training

Hands On! Emergency Aid Training (EAT) EWB-UK Training Courses

The Hands On! Training Courses are aimed at engineers wanting to gain an understanding of the practical considerations of work in the development and humanitarian sectors - perfect for any EWB-UK members.

Courses cost £125 for Students, and £175 for professionals. This is all inclusive of hot meals and basic accommodation. Sign-up via eventbrite.

Hands On Management and Logistics Weekend

Event Date: 
14 June, 2013 - 17:00 - 16 June, 2013 - 17:00
Venue: 
EAT
Location: 
Wakefield
Organiser: 
lincolnsmith

 

Course Aims and Delivery

Hands On Weekend - Gap Year

Event Date: 
12 July, 2013 - 17:00
Venue: 
EAT
Location: 
Wakefield
Organiser: 
lincolnsmith

 

Course Aims and Delivery

Know Before You Go course

Are you part of a group planning some international work?

Know Before You Go is a course designed to equip you with knowledge you'll need to make your partnership work overseas.

Effective Presentation Skills Training CANCELLED

Event Date: 
16 February, 2013 - 13:00 - 17:00
Venue: 
Cardiff University School of Engineering
Location: 
Cardiff
Organiser: 
benkrawiec
This event has been canceled and will be rearranged in the future.

Bridges and Structures Hands On Weekend

Event Date: 
31 May, 2013 - 17:00 - 2 June, 2013 - 16:00
Venue: 
Netherton, Wakefiled
Location: 
Wakefield
Organiser: 
lincolnsmith

Content

Water Sanitation Health (WASH) Hands On Weekend

Event Date: 
14 June, 2013 - 17:00 - 16 June, 2013 - 16:00
Venue: 
Netherton, Wakefiled
Location: 
Wakefield
Organiser: 
lincolnsmith

Course Aims and Delivery

EWB Exeter host 'So you want to be a Slumdog Millionaire?'

Event Date: 
22 October, 2011 - 09:00 - 23 October, 2011 - 15:00
Venue: 
A field near Tiverton
Location: 
Devon
Organiser: 
holly.geipel

 EWB Exeter's annual 'Slumdog Millionaire' weekend returns with renewed challenges and fun!


So You Want To Be A Slumdog Millionaire?  22-23 October 2011

 

EWB-Exeter: Royal Bath and West Show

Event Date: 
31 May, 2011 - 09:00 - 4 June, 2011 - 18:00
Venue: 
Royal Bath and West Showground
Location: 
Shepton Mallet, Somerset, UK
Organiser: 
holly.geipel

EWB-Exeter have secured a stall at the country's biggest rural fair as part of the Imagineering team. Amongst the likes of IMechE, IET, Airbus and many other major organisations, EWB-Exeter plan to run some training activities as well as outreach workshops.

Make Your Own Bioplastic!

Event Date: 
9 December, 2011 - 11:00 - 15:00
Venue: 
LT15, Sir Frederick Mappin Building, University of Sheffield
Location: 
Sheffield
Organiser: 
JGreen

Event- ‘Make your own Bioplastic’ workshop

Know Before You Go, 10-12th December '10

Event Date: 
10 December, 2010 - 17:00 - 12 December, 2010 - 18:00
Venue: 
UCL, London
Location: 
London
Organiser: 
Ray Gorman

This weekend course is a concentrated version of our pre-departure course, providing you with some of the skills and know-how needed to work on international development projects overseas.

If you are hoping to travel on a Branch Project, EWB-UK Placement or with a third party organisation, this course is the perfect preparation. 

The course covers essential topics, delivered by speakers with years of experience in International Development, such as:

Training Resource Area

Handover Packs from workshops, role plays and training events are provided here for use by branches.

The handover packs are here to give you ideas. You do not have to follow them to the letter. If you believe you have added something to the workshop, please feel free to modify/add to the Handover Pack and email it onto the Training Co-ordinator, with changes highlighted.

TEDxEWB

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

 


EWB-UK presents...  TEDxEWB

 

 

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.

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!

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

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!

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;