Brighton, University of .., Faculty of Science and Engineering, School of the Environment
Introduction:
The University of Brighton has an excellent reputation for delivering high quality vocational education and won the accolade of Sunday Times University of the year for 1999.
The School of the Environment Research Centre (SERC) is a lively and active community of more than 40 researchers, collaborating with others around the world. Currently there are 35 PhD/MPhil research students and 45 MSc students and numbers are rising. Areas of research expertise include Environmental Impact Assessment, Structural Timber, Environmental Lifecycle of Buildings, Building Education through Virtual Systems and Construction Management.
International Cooperation
The SERC positively encourages international co-operation in its research activities. It is currently participating in separate, EC funded, collaborative projects with the Universities of Amiens, Rouen and Le Havre. Individual researchers are actively collaborating with others in Africa and the USA, Australia and China as well as countries throughout Europe. The Student Chapter would build on these existing links and further international exchange and collaboration.
Research Support
Support for research within the university comes at both School and University levels. The University runs a course entitled 'Certificate in Research Methodology' (CRM), which was developed as a result of an awareness within the University that specialist research degree study should be underpinned by a general training in research methodology and the research process. This is in line with the major policy directions of the major research councils. The CRM consists of a number of workshops, work in progress seminars and action learning sets all of which are modular.
At a School level the School of the Environment Research Centre provides a lively series of research seminars and provides the forum for research debate. It also provides the support and supervision for the postgraduate research programmes.
Vision:
Programme:
The work programme is as follows:
• Produce a regular newsletter on its activities a minimum of twice yearly.
• Build on links previously developed with international institutes and actively pursue new links with other CIB Student Chapters internationally.
• Actively encourage other CIB member institutes to establish their own CIB (Endorsed) Chapter.
• Support CIB events by encouraging student members to attend and to submit papers for publications at such events.
• Promote international cooperation and collaboration of student researcher and their supervisors.
Membership:
Membership of the CIB Student Chapter will be open to all postgraduate students as well as undergraduate students undertaking an Honours Project which is a research based activity.
Members must:
• Have an interest in research and innovation in the area of the built environment
• Take an active part in the activities of the Student Chapter
Students will be considered to be members of the University of Brighton Student Chapter of the CIB while they remain active researchers and participate in our common goals of dissemination and exchange of research findings.
Contact:
The CIB Student Chapter will be organised and administered through a President and Vice President.
The President is responsible for overseeing the activities of the Student Chapter and for producing a regular newsletter. The remit of the President will be to raise the profile of the CIB activities amongst researchers at Brighton and to encourage collaboration with other researchers around the world.
The role of the Vice President is to support the President and act as the President's representative on occasions when he/she is unable to attend. The Vice President is specifically charged with developing co-operation, collaboration and dissemination through internet communications.
Faculties:
A key role in School of the Environment is undertaken by the Research Administrator, Mrs.Susan Gardner. Her role includes facilitating and monitoring research activities within the School and can therefore ensure a continuity to the administration of the Student Chapter.
Leader:
Dr. Andrew Miller, Leader of the Environmental Lifecycle of Buildings Research Unit within the School of the Environment will work closely with the administrative organisation of the Student Chapter and will also serve as the main point of contact for the CIB. Dr. Andrew Miller,
School of the Environment
, University of Brighton
, Cockcroft Building - Lewes Rd,
Brighton BN2 4GJ
,United Kingdom
Tel: +44.1273.642380
E:mail: a.miller@brighton.ac.uk
Finances:
The School of the Environment Research Centre is already active in organising regular, monthly, research seminars led by invited experts. In addition internal seminars based on the progress of individual researchers are held every two weeks throughout the academic year. The CIB Student Chapter works within this structure providing internally and externally led seminars of particular relevance to CIB activities. This forum is used for the development of further activities such as liaison with industry and site visits.
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