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GREG FELTER, MPhil student 2012-13 from Hughes Hall, was a recipient of a CUES Rolling Grant, which he used to see and research the problems of supplying water in Uganda, one of the world’s poorest countries. He details his trip in this article taken from "The Cambridge Engineer. Michaelmas 2013." Rolling Grant: Uganda

This weekend, two of the current MPhil students, Ralph Bernhard and Jack Barrie, formed a team and took part in the Cambridge Start Up Hack weekend event (create a company in 48 hours). They won! They developed a company called Water Peer. Water Peer is a water efficiency startup focused on behaviour modification through...

Article taken from: http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/features/when-building-for-the-future-means-what-it-says Too little attention is being paid to the long-term sustainability of new buildings in a changing climate according to a new study that makes recommendations for ‘future-proofing’ best practice. It’s the ability to...

Over 160 participants from 24 countries gathered last week at Robinson College for the 6th International Conference in Engineering Education for Sustainable Development (EESD13). The conference was hosted and organised by the Department's Centre for Sustainable Development and was opened with addresses from both Professor...