This week's guest in the 'Construction Lecture Series' is Amanda Winder, who will address the theme of women in construction. 

Feel free to share the link below with your students, and attend yourself if you would like to.

To join the lecture, please click here. 

For further information on future guest speakers for the Series, see the attached document (Table of lectures 2021.pdf). 

Every year, the Architecture team led by Head of Division for Architecture, Lilly Kudic organise public lectures called ‘The Open Lecture series’. They are a series of public lectures for students of architecture, architecture graduates, and practising architects; the great news being that they are all open access with free admission!

Each lecture involves a celebrated architect and academic exploring the many and varied possibilities for professional practice, and the very different characteristics a career in architecture can offer. The first open lecture of 2019 took place in October and was led by guest speaker, Hugh Broughton, the founder of Hugh Broughton Architects who provided a fascinating insight into his career and plans for the future. The event was a great success with 130 people in attendance!

The next open lecture will take place on Thursday 7th November from 18:30 – 20:00 and will be led by Professor Murray Fraser of The Bartlett School of Architecture. If you are inte

Staff with the School of Built Environment and Architecture recently took part in the biannual BEA Scholarship Week. This interactive week affords the school’s faculty the chance to engage with each other through workshops, presentations and group activities. This year’s iteration was the best yet, with staff from every part of the school in attendance.

The aim of this week is to ensure the School of BEA can share their knowledge between each of the members, to help each other with the processes they use and, of course, to build team morale. The topics covered had showed the real utility of the week: Lesley Roberts delivered a talk on how to dealing with and understanding potential difficult student behaviour in sensitive situations.

Benjamin Crooks shared his ideas and methods in marketing the school and its courses on offer.

With a more political and real-world bearing, Sarah Plant spoke about the complexities of Brexit, and how the landscape of research funding may change, especiall