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The case for public health policy engagement – a series of case studiesDr Dick Fenner, a Reader in Engineering Sustainability at the University of Cambridge’s Engineering Department, is s a member of a consortium led by the University of Nottingham. Dr Fenner is helping to analyse the benefits of blue-green infrastructure, which can help prevent fl…

Professor Peter Guthire has now retired from the Centre for Sustainable Development. Thank you for all your wise words Peter from all the Staff and Students at the Centre and nearly 500 Students who have been on the ESD MPhil over the past 14 years. We will miss you.Peter will still be working a few days a week  in the Department on his own researc…

Welcome to our new ESD Students.We have 40 students this year from all over the world including Bulgaria, Gambia, Yemen, Kenya and Columbia.Last weekend students attended the fieldtrip to Southern England to look at complexity in the landscape and "messy problems." Class of 16-17 (Owen)

Congratulations!!!!!!!to the 2016 ESD MPhil cohort who handed in their dissertations by Friday 26th August. Well done for all your hard work.

The ESD MPhil conference was held 11-13 July 2016 at the Department of Engineering.Presentations were made by the students and posters were on display in reception. Congratulations to Heather Norton who won the best presentation prize, and to Menna Dessouky who won the best poster prize (judged by library staff.)The Annual MPhil dinner was held on …

A position exists, for a Research Assistant/Associate in the Department of Engineering, to work on the EPSRC funded project "Achieving Urban flood resilience in an uncertain future", which will be delivered by a consortium of 9 UK Universities.Centre for Sustainable Development, EngineeringCLOSING DATE 12th September 2016The post holder will be loc…

Tahawar Hussain Syed was part of the winning Fitzwilliam College cricket team in the inter collegiate cricket cuppers competition.Fitzwilliam College won the title for the first time since 1972, defeating Girton college by 3 runs in the final.

The MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development Dissertation Presentations will be held on 11 – 13 July 2016 in LT0, Engineering Department.Schedule attached

Secret aid worker: my bra stopped me from running into the path of gunfireRead Ces O'Hanlon's (ESD MPhil 13-14) "Secret Aid Worker" article in the Guardian about her work in South Sudan with Medicins Sans Frontieres.Ces is currently on her first mission for MSF, working as a Water and Sanitation engineer (WatSan) in Lankien, South Sudan, which is t…

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.See attached pdf ofWaterworld article

ESD MPhil (39 of us!) went to a splendid Jesus Formal on Tuesday night.We missed those who couldn't make it.Thank you to Elena for arranging the event, to Peter for last minute ticket requirements and to the ESD students for inviting Dick, Dai and Sian.Congratulations to Madison and Peter who won the table football and apologies to Matthew who had …

Jaspreet Singh has won a 90 second video competition based within Arup. Winners win a financial donations on a cause he/she supports. As one of the winners he was granted £4000 for Agastya (an NGO based in India). Jaspreet created a 90 second video on Agastya’s Raspberry Pi project. The project is aimed at teaching students in rural India using dig…

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.Students from the MPhil in ESD presented to a high level industry panel including senior directors from ARUP and Buro Happold, sharing their i…

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. The students visited the Severn Trent Water anaerobic digestion plant Coleshill, Centre for…

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 technology) and Dulas (s…