One of the UNSW Built Environment’s greatest strengths is its diversity, not only in terms of its particular mix of disciplines, but also in its teaching staff, many of whom have distinguished professional as well as academic credentials.
Equally important is the Built Environment’s diverse, highly qualified and highly motivated student body whose engagement is so central to the success of our degree programs.
During one’s undergraduate career, depending on the particular degree program, the teaching and learning experience at Built Environment includes lectures, tutorials, studio projects, exhibitions, seminars, computer labs, field trips, research training and opportunities for directed individual study.
The Faculty’s programs are designed to be challenging and to encourage students to set and achieve high standards of performance as they progress through their degrees.
2009 Research Link Grants Program Winners
The Research link Grants Scheme provides a great opportunity for students to gain insight into research practice while developing research skills that will enhance future learning opportunities. The Faculty aims to promote and develop a research culture and the Research Link Grant Scheme, linking students to an experienced academic, is one aspect of the opportunities provided by the Faculty. The Faculty will be providing grants of $1000 for students to work with academic staff on staff-nominated research projects.
FBE is delighted to announce the 2009 student winners of this grant. The staff member and project on which they will be working are also listed below.
Congratulations to:
- Yuexuan Wu
Venny Chandra - "Establishing teaching-practice nexus of Facilities Management (FM) within UNSW "
- Wenjun Wang
Linda Corkery - "Urban Parks: Contexts, Connectivity and Content "
- Queenie Tran
Catherine De Lorenzo - "Fabricating Public Art: A case study "
- Justine Smith
Oya Demirbilek - "Investigating “smart fabrics” in relation to muscle injuries and massage therapies "
- Petra Crawshaw
Robert Freestone - "Environmental planning for a hi-tech Sydney: The case of the Cooks Cove Development Corporation "
- David Lindaya
Paul Hogben and Ann Quinlan - "Identifying UNSW Built Environment connections to the Sydney Opera House during the period 1955-2009."
- Jocelyn Fu
Russell Rodrigo - "The Development of New Brutalist Public Architecture in NSW 1970‐80"
- Sascha Dal Santo
Russell Rodrigo -"Research Through Design – Scoping a Practice Based Design PhD"
- Feifei Feng
Xing Ruan - "Images and Plans of Houses in History "
- Lily Wang
Shamus-ur-Rahmen Toor - "Leadership for sustainable development "
- Rachel Cogger
Christine Steinmetz - "Landscape as place: Three typologies of university campus landscapes in metropolitan Sydney"
Peer Mentoring Program
Senior students volunteer to assist first year students, providing new students with
advice and support through the initial stage of their life at university. For more information about the Peer Mentoring Program contact peermentoring@unsw.edu.au.
Activities across years and programs encourage students in different stages of their degrees
to help each other.
Learning Support at UNSW
UNSW offers a range of support to help student succeed in university.
- UNSW Learning Centre provides a range of
online academic skills resources such as essay writing, exam skills, reading and note taking
to referencing and how to avoid plagiarism.
- UNSW Compass Program provides individual
counselling; program, workshops and seminars such as stress management, goals setting; and a
range of self help resources
Graduate Attributes
Degree programs in the Faculty of the Built Environment are designed to be challenging and to build upon and stretch the skills that students bring to UNSW. We want our graduates to be creative and innovative in the larger society, and to do so with an appreciation of the social, economic, environmental and cultural settings in which they will be working. These aims are reflected in a statement of twelve Graduate Attributes.
Built Environment Degrees
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