NextGen: HN - Learning for Sustainability

Learning for Sustainability (LfS) includes global citizenship, sustainable development, social justice, human rights, climate change, biodiversity loss, and equality. LfS is an approach that builds learners' capacity to deal with the unpredictable social, economic and environmental challenges facing our rapidly changing world.

What's different about NextGen: HN?

Learning for Sustainability is a core component of all NextGen: HN qualifications.

LfS is an approach that helps learners to question, analyse and think critically while working with others. Embedding LfS in NextGen: HN qualifications will help to prepare learners for the increasing demand for skills, jobs, and careers, as Scotland transitions to a greener and net-zero economy.

The expectation is that all NextGen: HN learners will exit their studies with:

  • a general understanding of sustainability and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs)
  • a good grounding in subject-specific sustainability
  • the confidence to apply the knowledge, skills, and values developed through their learning in the next stage of their lives.