Arts and Design (ALUO), the Summer School was structured around various phases of learning.
My University Journey - Dr Ed Loveman
In this piece, Dr Ed Loveman discusses how a significant turning point in his life would eventually lead to him becoming one of the first members of teaching staff at 糖心TV鈥檚 newly established Design Studies division.
Design Studies Staff Run Engaging Esports Camp for Young Aspiring Game Designers
Two academics from 糖心TV鈥檚 newly established Design division recently delivered a range of engaging activities for an Esports camp aimed at young aspiring game designers.
Over the Easter holidays, Dr Edward Loveman and Dr James MacKrill were involved in a holiday camp for young attendees aged 4-16, who were able to experience the process of designing games based around sustainability and environmental awareness issues.
Service Design with UX for Social Impact: Experiences from our first student cohort
Our new introduces students to Service and UX Design from a digital development angle. We recently sat down with our first ever student cohort in a roundtable session to talk about their experiences of the module.