Category: SoBEE News

International Women’s Week 2019: Leeds Beckett University call to “Cite Women” !

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Constructing Excellence Yorkshire and Humber is proud to be supporting this event promoting women’s visability in built environment research.

Each year, IWD (March 8) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. Throughout this week, there will be IWD events across the University and elsewhere in the city including this one organised by the Women and the Built Environment Research Cluster based at the School of Built Environment and Engineering at Leeds Beckett University.

CITE WOMEN 2019​

Have you read a woman’s writing today?

Have you cited a woman’s writing today?

Reading and citing women’s work is a simple way to make universities better, fairer places for women students and staff.

Join us on Monday 4th March in the Rose Bowl Atrium for a ‘cite-in’

  • pick up a free book
  • cake-cite-swap: get a cake for pledging to cite women in a specific assignment, module seminar readings, lecture reading list, article.​​
  • sit with us for an hour and cite women in your work
  • share books that have inspired you
  • chat with your librarians, lecturers, students

Supported by: Women & the Built Environment Research Cluster; PsyCen Gender & Sexualities Stream, School of Social Sciences; Leeds Business School.

Location: Rose Bowl Atrium by Beckett Kitchen, 10am to 4pm

Planning for Green Space – A Leeds Planning Network Master Class

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Thursday 27 September 2018, 17:30 for registration, 18:00 to 20:00

Leeds Beckett City Campus

About

How do we balance the benefits of green space against the demands of development? Green space is vital for health and wellbeing. Do we need new planning tools to protect and enhance our green future?

Planning policy implies a balance between environmental and economic sustainability but is this balance actually being achieved in practice? If not, then what tools does the planning system provide us to redress this balance?

Speakers

Yassamin Sheel

Save Greater Manchester Green Belt

How can we harness public opinion, how do we campaign for green space, what impact can we have through lobbying and protest?

 

Victoria Bankes Price

Planning Adviser, Woodland Trust

How do we strengthen the case for green space in planning policy?

 

Andrew Wood and Jackie Copley

Planning Managers, Campaign to Protect Rural England Yorkshire & Lancashire

How far has the balance shifted away from environmental sustainability and what planning tools are available to redress it? Are these sufficient? What more do we need?

Booking

£25 per head or £15 for members of neighbourhood planning groups*

*This event is FREE to members of the Yorkshire and Humber Constructing Excellence Club. Please email yhceclub@gmail.com to secure your place.

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BEE Inspired: Join our Architectural Technology assessment panels

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Our Architectural Technology Students are showcasing their work over the next few weeks and are looking for industry participants to help offer critique, feedback and advice. If you would like to get involved in any of the following sessions, please contact ckeevents@leedsbeckett.ac.uk in the first instance.

Thank you – we appreciate your support to our students!

Friday 4th of May 2018

9am to 3.30pm

Module: Architectural Detailing Principles

Level 5 AT Students presenting project designs for Rosebowl Car Park Phase 2. This is primarily to test student 3D visualisation skills, individual presenting skills without technology, the students understanding of site location, building location, surrounding influence and existing neighbouring influences.

Panel required to assist with assessing the presentations.

Tuesday 8th of May 2018

9am to 6pm

Module: Design Studio 2

Level 5 Students presenting a solution to CITU’s new headquarters. The students have been requested to upgrade and extend an existing warehouse on a site in LS10 and convert in to CITU’s new headquarters. The students will be presenting the equivalent of a building regulations package following on from the semester one design.

Panel required to assist with assessing the presentations.

Thursday 10th of May 2018

9am to 6pm

Module: Design Studio 3

Level 6 (final year students) presenting a solution for a live project. The client is Kirkstall Valley Development Trust and the students have been requested to refurbish St Ann’s Mill in Leeds.

Panel required to assist with assessing the presentations.