LSBU receive funding to support education in construction

London South Bank University announce £50K funding to support students in architecture, engineering and construction.

The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) has awarded the London South Bank University (LSBU) £50K in funding,to support a research pilot which looks at encouraging students and staff within the architecture, engineering and construction arena to collaborate and work together better on joint projects.

The pilot, which launches this month, will run for one and a half years and will be led by Jennifer Hardi, Senior Lecturer at LSBU’s School for Architecture and the Built Environment.

The funding has come from the HEFCE’s Catalyst Fund call for innovations in learning and teaching,

She said: “The culture within the UK’s construction industry currently shows a tendency towards silo working, where different professionals working on the same project often fail to communicate well with one another about the different stages of that project. In the past this has proved extremely frustrating and even led to delays in projects being completed and deadlines being missed.

“This is not a sustainable or efficient way for the UK’s construction industry to be working if it is to retain its competitive edge in a post-Brexit economy.

“By trialling the new methods with LSBU students initially, my research team hopes to be able to develop a model of multi-disciplinary, collaborative working that will eventually be rolled out across the industry, among professional architects, quantity surveyors and engineers.”

Professor Charles Egbu, LSBU’s Dean of the Built Environment and Architecture said: “I am delighted to be able to announce today a £50k funding pledge from HEFCE to support research that will benefit both our students and the British construction industry, by exploring ways in which construction professionals can work together better.

“This investment will also help to strengthen LSBU’s strong commitment to supporting our science, architecture and engineering research programmes.”

HEFCE’s Head of Learning and Teaching, Sarbani Banerjee, said: “HEFCE’s catalyst call for innovations in learning and teaching attracted a large number of exciting and high quality bids from a wide range of universities and colleges. We are pleased to be supporting LSBU’s research project, and we look forward to working with them and with the other project institutions to share lessons learned across the sector.”

The HEFCE funds aim to create and maintain world-leading systems of higher education which can transform and strengthen the economy.

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