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Read more at: Ces O'Hanlon, ESD MPhil student (13-14) writes "Secret Aid Worker" article in the Guardian
Ces O'Hanlon, ESD MPhil student (13-14) writes "Secret Aid Worker" article in the Guardian

Ces O'Hanlon, ESD MPhil student (13-14) writes "Secret Aid Worker" article in the Guardian

21 June 2016

Secret aid worker: my bra stopped me from running into the path of gunfire

Read more at: Waterworld
Waterworld

Waterworld

10 June 2016

Dr Dick Fenner, co-author of 'Waterworld' featured in Horizons Issue 30, discusses flood risk within urban environments and how to combat flood risk through infrastructure.

Read more at: ESD MPhil Students at Jesus Formal May 16
ESD MPhil Students at Jesus Formal May 16

ESD MPhil Students at Jesus Formal May 16

13 May 2016

ESD MPhil (39 of us!) went to a splendid Jesus Formal on Tuesday night.

Read more at: Jaspreet Singh, ESD MPhil student (14-15), wins Arup competition to support Agastya’s Raspberry Pi project.
Jaspreet Singh, ESD MPhil student (14-15), wins Arup competition to support Agastya’s Raspberry Pi project.

Jaspreet Singh, ESD MPhil student (14-15), wins Arup competition to support Agastya’s Raspberry Pi project.

27 April 2016

Jaspreet Singh has won a 90 second video competition based within Arup.

Read more at: Carbon Labelling Challenge
Carbon Labelling Challenge

Carbon Labelling Challenge

21 April 2016

Students from the MPhil in ESD presented to a high level industry panel including senior directors from ARUP and Buro Happold, sharing their insights into carbon labelling for large infrastructure projects.

Read more at: ESD MPhil Spring Fieldtrip to Mid Wales April 16
ESD MPhil Spring Fieldtrip to Mid Wales April 16

ESD MPhil Spring Fieldtrip to Mid Wales April 16

18 April 2016

The ESD MPhil students had a successful fieldtrip to Mid Wales at the start of April. The purpose of the Field Trip was to visit a number of organisations dealing largely in Development, Energy, or Sustainable Technologies mostly in the CONTEXT of mid Wales.

Read more at: ESD MPhil Spring Fieldtrip to Mid Wales April 16

ESD MPhil Spring Fieldtrip to Mid Wales April 16

18 April 2016

The ESD MPhil students had a successful fieldtrip looking at alternative technolgies in Mid Wales. They visited the Severn Trent Water anaerobic digestion plant Coleshill, Rheidol Wind Farm, Centre for Alternative Technology, Rhiedol Hydro and Ironbridge Biomass Power station. They met entrepreneurs from Surechill (Cooling...

Read more at: ESD MPhil Students visit to Crossrail March 16
ESD MPhil Students visit to Crossrail March 16

ESD MPhil Students visit to Crossrail March 16

12 April 2016

The ESD MPhil Students were given the opportunity to visit Crossrail on Tuesday 22nd of March 2016.

Read more at: Water, swans and sustainability
Water, swans and sustainability

Water, swans and sustainability

18 March 2016

See the ICE Civil Engineering blog about Charles and Dick's new book on Sustainable Water: https://www.ice.org.uk/news/knowledge/march-2016/water-swans-and-sustainability "Bold change efforts are required to meet sustainable practice in the water sector, write Charles Ainger and Dick Fenner – editors of new ICE Publishing...

Read more at: IChemE Senior Moulton Medal awarded to Dr Dick Fenner and Dr Feriha Mukuve
IChemE Senior Moulton Medal awarded to Dr Dick Fenner and Dr Feriha Mukuve

IChemE Senior Moulton Medal awarded to Dr Dick Fenner and Dr Feriha Mukuve

16 February 2016

Dr Dick Fenner and Dr Feriha Mukuve (ESD MPhil 10 -11, PhD 12 -15) have been awarded the prestigious Senior Moulton Medal for 2015 by the Institution of Chemical Engineers for their paper "Scale variability of water, land and energy resource interaction and their influence on the food system in Uganda" published in Sustainable Production and Consumption Vol 2 April 2015: 79-95.

Course Overview

Context

The need to engage in better problem definition through careful dialogue with all stakeholder groups and a proper recognition of context.

Perspectives

An ability to work with specialists from other disciplines and professional groups acknowledging that technical innovation and business skills also must be understood, nurtured and combined as precursors to the successful implementation of sustainable solutions.

Change

An understanding of mechanisms for managing change in organisations so future engineers are equipped to play a leadership role.

Tools

An awareness of a range of assessment frameworks, sustainability metrics and methodologies such as Life Cycle Analysis, Systems Dynamics, Multi-Criteria Decision making and Impact Assessment.

 

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