Bristol PLuS Award Sustainability - Requirements

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'Bristol PLuS Award - Sustainability' is the standard Bristol PLuS Award but with a slant towards sustainability activities.

There are four elements of the Bristol PLuS Award - Sustainability:

1.   50 hours Work/Life Experience - at least 25 out of the 50 hours experience must be in a sustainability -related role or environment
2.   A minimum of 4 workshops (to include 1 related to interview skills and 1 related to job-market awareness)
3.   An Intensive Skills Activity - sustainability related
4.   300 word Report

Follow this link to view the University of Bristol Student Sustainability Training webpage.

Please read on for full details.


1. EXPERIENCE - WORK & LIFE
  • 50 hours of work/life experience are needed to complete the award. This can seem a lot to start with, but most students find that things they are already doing can be counted. The 50 hours can also be spread over your entire time studying at Bristol, and can be formed from a number of different activities.
  • Work/Life Experience can be:

    • To achieve the Bristol PLuS Award- Sustainability, at least 25 out of the 50 hours experience must be in an sustainability role or environment.
  • Some examples would be:
    • Internships or placements in an sustainability environment
    • Sustainability research project (not credited towards your degree)
    • Volunteering with a sustainability angle e.g. Bristol Hub, Foodcycle
  • You can take part in a very wide range of activity and build up the hours slowly over time, or go for a more intensive, short-term commitment that fits in around your studying.
  • Experience cannot be something you are required to do as part of your studies, e.g. a year placement in industry/overseas.
  • You will need to provide the contact details of a referee who can confirm what you have done. They will be contacted once you have submitted your evidence for the award.

2. CAREER LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT
  • You need to attend a minimum of 4 workshops.

  • At least one workshop must be on interview skills.
    Please find examples of interview skills workshops below.


  • At least one workshop must be on job-market awareness
    Please find examples of job-market awareness workshops below.


  • Haven't attended any events on the drop down lists? Maybe you've attended some events but need to add some more to your list? Follow this link to see a list of all Bristol PLuS Award accredited events that are coming up at the Careers Service. http://www.bris.ac.uk/careers/events/plusaward.asp


  • The remaining two workshops can be additional workshops you have attended from either of the drop down lists above.

OR



3. INTENSIVE SKILLS ACTIVITY
  • During an intensive skills activity you will have:


    • gained employability-related skills e.g. teamwork, communication.
    • participated in an interactive manner (i.e. not all passive listening)
    • participated for a minimum of 7 hours
    • reviewed the skills you have gained from the activity/event e.g. report, review meeting, presentation.

    Your intensive skills activity must be sustainability related, for example:
    • Waste Auditing Training course AND Carbon Auditing Training course (totalling over 7 hours combined)
    • Carbon Audit Training course AND complete a follow on audit.  
    • Waste Audit Training AND complete a report that will be sent to Rose Rooney (Waste Manager).
    • Involvement in a sustainability related society committee
    • Participation in the Social Enterprise Conference
    • Participation in the Climate of Change Conference
    If you are interested in attending a waste or carbon audit training course please visit http://www.bristol.ac.uk/environment/safe/student_sust_training/

  • Please note that your intensive skills activity cannot be the same as any evidence used for your work/life experience.

  • Please note that you will not be able to use the same activity for the Outstanding Award.



4. REPORT

  • 300 words


  • We ask you to look back on and review the experiences you are giving as evidence for the Bristol PLuS Award and what you feel you have learnt from them. Reflection is a transferable skill required by employers. You will undoubtedly have to reflect on your experiences when applying for internships and graduate jobs. It is also encouraged through appraisal schemes and through professional development courses.


  • View an example.

IMPORTANT

  • All work experience, workshops and events must have been carried out whilst you were a registered University of Bristol student.