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The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were set out in 2015 for the WHOLE world to meet by 2030. However with COVID-19, climate crisis, poverty, hunger, plastics... and this endless list of problems and challenges we can feel overwhelmed and feel there is nothing we can do.

However, this is far from the truth. This webinar will tell the story of UN SDGs and how we can all help to meet them. Tracy Morse is the Head of the Centre for Sustainability at the University of Strathclyde. She is originally from Aberdeenshire, and has spent the past 20 years living and working in public health in Malawi. Working hand in hand with community members and her Malawian colleagues they developed health programmes to reduce infectious disease in some of the poorest populations in the world.

Tracey will talk about her experiences, how sustainability is a global issue, and how we can all contribute to this exciting agenda. The responsibility has fallen on us all to act now – so let’s educate ourselves and make choices that are sustainable.
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Melvyn Roffe
Principal, George Watson's College
Melvyn has been Principal of George Watson’s College in Edinburgh since August 2014.

Melvyn graduated in English from the University of York and trained to be a teacher at the University of Durham. He began his career in Northamptonshire, teaching at Oundle School and enjoying a short and not massively successful political career which culminated in being elected Mayor of Oundle in 1993. He also served very briefly as an election observer for the Council of Europe before moving to Monmouth School as Head of English and being promoted as Director of Studies there in 1997. In 2001 he transferred into the state sector as Headmaster of Old Swinford Hospital in Stourbridge, serving for six years and subsequently moving to Norfolk as Principal of Wymondham College.

Melvyn was a member of the National Executive of the Boarding Schools’ Association (2004-2010) and was Chair of the Association in 2008-09. He has undertaken a number of governance roles in schools, academies and the FE sector. He has served as a Director of the Scottish Council for Independent Schools (SCIS) and of Connect - the Scottish Parent Teacher Council. He is currently a member of the Council of School Leaders Scotland. Melvyn is a Burgess of the City of Edinburgh and also an Honorary Life Fellow of the College of Optometrists, a distinction awarded in recognition of his service to the profession as a Lay Member of College Council.

Melvyn will become Chair of the Headmasters’ and Headmistresses’ Conference (HMC) for the 2022/23 Session. HMC represents the Heads of 296 leading independent schools in the UK, Ireland and around the world, which between them are responsible for educating over 240,000 young people. The organisation has an important voice in the development of education policy and good practice, provides training, induction and professional development for Heads and the staff of HMC schools and provides a quality “kite mark” for British education internationally. This will be only the third time in over 150 years that this prestigious position will have been held by the Head of a Scottish school, and Melvyn will be following in the footsteps of former GWC Principal, Sir Roger Young, who was Chairman of HMC in 1976.

Melvyn is married to Catherine Stratford and they have two adult children. Melvyn retains a personal interest in politics as well as cultural pursuits and vintage transport. His articles on educational and related themes are published from time to time in the TES Scotland and elsewhere.
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Dr Tracy Morse
Senior Lecturer and Head of Strathclyde Centre for Sustainable Development
Dr Tracy Morse is Senior Lecturer and Head of Strathclyde Centre for Sustainable Development. Having previously been based in Malawi for 20 years, she leads an interdisciplinary research team with a focus on addressing the determinants of health in low- and middle-income countries. Working with global partners, she is focused on promoting the importance of transdisciplinary research in addressing sustainable development for all, and supporting the transformational change needed to support attainment of UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Interesting projects Dr Morse has been involved with include Antimicrobial resistance in
Malawi and sexual and reproductive health rights for adolescents.
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