CHES (Committee of Heads of Environmental Sciences) is the collective voice of environmental sciences and related programmes in higher and further education.
It is an active networking organisation and serves to enhance quality of outcomes in environmental education. It aims to facilitate cooperation and collaboration between relevant bodies within the UK and worldwide. CHES offers advice to government by invitation (through consultation exercises) and proactively in its own right.
CHES provides a lobbying service for the Higher Education environmental sciences community. It moves the national debate and policy process forward in appropriate areas by canvassing the views of members, and both responding to, and initiating dialogue with government, funding agencies and allied professional bodies.
CHES works closely with the Institution of Environmental Sciences and also has links with sister organisations in America, Canada and Europe. It is a member of the Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (GEES SC) Advisory Group.
Currently CHES comprises 32 departments nationwide. New members are
welcome: please see our membership pages for details.
Past activity includes:
- Research Assessment Exercise lobbying and consultation exercises
- Earth sciences, environmental sciences and environmental studies (ES3) Benchmark statement creation and reviews
- Accreditation scheme
- International co-operation
- Networking departments
- Links to professional bodies
NEWS & EVENTS
2009 CHES Meetings
CHES Executive Committee meetings
will take place on 15th January, 22nd May and 6th July 2009. The 2009 AGM and Annual Conference will take place on 6-7th July in Brighton: please contact CHES if you would like to receive information about this event when it becomes available.
12th November 2008: The Burntwood Memorial Lecture 2008: Prospects for a sustainable society: what is the correct role for science? Lecture by Tony Juniper. 17.30-20.30, Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AG.
22/10/2008: UNEP launches Green Economy Initiative to Get the Global Markets Back to Work
Mobilizing and re-focusing the global economy towards investments in clean technologies and 'natural' infrastructure such as forests and soils is the best bet for real growth, combating climate change and triggering an employment boom in the 21st century. Click here to read the full press release.
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