The Committee of Heads of Environmental Sciences (CHES) is the collective voice of the environmental sciences and related disciplines in higher and further education. CHES plays a leading role in the Higher Education Environmental Science community, representing member interests and lobbying on their behalf.
CHES is an active networking organisation and serves to enhance the quality of outcomes for all colleagues and institutions throughout environmental education. We aim to facilitate cooperation and collaboration between relevant bodies within the UK and internationally.
Key activities
- The representative organisation for institutions delivering education in environmental science and its related fields
- Ensuring positive outcomes for all environmental science providers, and highlighting opportunities for advancement
- Providing the leading accreditation scheme for environmental science higher education degree programmes
- Facilitating connections between member institutions and developing new avenues of international co-operation within the environmental science community
- Coordinating between member institutions and linking with relevant professional bodies
There are 34 university departments making up the membership of CHES. Our accreditation scheme covers 54 individual degree programmes across the majority of our member institutions. New members are welcome, and are not restricted to the Higher Education, nor environmental sciences. Please refer to our membership pages for details.
LATEST NEWS
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Annual Conference 2013
This conference, arranged by the Committee of Heads of Environmental Sciences (CHES) in association with the Higher Education Academy (HEA), will explore the use of Technology Enhanced Learning for Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences. The focus will be on Higher Education and the aim will be to share methods and experiences of developing and using technologies for enhancing teaching and learning in the GEES subject areas. More details.
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Membership News
CHES has welcomed the Lancaster Environment Centre, at Lancaster University, Edge Hill University and the University of Wolverhampton as the newest members of our organisation.
HEA Seminar Series 2012/13
The Higher Education Academy is running a workshop and seminar series in the thematic areas of employability, flexible learning and internationalisation. Each seminar will be hosted and delivered by an HE institution and will focus on aspects of learning and teaching. Details can be found here.
Careers Events
CHES is launching a series of careers events during the new academic year. We will be attending several events at our member institutions and have speakers available. If your institution has an event, contact us and we will support your career service.
GEES at the HEA
There is a wealth of information available on the GEES pages of the HEA website. In addition you can subscribe to the GEES newsletter for all relevant news including funding and professional development opportunities.
KIS requirements
The Committee has produced a fact sheet relating to the new requirements for HEIs across the UK to produce Key Information Sheets (KIS) from 2012/13. The document outlines the importance for our members to gain accreditation during the current period.
