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Students attend the UCL Sustainable Building Design for Climate Change summer school
14 September 2022
For its second year, the summer school welcomed Year 12 students to UCL to learn about architecture and engineering for sustainability, and to get an insight into university life.
The UCL Sustainable Building Design for Climate Change summer school, run by Dr Sam Stamp (Lecturer, UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering), was attended by a total of 30 students attended across 3 days. The summer school was taught by UCL staff and students, covering a broad range of topics covered including climate change, architectural theory and passive solar design. This year, the event was able to run in-person instead of online, and the students welcomed the opportunity to meet with people with similar interests and ambitions.
The summer school is part of UCL’s Widening Participation activities, which aims to ensure that all applicants have an equal chance of entering UCL, regardless of background, ethnicity, age or disability. Students who attend the summer school must meet at least one of a number of eligibility criteria. The summer school began when Dr Stamp noticed a variation in how well UCL degree applicants had been prepared for interview by their schools:
“One of the main aims of the summer school is to get potential applicants confident about what an application portfolio, interview and personal statement might look like. Our current students sharing their experiences is invaluable for this.”
The event comes shortly after BSEER announced its new undergraduate degree, Sustainable Built Environments, Energy and Resources BSc and MEng, which will launch in 2023. Both courses recognise and respond to the important role UCL will have to play in giving the professionals of tomorrow the expertise they need to manage the developing climate and biodiversity crisis.
Sustainable Built Environments, Energy and Resources BSc and MEng
Get involved
If you work for a school or company that it interested in supporting Widening Participation in the study of topics relevant to sustainable built environments, please contact BSEER Outreach Lead Dr Mike Fell. If you are a BSEER staff member or student who is interested in getting involved in Outreach and Widening Participation activities, please see the Intranet guidance.
Cover image: Image generated with DALL·E 2.