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In Search of the River Chelt
Bob Moore and I joined forces for another field trip, combining our modules Appraising Landscapes and Sustainable Technology 1. We conducted our First Year students on a walking tour of Cheltenham, tracing the River Chelt along its route through the…
A Forest Adventure – PostGrad trip to the Forest of Dean
On a very wet Wednesday 8th October, with dramatic weather to match the drama of the scenery, the Postgraduate Landscape Planning students visited the Forest of Dean for a briefing from the Client (Nigel Gibbons and Alastair Chapman of the…
Class of 1964 – 50th anniversary reunion
Three years ago we celebrated the 50th anniversary of the establishment in 1961 of our Landscape Architecture course. It was with great pleasure that we recently hosted the reunion of most of the class of students who started in 1964…
Graduate News : Naomi Gilbert
My job role is Landscape Manager at the multi-disciplinary practice The Environment Partnership (TEP) in the Gateshead office. The main office is in Warrington where they deal with a wide range of projects, my office mainly deals with work from…
Biophilic Design – Masters student Joe Clancy publishes 2 papers
Joe Clancy, current Masters student on the Landscape Architecture course here at the university, has now published 2 papers. The first is entitled 14 Patterns of Biophilic Design – Improving Health and Well-Being in the Built Environment and is available…
Trip to Wistley Hill & Lineover Wood
Last Thursday’s trip to the beautiful Cotswold countryside was a collaboration between our Appraising Landscapes and Sustainable Technology 1 modules. Following a section of the Cotswold Way, our First Year students were introduced to the methods of appraising the character…
Manifesto: Landscape & Community
To kick off the 3rd year Landscape and Community project Scott Farlow, the module tutor, has written a manifesto – available here … AD6601ConsiderThisManifesto
Field Trip to Lightmoor, Forest of Dean
We were blessed with glorious weather on Tuesday’s field trip to Lightmoor, deep in the Forest of Dean. This former colliery site is the focus of Sustainable Technology 2, a module exploring the environmental development of a brownfield, contaminated landscape…