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If you have a specific query about sustainability at the University of Brighton, get in touch with the Sustainability Team, based in Estate and Facilities Management at sustainability@brighton.ac.uk.

The Director of Estates and Facilities Management is the accountable lead for environmental and corporate sustainability performance. 

Ollie Swan, Head of Sustainability

Ollie heads-up the Sustainability team and is a co-lead of Global Challenges, the University’s institutional response to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The team’s focus is to address the environmental and corporate dimensions of sustainability as part of Global Challenges.

Contact Ollie if you’d like to discuss:

  • Global Challenges
  • Our environmental and corporate sustainability programme, policies and strategies
  • Our response to net zero and the climate and ecological emergency

Email O.Swan@brighton.ac.uk

Ollie Swan Head of Sustainability

Lucy Lisle, Sustainability and Travel Manager 

Lucy leads on the development, management and implementation of the university’s sustainable travel agenda including travel plans, active travel, parking and fleet management services. In addition to this, Lucy’s work covers the university’s wider environmental and corporate sustainability agenda, in support of our Global Challenges agenda.  

Contact Lucy if you’d like to discuss:

  • Sustainable travel initiatives and facilities
  • Student and staff engagement.

Email L.Lisle@brighton.ac.uk

Lucy Lisle Sustainability and Travel Manager

Jude Harkins, Energy and Carbon Manager 

Jude is responsible for managing our approach to net zero carbon emissions on our campuses. This includes management of the Carbon Management Plan and identifying, delivering and monitoring energy and carbon reduction projects.

Contact Jude if you’d like to discuss:

  • Net-zero and carbon reduction projects 
  • Energy management 

Email J.Harkins@brighton.ac.uk

Jude Harkins Sustainability and Energy Analyst

Mark Burkill, Parking and Transport Officer

Mark manages university transport, fleet vehicles and parking across all our campuses.

Contact Mark if you’d like to discuss:

  • University fleet vehicles
  • Coach and vehicle Bookings
  • University Parking Policy

Email M.J.Burkill@brighton.ac.uk

Izzy White, Sustainability Projects Officer 

Izzy supports several projects in the team, with a particular focus on the Environmental Management System, waste and recycling activities and the development of the Global Challenges institutional approach to sustainability.

Contact Izzy if you would like to discuss:

  • Support with waste minimisation activities
  • Our Environmental Management processes and performance
  • Support with our work on Global Challenges

 Email: I.M.White@brighton.ac.uk

Izzy White - Sustainability Projects Assistant

Professor Mark Devenney, Professor of Critical Theory

Mark is a co-lead for Global Challenges, Mark leads on embedding education for sustainable development (ESD) across our research and teaching. Mark is a professor in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences and teaches Environmental Politics. Global Challenges is the University of Brighton's response to the ESD agenda, ensuring that the UN sustainable development goals underpin our teaching and learning, research, public and community engagement, campus operations and organisational culture.

Contact Mark if you'd like to discuss:

 Email M.Devenney@brighton.ac.uk

Professor Mark Devenney