Embedding sustainable development goals (SDGs) into the curricula using an interdisciplinary problem-based approach

Embedding sustainability into curricula has been a challenge many universities have been facing for a while. The nature of the topic could be classified as ‘dry’ when taught through a legislative lens, but a creative impactful method is required to enhance student engagement. One approach developed at a Scottish University is via the use of Design Thinking pedagogy in the context of a Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) hybrid workshop, where fashion management students and fashion and textile design students from the Scottish University partnered virtually with Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) fashion students. This case study will demonstrate the power of bringing students from other cultures and slightly different disciplines, with one being management and the other being practice-based, together to successfully demonstrate the use of an innovative method of delivery to enhance students' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) knowledge with impact.