Majority of UK Students: Sustainability Not Promoted at My University

The Oxbridge sustainability gap is also worth noting, with these top schools performing significantly lower than other universities in the UK.

Of the two, Cambridge comes out on top. Just under a third (30 percent) of students at Cambridge said they believe their university actively promotes sustainability.

In comparison, only 13 percent of Oxford students said their university is committed to sustainability. This places the city in the bottom seven in the UK for sustainability.   

Surprisingly, only 19 percent of students in London said that sustainability is actively promoted at their university, despite London being one of the most heavily polluted cities in the UK.

Although London scores below the UK average of 19 percent, these figures see London beating cities like Portsmouth, Canterbury and Coventry, where only 13 percent of students believed their universities are actively promoting sustainability on campus.

This survey shows there is still a lot more work to be done when it comes to making universities more sustainable. Here’s how universities are helping to look after the environment.