ACBEE Case Studies Themed Session

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ACBEE Case Studies Themed Session

• Aled Williams ACBEE Project Manager
• Academic Co-ordinator / Lecturer
• Centre for Education in the Built Environment
  (CEBE)
• / School of Construction Property Management

a.w.williams_at_salford.ac.uk
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The Higher Education Academy Enhancing the
Student Experience

• www.heacademy.ac.uk

• Cant be considered in isolation from needs
  of - Employers - Wider Society

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• Industry-University Engagement
• At least 3 different viewpoints recognised
• Academic education providers
• Industry professional practitioners
• Academic education providers and Industry

Conversations within these groups and between
them.
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Building Bridges! Its what we do
CEBEs GoalAligning BE education and training
with the needs of industry and society
Enhancing the Student Learning Experience
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Sachs (2003) In a conversation neither side
loses and both are changed, because they know
what reality looks like from different
perspectives. That is not to say that either
gives up its previous convictions
Sachs, J. (2003) The Dignity of Difference How
to avoid the clash of civilisations. Continuum,
London. p83.
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Student orientation, teaching method level of
engagement (J. Biggs, 1999)
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• CASE STUDIES
• To seek out, evaluate, and identify Case
  Studies of Excellence that demonstrate good
  dialogue and real improvement and promote these
  verified case studies through industry and
  education networks
• Context of engagement
• Individual Modules, Whole Courses, CPD
• Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Corporate

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• CASE STUDIES submitted by
• Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
• Be
• Caseys Construction
• CCI
• CITB Construction Skills
• Construction Industry Council
• Costain
• Edinburgh University
• Electrical Contractors Association
• Henley Management College
• Heriot Watt University
• Imperial College
• Institution of Civil Engineers
• Leeds Metropolitan University
• Loughborough University
• Oxford Brookes University

• Queens University, Belfast
• Sheffield Hallam University
• Styles and Wood / MBS
• The Bartlett School, London
• The Hanzehogschool, Groningen
• The Steel Construction Institute
• The University of Hong Kong
• University of Abertay, Dundee
• University of Bath
• University of Cambridge
• University of Central England
• University of Central Lancashire
• University of Nottingham
• University of Reading
• University of Salford
• University of Ulster
• University of Westminster

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• CASE STUDIES institution partners
• Be (Collaborating for the Built Environment)
• BIAT
• British Cement Association
• British Precast Concrete Federation
• Building Research Establishment
• Centre for Construction Innovation (CCI)
• CIH
• CIOB / CIOB (Africa)
• CITB Construction Skills
• CITB ConstructionSkills (NI)
• Concrete Centre
• Connexions
• Construction Industry Council (CIC)
• Electrical Contractors Association

• EPSRC
• European Construction Institute
• HSE (NI)
• ICE
• IMBM
• Learning Skills Council
• National Construction College (Glasgow)
• NWDA
• RIBA
• RICS
• Steel Construction Institute
• The Happold Trust
• The Ove Arup Foundation
• Wates Foundation

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• CASE STUDIES industry partners
• Aggregate Industries
• Anders Elite
• AMEC
• ARUP
• AWG Construction Services
• BAA plc
• Bachy Soletanche
• BAE Systems
• Balfour Beatty
• BDP
• Bovis Lend Lease
• Buro Happold

• Canal Engineering Ltd, Nottingham
• Carillion
• Caseys Construction
• Causeway Technologies Group Ltd
• Conlon Construction
• Corus PLC
• Costain
• Curtins Consulting Engineers
• Ernst Young, Germany
• Fairfield-Mabey
• GallifordTry
• Golder Associates
• GTI

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• CASE STUDIES industry partners
• Haden Young
• HBG
• Highway Agency
• Hill McGlynn
• Hyder Consulting Engineers
• John Doyle Group
• Kier
• Laing ORourke
• Land Securities
• Mace
• Miller Construction
• Norwest Holst
• Peak National Park Planning Authority

• QinetiQ
• Rok
• Schmidlin
• Scott Wilson
• Sheffield City Council
• Shephard Construction
• Sir Robert McAlpine
• Skanska
• Stanhope plc
• Styles Wood
• Taylor Woodrow
• Travis Perkins
• WS Atkins Consulting Engineers
• WSP

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• Partnership should be founded in trust and the
  ability to enhance and add value to all parties
  participating
• Student
• University
• Professional Bodies
• Employers

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Case Study Themed Session What? Explaining
what case studies are doing Why? Discussing why
they are doing it How? Identifying any metrics
that they are already using to
measure their progress or success