1. Embedding sustainability in to the Civil Engineering curriculum: a design- based approach Tom Bramald Senior Teaching Associate Prof. Stephanie Glendinning Dr. Jaime Amezaga

2. Programmes H290MEng Civil Engineering H200BEng Civil Engineering H242MEngCivil and Structural Engineering H210BEngCivil and Structural Engineering Joint Board of Moderators Accredited Civil Engineers Structural Engineers Transport Engineers

3. Drivers and Process Started in 2007 Research informed teaching Large and diverse staff profile Meeting (and surpassing) accreditation targets Realise an ambition Embed not “tag on” Paradigm and Provision (Sterling, 2004) Strategy Group Professoriate-led External Review Academic Industrial Staff consultation and engagement External Funding Royal Academy of Engineering Sterling, S. HE, Sustainbility and the role of systemic learning in Corcoran & Wals (ed.) (2004) Higher Education and the Challenge of Sustainability. Kluwer

4. Thematic Structure

5. New Programme - Extract DSESCredits Modelling and Information systems (PDG) Credits Infrastructure Systems Credits Environmental Systems Credits Human and Management Systems Credits Stage 1 Design of Sustainable Engineering Systems 1 20 Engineering Mathematics 1 20 Engineering Mechanics and Materials 20 Environmental Systems 10 Human System Demands and Impacts 10 Geographic Information Systems 10Fluid Mechanics10 Geotechnical Properties of Soils and Rocks 10 Engineering Surveying 1 10 Stage 2 Design of Sustainable Engineering Systems 2 30 Engineering Informatics 10 Structural Analysis 10 Treatment of Water and Wastewater 10 Land Traffic and Highways 10 Statistics and Numerical Methods for Civil Engineers 10 Steel & Concrete Structures 10 Engineering Surveying 2 10Geotechnics10 Hydraulics 10

6. External Review Bill Powrie, Southampton our proposal was up-to-date, exciting and novel we had put our finger on what was needed - an excellent proposal Colin Bailey, Manchester our vision was excellent, and that it would definitely attract 18 year olds to come and study civil engineering at Newcastle it would become what defines a Newcastle graduate

7. Design of Sustainable Engineering Systems 1 Two projects Semester 1 Small groups Theory to practice

8. Design of Sustainable Engineering Systems 1 Two projects Semester 1 Semester 2 Larger groups Industry-led project Sustainability principles Detail: SUDS Transport Space

9. Design of Sustainable Engineering Systems 1

10. Design of Sustainable Engineering Systems 3 Masterplanning of the Science Central site A spatial layout including the buildings and transport layout, plus: Sustainability framework Geotechnical Appraisal Surface water plan Environmental Statement Carbon footprint appraisal

11. Student Quotes ……the sustainability framework concepts were a useful approach…… ……we now have an appreciation of the very complex and conflicting issues surrounding design …… ……we have enjoyed the application of the sustainability issues in real case examples …… …the input from industry offered a much wider insight to employment opportunities available……

12. Interdisciplinarity and Sustainability Jones et al. 2010. More than the sum of their parts? In Jones et al. 2010. Sustainability Education Perspectives and Practice across higher education. Earthscan. Sustainability Normative Dimensions Ontological Dimensions Interdisciplinarity Epistemological Dimensions Methodological Dimensions Sustainability Literacy Read society, its structures and its trajectories critically Engage, reflect and rewrite self and audiences Act on knowledge Stibbe & Luna. 2009. Introduction. In Stribbe (ed.) The Handbook of Sustainability Literacy: Skills for a changing world. Green Books.

13. Assessment - examples S1 DesignGroups write their own Sustainability Charter S1Essay – demands and impacts of a CE project – why not how S2 DesignUsing Government standard assessment tools S3 DesignProduce their own Sustainability framework + evaluate S3Critique SD in UK, Developing, and Developed Countries Changing scale Changing context The virtue of embedding rather than “tagging on” …

14. Where are we now? Glendinning et al. Embedding sustainability into the Civil Engineering Curriculum – a design based approach Bramald et al. Exploring first year undergraduates’ perceptions of conflicting parameters and complexity in civil engineering through three different learning experiences Plus others including student paper competitions … A USP for us … Design-centric, sustainability approach is part of our positioning for recruitment A USP for our students … Feedback suggest that the design tasks and sustainability challenges are helping at interview

15. Where are we going? Opportunities to use the campus and Science Central more? Starting … flood risk Ensure currency of design projects Maintain the industry-led approach But … balance/manage the relationship with employers Delivery mechanisms PEARL project Constructionarium