The Student Champion's Handbook
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Want to Build a Network of Student Champions?
We’ve created a practical resource designed to help universities build and sustain an impactful Student Champion network that inspires positive environmental action across campus.
The Student Champion Handbook is accompanied by a Recruit Worksheet, giving new champions the structure and support they need to identify opportunities, develop their skills and turn their enthusiasm into meaningful action.
Drawing on more than a decade of sustainability engagement experience, these resources provide a proven framework for recruiting, motivating and empowering students to become advocates for sustainability within their university community.
A Practical Guide to Building a Student Champion Network
Creating a more sustainable university requires more than policies and targets. It depends on students who are motivated to take action, encourage their peers and help make sustainability part of everyday campus life.
The Student Champion Handbook provides a practical roadmap for recruiting and mobilising a network of students who can drive positive change across your institution. From raising awareness and influencing behaviours to supporting campaigns and initiatives, student champions can play a key role in helping universities achieve their sustainability ambitions.
The guide explores five essential stages of developing a successful Student Champion programme: defining clear goals and expectations, promoting the opportunity to students, recruiting champions from across the university, equipping them with the tools and confidence they need to succeed, and measuring the impact they create. It includes practical advice, proven engagement techniques and ideas suitable for institutions at every stage of their sustainability journey.
Alongside the handbook, the Recruit Worksheet helps students identify what motivates them, the sustainability issues they care about, the skills they would like to develop and the opportunities for change they can influence. It guides them through creating a SMART action plan and identifying the people, resources and communication channels that can help them achieve their goals.