University News Last updated 08 October 2009
Students from the School of Property, Construction & Planning at Birmingham City University are set to receive a collection of awards for excellence next week.
Successful partners Birmingham City Council's Urban Design and Birmingham City University will recognise the work of 19 students at an awards ceremony being held at Birmingham City University on Wednesday 14 October.
The event will celebrate the innovative partnership and commitment to collaborative working that has developed over the past 18 months. The awards highlight the excellent standard of work achieved by the Birmingham City University students across projects, dissertations and technical application. Categories included the Best use of Computer Assisted Measurement Software, Best Legal Assignment, Best Student Prize at Higher National Certificate (HNC) level and Project Team Awards.
The collaboration has set aims, focusing on sharing knowledge, experience and best practice. Signed in February last year, the Charter identified the need to link academia to industry and to develop individuals through training and creating job opportunities.
Birmingham City University is delighted that this synergy in working is beneficial to both parties.
The Awards will be presented by Councillor Neville Summerfield, Cabinet Member for Regeneration.
Urban Design will also be presenting certificates to ten trainees for completing an internal eight week training programme of various business areas.
Richard Jordan, Director of Marketing and Recruitment at the School of Property, Construction & Planning at Birmingham City University, said: "The Urban Design Collaborative Partnership is an excellent example of the way in which the School works in partnership with industry in order to create a range of exciting awards to bring out the best in our students whether undergraduate or postgraduate."
The Student Excellence Awards will demonstrate pioneering new techniques that have been implemented to ensure that the City Council is able to compete in the future with the private sector for the services of the very best graduates in areas of major skills shortage, such as surveying and architecture.
"We are very excited at the developments in this partnership and are keen to see the positive impact that the fresh new talent will have with the experience and expertise of our team. This is great news for the City" added Steve Vickers, General Manager of Urban Design at Birmingham City Council.
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