training

TEDxEWB

Event Date: 
19 March, 2010 - 14:30 - 20:30
Venue: 
Imperial College
Location: 
London
Organiser: 
fran.talavera

 


EWB-UK presents...  TEDxEWB

 

 

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Shelter Course 2010

Event Date: 
13 March, 2010 - 09:00 - 18:00
Venue: 
Cambridge University Engineering Department
Location: 
Cambridge
Organiser: 
seb.palmer

See information on the EWB Cambridge website.

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Development Volunteering: Know Before You Go

Event Date: 
5 March, 2010 - 18:00 - 7 March, 2010 - 16:00
Venue: 
University College London
Location: 
London
Organiser: 
fran.talavera

 

Applications for this course are now closed.  If you would like to be put on the waiting list then please contact Fran Talavera (EWB-UK Training Programme Manager)

 

Are you planning on going abroad to volunteer on an international development project in the near future?  If so, then this is your ideal training course!

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Total Sanitation: Cambridge WASH Series 2009-10

Event Date: 
23 January, 2010 - 09:00 - 18:00
Venue: 
Cambridge University Engineering Department, Trumpington Street, Cambridge
Location: 
Cambridge
Organiser: 
seb.palmer

Total Sanitation
Part of the EWB-Cambridge / Mott MacDonald Water Series 2009-10

applications are now closed

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Training Bulletin Archive

EWB-UK sends out regular training bulletins with news of upcoming training courses around the country. Sent out approximately once a month, it contains details of courses such as our popular and long-running Clare Farm course; our tri-disciplinary course, looking at water, shelter and energy; as well as nationally and branch-organised events from Edinburgh to Plymouth.

Water Quality & Health Workshop: Cambridge Water & Sanitation Training Series 2009

Event Date: 
22 November, 2009 - 09:30 - 17:30
Venue: 
Department of Engineering, Trumpington Street
Location: 
Cambridge
Organiser: 
JTRadford

Cool. Clean. Fresh.

Running water… Don’t take it for granted.

 

The second training course in the EWB/Mott MacDonald Water Series is here!

Important Notes: 

Cost: Students £6, Non-students £10

EWB-UK National Conference 2009

Event Date: 
23 October, 2009 - 18:00 - 25 October, 2009 - 15:00
Venue: 
Bristol University, Faculty of Engineering
Location: 
Bristol
Organiser: 
Ben Kyriakou

National Conference

This conference provides an opportunity for people involved in EWB-UK from around the UK to get together and get to know each other, along with finding out more about what is a vibrant, youthful organisation.

The weekend will kick off with a public talk on the Friday evening featuring;

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Clare Farm (June 2009)

Event Date: 
26 June, 2009 - 14:00 - 28 June, 2009 - 16:00
Venue: 
Clare Farm
Location: 
Dullingham (nr Cambridge)
Organiser: 
fran.talavera

The EWB-UK/RedR Cambridge Group training course at Clare Farm, which has been running for a number of year, has always been an exciting and inspiring event. The course consists of practical exercises, focussing on both development and disaster relief work.

The course is led by professionals who have experience of working abroad using practically-based and refreshing ways of teaching.

 

 

EWB-UK Pre-departure Course

Event Date: 
15 June, 2009 - 14:00 - 20 June, 2009 - 15:00
Venue: 
Ringsfield Hall
Location: 
Beccles, Suffolk
Organiser: 
fran.talavera

Our annual pre-departure course which is run to prepare volunteers going on the EWB-UK placements scheme covers many issues and topics vital to effective development work.

For more details contact Fran Talavera (EWB-UK Training Programme Manager) or Gareth Lewis (EWB-UK Placements Co-ordinator).

Cambridge Shelter Training Course 2009

Event Date: 
7 March, 2009 - 00:00 - 8 March, 2009 - 18:00
Venue: 
Cambridge University Engineering Department
Location: 
Cambridge
Organiser: 
seb.palmer

 

Interested in disaster relief and development?

Want to spend a weekend learning about shelter from experts in the field?

This course aims to provide an introduction to shelter, from international planning through to project implementation and the associated practical technical skills.

With a mix of theory and hands-on workshops covering shelter in emergencies, the transition from relief to development, and reconstruction and mitigation, this course will educate and inspire.

Important Notes: 

This course is aimed at students of all disciplines, it's not just for engineers!

We've previously had lawyers, HPS students, architects...

 

 

Water and Sanitation Day

Event Date: 
14 February, 2009 - 08:45 - 17:30
Venue: 
Lecture Room 4, New College, Holywell Street, 0X1 3BN
Location: 
Oxford
Organiser: 
camila

***THIS COURSE IS NOW FULLY BOOKED****

EWB-Oxford is organising a day focussing on Water and Sanitation. 

In the morning the session will be taught by Jan Davis (co-author of Engineering in Emergencies) . The aim will be to introduce water, sanitation and hygiene issues for displaced people in an emergency, with the outcome of session participants being able to deliver a WASH programme.

Construction in Development

Event Date: 
6 February, 2009 - 19:00 - 8 February, 2009 - 17:00
Venue: 
Imperial College London
Location: 
London
Organiser: 
hcwlee

What did you do at the weekend? A look at training

EWB-UK and its university branches around the country provide a wide range of exciting, hands-on training events to raise awareness of international development. Aimed at young engineers, these events - from talks and short workshops to longer courses - will give you the skills you need to make a difference. So spend a weekend with us!

Is Small Beautiful? Exploring Appropriate Technology

Event Date: 
30 January, 2009 - 19:00 - 1 February, 2009 - 16:30
Venue: 
Edale YHA
Location: 
Edale, Peak District
Organiser: 
fran.talavera

The landmark work by E.F. Schumacher Small is Beautiful changed the face of development economics.

Biofuel workshop - EWb-Nottingham

In November 2008, EWB-Nottingham invited Mike Pepler of the Ashden Awards to come and give a session on Biofuels and their importance in todays world.

EWB-Nottingham member, Sian Bower, wrote a review of the event.

 

Personal Risk Assessment Abroad - CANCELLED

Event Date: 
15 November, 2008 - 13:00 - 17:00
Venue: 
Engineering Department, Cambridge University
Location: 
Cambridge
Organiser: 
fran.talavera

Aimed at people who want to go abroad, this course educates the participant on aspects of personal safety the traveller might encounter away from home; such as road safety and safe working practices with a particular emphasis on performing personal risk assessments when working abroad.  This course would be highly useful to anyone considering a placement or travel overseas.

Important Notes: 

This event is sponsored by:

Energy Weekend

Event Date: 
14 November, 2008 - 19:00 - 16 November, 2008 - 16:00
Venue: 
Broomlee Centre, West Linton, Near Edinburgh
Location: 
Scotland
Organiser: 
fran.talavera

This energy-packed weekend will be a great event, full of practical activities and the theory behind their implementation in the field.

Sessions will include stoves, solar heating and water purification using solar energy.

 

Applications are open now UNTIL MIDNIGHT ON SUNDAY 9TH NOVEMBER - please follow this link!

EWB-UK National Conference

Event Date: 
24 October, 2008 - 12:00 - 26 October, 2008 - 13:00
Venue: 
Peak Venture, Penistone
Location: 
Peak District
Organiser: 
fran.talavera

EWB-UK holds an annual National Conference to bring all the teams together in order to focus their aims and strategy for the year.It encompasses elements of internal training which is vital to the organisation functioning well as a whole, but also includes some external training to inspire our members and to remind them of the aims of EWB-UK; facilitating human development through engineering. This element of the conference includes inspirational talks from leading professionals along with practical activities.

Important Notes: 
EWB-UK annual National Conference