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

 

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

 

 

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.

 

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. 

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.

Me, Natasha and Hayley went off on the EWB National Conference this weekend.  We had a great time and have come back inspired with a load of new ideas for what to do this year. 

   So we’re going to have a meeting this Thursday 26^th of October in 4 East 2.4 in order to discuss what actions we want to get involved with this year.  Here are a few ideas that we were most keen on trying:

 

A joint training session with Cardiff and Bristol branches on (provisionally) 10^th-11^th February 2007.  We need a team of people to help work on this.

 

Continuing to work on the South Africa placement.  Last year we had a group of hardworking people who were involved in organising the project since the start of EWB Bath.  The project will need to be continued this year when two new people will travel out to the country!

 

A number of fundraising ideas that we need to develop.  Themed races and socials, entertainment events, Corporate begging, etc.  Hopefully we can give a big push to this area of Branch activities this year.

 

Building something as a large-scale project.  EWB Nottingham built a wind turbine between themselves last year, it sounded like good fun and was great publicity for the Branch and for EWB as a whole.

 

   There’s probably some stuff I’ve forgotten about, but I’ll bring that up at the meeting.  It’ll be fun, so hope to see you there.

 

   A couple of other things:

   Please remember to sign up on Bathstudent.com as a member of EWB if you’re interested in taking part.  We need to get a minimum of members if we’re gonna keep going as a society this year!

 

   Also, log onto www.ewb-uk.org and sign up as a member of Bath Branch.  This will be a very important tool to help keep in touch with other University branches and the main body of the charity.

 

   So that’s it.  Hope to see you at the meeting!

 

Rock on,

             Sean

Find out more about the Imperial College Branch at this year's Freshers Fair!

This two day conference examines sport as a catalyst for social development and the procurement of investment for it in the context of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

The first day covers sport as a catalyst for social development; the second day covers sports investment. 

The conference is free of charge and you can attend either one or both days.

See the attached document for details of the conference and how to register.