Vertically Integrated Projects for Sustainable Development: Achieving Transformational Action by Embedding Research-Based ESD in Curricula

: The University of Strathclyde’s Vertically Integrated Projects for Sustainable Development (VIP4SD) programme has grown to become a key vehicle of Research-based Education for Sustain-13 able Development at the institution. The programme enables students from different disciplines and levels of study to work with experienced researchers on diverse projects which address the real-15 world problems outlined by the Sustainable Development Goals. This paper discusses the chal-16 lenges encountered in transforming VIP4SD into a mainstream activity, and explores how this has inspired a whole institution approach to embedding ESD throughout Strathclyde’s curricula.

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