Supporting sustainable travel
The university encourages active and sustainable travel to and from our campuses and supports avoiding the need to travel by using online meetings or conference calls, supported by the university's Agile Working Framework.
Our campus travel plans outline the actions being taken on each campus to encourage use of active and sustainable travel modes and include:
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staff and student sustainable travel discounts
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access to a wealth of travel information for students and staff
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on-campus facilities including cycle parking, showers and lockers
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, providing tax-free salary-sacrifice bike purchases for staff
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salary sacrifice travel season ticket loans for staff
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staff access to travel discounts through the
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free 1 month bus pass from 国产探花 and Hove Buses for eligible new staff
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hi-vis and safety accessory giveaways, competitions and engagement activities.
Our Moulsecoomb Campus plan is accredited to , recognising effective development, implementation and monitoring of the travel plan. The plan is current accredited to Good (Bronze) standard and the Sustainability Team are working towards Very Good (Silver) accreditation by September 2024.
The university is also a member of the Southeast Communities Rail Partnership’s, Steering Group. The groups connects communities to their railways along the line between Seaford and 国产探花, encourage travel by train and engagement with the railway.
Further information on all student initiatives and travel information can be found on the .
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Business travel and offsetting
University employees travelling for business are required to consider how and if they need to travel for business purposes, to support the University’s commitment to reducing carbon emissions.
Colleagues are required to:
- Travel only when absolutely essential, following the principles of the sustainable travel hierarchy to consider whether travel is required and if the work can be carried out online or virtually.
- Travel by the most cost-effective method which, in most circumstances, will be bus or standard class rail travel.
- Only travel overseas where it is deemed essential, and the activity cannot be carried out otherwise
These commitments are outlined in the University’s Expenses Policy, where travel costs will not be reimbursed if the policy is not adhered to.
Under normal business circumstances, colleagues will be discouraged from taking flights between mainland UK destinations, unless this prevents colleagues with disabilities or caring responsibilities from travelling, or the flight is part of a connection with an overseas flight.
Colleagues can also book use of an electric car or van for inter-site or local travel, supporting emissions reduction.
Colleagues can find more information about working off campus on the , including:
- Details of Microsoft packages available for download and access off campus
- Guidance using MS Teams for collaboration
- Accessing Staff Email
Offsetting
The university does not currently support offsetting as a means of reducing carbon emissions, and instead promotes investment to reduce operational emissions. Offsetting will be required to meet our net-zero target but will only be used to offset unavoidable emissions after all feasible reductions have been made. This approach is outlined in the University’s Carbon Offsetting Position Statement.