Sustainability and interdisciplinary learning

In this section we share resources around the cross-cutting themes of learning for sustainability, interdisciplinary learning, creativity and enterprise and the world of work. The following information introduces our offer in these areas and is not exhaustive.  

Courses, modules and qualifications 

Sustainability, interdisciplinarity, creativity and enterprise, and the world of work are embedded in many of our undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications. Our Open degrees (undergraduate and masters) offer a unique opportunity for interdisciplinary learning.  

We offer a microcredential in Climate Change: Transforming your organisation for sustainability.  

Free OpenLearn materials 

Explore our extensive range of free materials related to these cross-cutting issues at OpenLearn using the key search terms of sustainability, interdisciplinary, enterprise and creativity to find out what is available.  

The Sustainability Hub is a ‘one-stop shop’ of resources and courses developed to support understanding and educational practices in this area.  

We have a brand new free OpenLearn course - Supporting climate action through digital education - which equips educators for designing and delivering online, blended and technology-enhanced teaching and learning which supports learners in understanding environmental collapse and addressing it through global citizenship, direct action and democratic participation. 

Other free materials

Two films are available exploring the role that historic collections in Scotland can play in educating people about biodiversity and the global climate crisis. 

Landscapes of change is a ten-minute documentary that asks viewers to consider the ways in which nineteenth-century landscape painters responded to the industrial revolution. 

Hunting for feathers is a ten-minute documentary that focuses on feathers and fashion. It asks viewers to consider historic portraits, and the accessories worn by female sitters, in relation to biodiversity and species loss.