Personal Information

Biography

Name:

• Kate Sankey

 

 Nationality:

• British

 

 Recent Positions:

• Director Part time and Flexible Studies, Division of Academic Innovation and Continuing Education, University of Stirling (1999-2006)
• Manager of privately run Environmental Learning and Training Centre (2006 – present)
• Visiting Academic, Institute of Education, University of Stirling (2006 – present)

 

Area and Length of Expertise:

• Education for sustainable development,
• Community engagement in sustainable rural regeneration,
• Lifelong learning regions, sustainable land management.

 

Recent Research, Development and Consultancy and Organisations

• Indicators : a Regional Lifelong Learning (R3L), European project 2002-2005
• Young people’s interaction with the natural heritage through outdoor education : a research project commissioned by Scottish Natural Heritage 2006
• Higher Education Partnership for Sustainability, Forum for the Future/ Scottish Higher Education Funding Council 2000-2003

 

Qualifications, Recognitions, Positions, Memberships:

• BSc (Hons) Environmental Botany and Geography from Southampton University
• Academic Award Scot of the Year for Environment 2005, Institute of Contemporary Scotland
• Board Member of the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Authority (Scottish Executive appointment 2002 - 2009)
• Vice Chairman Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Community Partnership (Strategic Partnership in community development 2004 - present)
• Chairman Forth Environmental Link (2006 – present)
• Elected Member of Scottish Sustainable Development Forum (National steering committee) (2006 – present)
• Previous Depute Director and latterly
• Previous Director, Scottish Environmental Education Council (1987-1994)

 

Selected Publications:

• Nixon, J., Sankey, K., Furay, A. & Simmons, M. (1999) Education for sustainability in Scottish Secondary Schools: boundary maintenance or professional reorientation? Environmental Education Research, 5(3) pp. 305-318.
•  Sankey, K. and Osborne, M. (2006) 'Lifelong learning reaching regions where other learning doesn't reach'. In R. Edwards et al Researching learning outside the academy. London: Routledge (in press)

History

Member for

1 year 9 weeks