Held in collaboration with Eco-Shelter at the Coed Hills Rural Art Space.

A half-day training session on how to search for contacts, correspond with an NGO, and set up an overseas project for EWB-UK to run as part of the placements scheme was run by Steve Jones. This was the first time this had been run.

Attendance was good (about 20 people from various branches). Feedback was mostly positive, and has been summarised in one of the attached documents by the EWB Imperial projects team.

This was run in conjunction with the course on fundraising for EWB-UK run by Kim Roach the day before.

The next time it runs it is likely to be incorporated into the planned National Training Conference.

ARE YOU A COMPLETE ENGINEER YET?? - APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN

If not, you still have the oppurtunity to transform into one. EWB Glasgow, is conducting a Scottish Conference titled "Skills for Developing a Complete Engineer", in University of Glasgow, which will give the oppurtunity to learn, how to apply engineering in real life. *For application please visit www.ewb-uk.org/node/2438

*- First Preference will be given to students from Scottish Universities

Band Night!!

Fund raiser band night in Nottingham, Bar None! (http://www.barkingmadagain.com/)

Lots of cool bands, will be a good night.

Doors 7:30pm

Tickets - £3 Advanced/£3.50 Door

  

 

 

Join the EWB-Durham Committee for an Indian at The Spice Lounge and The Comedy Club at the Gala. Anyone is welcome...

 

Email durham@ewb-uk.org for more details

 

 

 

EWB Brighton take it's first trip to CAT (the Centre for Alternative Technology) in Wales on the 23rd to 25th February. It's only £65! If you don't live near Brighton but would love the opportunity to go to this top European Environmental Centre, then contact us on brighton@ewb-uk.org and we could work out how you can join us...

 

Check out more details here...

 

 

This is Imperial Branch’s appropriate energy training course, launched in 2005. It hopes to provide students with a greater insight and understanding into appropriate energy technologies in the context of development work through a series of practical activities coupled with interactive presentations. The primary aims of the course are to allow students to:

• Gain practical development and relief engineering skills.
• Meet and talk to professional engineers involved in the development field.
• Bring together students from a variety of backgrounds who share a common genuine interest in development and relief work.
• Inspire students to pursue charity and voluntary engineering opportunities.

 If you are interested in attending this course or have any queries please contact Raymond Burrows.

Hydropolitics: Water Shortage and Conflict

Professor Ewan W Anderson

With a focus on the Middle East, the region with the most acute shortage and one most commonly mentioned in the context of water wars, water will be discussed as a strategic resource and a range of possible counter measures to alleviate scarcity will be considered. The potential for conflict and the likely flashpoints will be assessed. Is it all polemic or will there be fighting over water?

Ewan Anderson is Emeritus Professor of Geopolitics at the University of Durham, having been a member of staff in the Geography and Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Departments, and Visiting Professor at the University of Exeter . Professor Anderson's research, writing and teaching has focused upon geopolitics: the application of all facets of geography in political decision-making and development studies.

The General University Programme (GULP) recommences on Wednesday, 7 February 2007 in 8 West, 1.1. Admission is free, just turn up on the evening. Free parking available in the West Car Park. All sessions run from 5.15pm until 6.15pm with the exception of the first lecture, which starts at 6pm.

 

This workshop is a mixture of talks and a practical activity.

Events include:

Guest speakers from the Well Resource Centre Network
    Brian Reed      - Gravity Water Schemes in Malawi
    Rebecca Reed  - Total Sanitation Campaign in Bangladesh

Various debates, including the role of the Engineer in development work, humanitarian aid and disaster relief

And a group design activity

 

Please email durham@ewb-uk.org if you are planning on attending

 

 

The South West Water training weekend has now moved to the weekend of the 28th of April due to problems with the venue.  This is now a definite date, and will be held at a Scout Camp outside Bristol. More details to follow soon...

EWB Cardiff Residential Training Weekend

Friday 8th Decemeber - Sunday 10th December

Centre for Alternative Technology, Machynlleth, Mid Wales

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For more information about the Centre for Alternative Technology (C.A.T.) click here 

A weekend of workshops, seminars, talks and socials giving an introduction to alternative technology, it's uses in the UK and the relevance of alternative technology to developing communities.

The cost of the weekend is £35 including food, transport and accomodation. 

For further information email cardiff@ewb-uk.org

 

Ward off the dark winter nights, by dancing in tartan!

Everyone is most welcome to EWB Glasgow's Christmas Ceilidh.  We have a live ceilidh band, lots of engineers (and non-engineers!) letting off steam, we have raffle prizes, and if you come along you will have a great time.  See the attached poster for details. 

For 5 years the Comedy Research Project has been testing the hypothesis that science can be funny. Audiences exposed to their shows have consistently laughed up to 63% more than control audiences locked into adjacent rooms, suggesting that Dr. Helen Pilcher and Timandra Harkness are more than just placebo comedians.

Now they plan to bring the same rigorous research methodologies to engineering. Facts will be deformed by the forces of twisted humour, and the audience’s tolerance for puns will be measured with the most up-to-date equipment. We have no plans to test the audience to destruction, but rapid joke prototyping software will be used on any hecklers

 For further details of this fundraising event for Oxford, please see http://www.oxfordplayhouse.com/ticketsoxford/index.asp?Promoter=308

 

Jignesh Parekh will be visiting Glasgow Branch and giving a presentation on EWB, Microfinance and Social Mobilisation.  Everyone is welcome to come along and learn more.  The event is being held in Hugh Fraser Seminar Room 2, Wolfson Medical School Building, Glasgow University and will run from 3-5pm.  If you are unsure of how to get there, contact Kate Ward, or Sashi Supramaniam.

EWB Bath & Bristol joint fundraising event for Wateraid

Date: Saturday 18th November 2006

Meet: 1.20pm Temple Meads Station

For the upcoming World Toilet Day, EWB Bath is hosting a fundraising event for Wateraid. There will be a speaker with food and drinks, followed by a pub crawl! The pub crawl will be themed "bathroom" - so get out your showercaps, towels and rubber duckies! The event will carry-on until round about 10pm (or whenever you feel like leaving).

It should be great fun - so please drop me an email Derek Sheen if you want to come.

Sarah-Jayne O'Kane (Water Aid) will be reporting from a recent trip to Burkina Faso, to see how the monies raised for Wateraid are being put to good use in building appropriately designed latrines and wells.

 

Our speaker from MSF will be giving an insight into the actions and support needed in the aftermath of an incident occurring and will provide an insight into how one might get involved further in this type of work.

 

There will be time for questions after the presentations and this is your chance to raise any queries you have surrounding disaster relief or ongoing development work.

 

These talks will provide an ideal opportunity for members to increase their awareness of appropriate development from the people who have been there and seen current practises; therefore helping members to gain the experience associated with development objective E3 (contribute to sustainable development through engineering activities).