Summerton, Louise, Clark, James H. orcid.org/0000-0002-5860-2480, Hurst, Glenn A. et al. (11 more authors) (2019) Industry-Informed Workshops to Develop Graduate Skill Sets in the Circular Economy Using Systems Thinking. JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION. pp. 2959-2967. ISSN 0021-9584
Abstract
Increasing demand for chemicals worldwide, depleting resources, consumer pressure, stricter legislation, and the rising cost of waste disposal are placing increasing pressure on chemical and related industries. For any organization to survive in the current arena of growing climate change laws and regulations, and increasing public influence, the issue of sustainability must be fundamental to the way it operates. A sustainable manufacturing approach will enable economic growth to be combined with environmental and social sustainability and will be realized via collaboration between a multidisciplinary community including chemists, biologists, engineers, environmental scientists, economists, experts in management, and policy makers. Hence, employees with new skills, knowledge, and experience are essential. To realize this approach, the design and development of a series of workshops encompassing systems thinking are presented here. After close consultation with industry, an annual program of interactive workshops has been designed for graduate students to go beyond examining the "greening" of chemical reactions, processes, and products, and instead embed a systems thinking approach to learning. The workshops provide a valuable insight into the issues surrounding sustainable manufacturing covering change management, commercialization, environmental impact, circular economy, legislation, and bioresources incorporating the conversion of waste into valuable products. The multidisciplinary course content incorporates industrial case studies, providing access to real business issues, and is delivered by experts from academic departments across campus and industry.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019 American Chemical Society and Division of Chemical Education, Inc. |
Keywords: | Applications of Chemistry,Graduate Education/Research,Green Chemistry, Collaborative/Cooperative Learning,Industrial Chemistry,Inquiry-Based/Discovery Learning,Interdisciplinary/Multidisciplinary,Sustainability,Systems Thinking |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Chemistry (York) The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > The York Management School The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Centre for Immunology and Infection (CII) (York) The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Biology (York) > Centre for Novel Agricultural Products (CNAP) (York) The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Environment and Geography (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 19 Nov 2019 10:40 |
Last Modified: | 24 Oct 2024 00:07 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.9b00257 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1021/acs.jchemed.9b00257 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:153648 |