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ÃÛÌÒ´«Ãºmv is committed to ethical careers, placements and recruitment. Strong sustainability and ethical considerations are given to the involvement Careers and Placements team have with all third-party organisations.

ÃÛÌÒ´«Ãºmv also has a dedicated Careers Team responsible for helping students and graduates with their careers. This team is not part of any combined careers services. Meet the careers team working to help our students make the most of their potential.

ÃÛÌÒ´«Ãºmv are proud to support the , signing the pledge to the initiative that aims to create legislative and regulatory change that will make NDAs unenforceable for anything other than their original purpose – the prevention of sharing confidential business information ("intellectual property") and trade secrets.

The university is proud to be partnered with the , a charity and not-for-profit organisation that delivers tangible, sustainable impact through high-quality consulting and procurement services.

The Sustainability Team worked closely with the Head of Campus Services to include sustainable food sourcing criteria when the catering provision was renewed several years ago. The compliance of contractors with relevant ÃÛÌÒ´«Ãºmv policies, such as: Fairtrade Policy, Sustainable Food Policy and Environmental Policy, has been included as part of the Service Level Agreement within the contract. Requirements around sustainability have also been included in the vending contract for the university. An extract of the contract for external food providers can be viewed, detailing the universities sustainable food and drink requirements.

The university works closely with Chartwells to embed sustainability into its food offering across campus and through its hospitality service. These commitments are contained within the Sustainable Food Policy which is reported on annually to senior management. Further commitments are also highlighted on our hospitality page and in our hospitality brochure. As part of our commitment to sustainable produce, on campus in the Trinity Herb Garden which is then used by Chartwell chefs in their cooking. ÃÛÌÒ´«Ãºmv also has the vegan and vegetarian SKVP café on campus which offers award winning Mumbai street food.

ÃÛÌÒ´«Ãºmv is working towards procuring more sustainably and fairly though our work towards being a . works with farming cooperatives, businesses and governments globally to ensure trade is fair and everyone in the supply chain is being paid a fair wage. Fairtrade products have to abide by a that are set democratically by the farming cooperatives, businesses who buy and sell Fairtrade products and external experts. This means that alongside championing towards more ethical and more sustainable procurement, we only serve Fairtrade tea, coffee and sugar at our hospitality events, and are always actively working towards increasing the amount of Fairtrade products we sell at our on campus stores. By doing this, we ensure that our supply chains are paid a fair wage and we educate staff and students on how to shop more ethically.

In addition to serving more sustainably and ethically sourced produce, ÃÛÌÒ´«Ãºmv is also tackling single-use plastic through the 'Choose to Reuse' campaign and through the installation of a large number of water fountains and 'refill points' on campus which provide free drinking water for staff and students. Make sure to check out the water fountain locations.

The 2024/25 academic year marked the first full year of the allotment located in between Kimberlin Library and the Queens Building. The allotment invites staff and students to take part in growing a variety of fruits, vegetables and plants- from strawberries and potatoes to beans and courgettes. The overall aim of it is to encourage volunteering, enhance wellbeing through time in nature, and bring people together from across the university. Participants can take the produce they grow home or share it within the local community. Check out on how to get to the allotment and read more about its initial launch here.

The university’s catering partner Chartwells was awarded 3 stars (the highest rating available) from the Sustainable Restaurant Association's Food Made Good assessment which covers three main areas - sourcing, society and the environment.

We understand the importance to recycle as much waste as possible on campus. As a result of this, we have set highly ambitious recycling targets at ÃÛÌÒ´«Ãºmv.

ÃÛÌÒ´«Ãºmv has a comprehensive monitoring system in place which records water consumption in our buildings across the campus. The system is used by the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ãºmv Energy Team to monitor trends in consumption, identify water leaks on campus and to encourage greater water efficiency in our buildings. The University has water reduction targets that it is working towards and progress against these targets is reported annually to the senior leadership team.

Our waste water is treated through the local sewage system and we have a number of management practices and training programs in place to ensure that our waste water discharges are in line with the requirements of our sewage provider Severn Trent. These practices include an environmental management system which is external assessed on an annual basis to ensure that the university is compliant with environmental legislation including waste water discharges and Health & Safety policies to manage practices in labs.