- Sustainability
- About us
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- Student Representation
- Governance
- Transforming Bedfordshire Strategy 2021 26
- Sustainable Development Strategy 2022 26
- Environmental Management Systems
- Renewable Energy Generation
- Sustainability Steering Group
- Our Ethical Investment Policy
- Sustainable Transportation
- Environmental Performance
- Sustainable Food
- Carbon Management Plan 2020 2026
- Budgeting for Sustainability
- Environment Policy
- Research
- Meet the Sustainability Team
- Education
- Engagement, Training and Development
- Sustainability Forum
- Sustainability News & Projects
- Historical Sustainability Updates & Projects
- Can't Buy My Silence
Meet the Sustainability Team
Our dedication to sustainability relies upon a strong, collaborative network of staff and students support to achieve our goals on campus, in our teaching, research, and throughout our university.
Meet the team below by clicking on the photos. You can find out more about their respective roles and responsibilities and specific areas of expertise along with how best to get in touch.
Toby Maloy
Director of Estates and Facilities, Senior Leadership Team Member
Deputy Director of Estates - Health & Safety and Sustainability
As a Deputy Director within the Estates & Facilities department, James takes lead responsibility for the development and review of energy, sustainability, health and safety policy and strategies, enabling the University to provide a sustainable, safe, healthy and secure environment across all campuses for all its students, staff, visitors, and contractors.
Adam Higgin
Head of Energy & Sustainability, Senior Leadership Team Member
Adam Higgin
Adam has been working in various sustainability practitioner roles since 2003 and has worked as the University's sustainability lead since September 2009.
His main focus is on climate change mitigation through carbon reduction, energy efficiency, resource efficiency, waste management and the implementation of Eco-Campus Platinum an externally certified Environmental Management System.
T: 01582 743 835
E: adam.higgin@beds.ac.uk
Ulrika Meegolla
Head of Corporate Communications, Vice Chancellors Executive Group Member
Ulrika Meegolla
Ulrika joined the University in 2014 first as Media Relations Manager and now as Head of Corporate Communications. Ulrika is the former Chair of the Sustainability Steering Group, led on developing the University’s award-winning Target Zero communications campaign, and was proud to host Chris Packham as a public lecture speaker on sustainability. She is responsible for all staff and student communications, corporate events, media relations, and reputation management.
Dr Diana Pritchard
Head of Evaluation and Enhancement / Institutional Lead for Climate and Sustainability Educational Practices
Dr Diana Pritchard
Diana advocates the need for higher education provision to be relevant in preparing graduates for the challenges that are unfolding in our climatic, environmental and social worlds.
She is the academic lead for strategic curriculum priorities and works collaboratively across disciplines with academics and the student body to advance initiatives on employability, and diversity and inclusivity. Her approach to promoting education for sustainability - by harnessing the creativity of colleagues and students through the Sustainability Forum - has established innovative practices across the University which immerse students in understanding and seeking solutions to key global challenges.
She works on a long-term contract (2017-23) for the Department for International Development which involves her researching and evaluating higher education practices that effectively prepare students for the challenges of the 21st Century. This is disseminated internationally
T: 01582 743945
E: diana.pritchard@beds.ac.uk
View Diana's profile in the Academy of Learning & Teaching Excellence (ALTE)
Dr Mohamed Saeudy
Portfolio Leader for PG Accounting, Finance, Economics and Human Resources Management
Dr Mohamed Saeudy
Mohamed is the Faculty Lead of the University of Bedfordshire Business School for the Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME). He supports staff and students to engage in activities relating to PRME’s UK chapter and the UN Global Compact initiative. This will include advancing engagement with sustainability, ethics, and the UN Sustainable Development Goals in education and research and monitoring and reporting on the progress. His election to the UK Chapter of PRME’s steering committee was approved by the national AGM of business schools in June 2022.
T: 01582 743694
E: mohamed.saeudy@beds.ac.uk
Dr Andrew Grantham
Course Leader for MSc Sustainable Management at the University of Bedfordshire Business School
Sustainability and Energy Officer
The Sustainability and Energy Officer is responsible for ensuring the university achieves its strategic goals and objectives and for collating data and evidence to support decision making within the estate and facilities management team. The Sustainability and Energy Officer champions behavioural change in the areas of energy, sustainability, and environmental management.
