The School recently hosted a delegation from the King Khalid University in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; the group included Deans and Heads of Department from a variety of disciplines. Dr Amer Ali iniated and organised the visit, he kindly recieved the delegation and chaperoned them throughout their time on campus. They were interested to learn about how we handle the candidate selection process of senior managers within a higher education setting. To this purpose, a lecture was delivered by our School Executive Administrator (James Pang) and our HR Business Partner (Edith Baker) in which we explained the School’s mission and how this was integral to selecting our senior managers.

The delegation were then taken on a tour of our facilities - they made stops at our Library, Student Life Centre and our Acoustics Laboratory. Mike Swire explained the functions of our Student Life Centre, elaborating on the support we provide students, while Professor Stephen Dance guided the delegation throu

The Acoustics Team at Inter-Noise 2019

Every year the International Institute for Noise Control Engineering, organise a conference in the field of acoustics, www.internoise2019.org. This year it was held in Madrid, Spain, to coincide with the Spanish Acoustical Society's 50th anniversary. Between 16-19 June 2019 with Municipal Congress hosted the event where 1000 papers were presented to 1200 delegates representing 51 countries.

The Acoustics Group of London South Bank University decided that branding was key for marketing our courses. To this end, we had 11 delegates each wearing specially designed polo shirts. Our delegates included four former Masters students who presented their dissertation projects to an international audience, two current PhD candidates presenting their latest research, and three members of the teaching staff presenting their own ideas. We also had one current Masters student who wanted to experience the event and take advantage of the networking opportunity w