News 2005-08
Launch of the Centre for Leaders in City-Making
University of Glasgow and Glasgow City Council have just launched the Centre for Leaders in City-Making linking senior political and professional leaders from the key cities in the British Isles with top academics and policy thinkers.
Institute of Public Policy Research
Congratulations to Matti Siemiatycki (recent Research Fellow and member of Urban Change and Policy Research Group within Department of Urban Studies) winner of Institute of Public Policy Research's 'Britain's got Brains' competition. For further information about the award please visit the following website: http://www.ippr.org/pressreleases/?id=3262, which will outline Matti's winning idea.
Double graduation is an international family affair
Top news story on the University website refers to one of our graduates - David McKendrick, who graduated on the same days as his grandson. To read the full story please use the following link - double graduation
Expert Panel Appointments to the Department of Communities and Local Government
Five members of staff in the Department have been appointed to the Department of Communities and Local Government’s new expert panels. Those who have been appointed are:
Professor David Adams , Professor Kenneth Gibb , Dr Chris Leishman , Professor Gwilym Pryce and Professor Ivan Turok .
2007 Winner of the Robina Goodlad Award
Geraldine Baird MBE has been presented with the Robina Goodlad Award. The award, which was created by the Chartered Institute of Housing in Scotland, recognises the life and work of Robina Goodlad, formerly Professor of Housing and Urban Studies in the Department. Geraldine, who is well-known to the social housing network in Scotland, was taught by Robina when she successfully completed the Diploma in Housing Studies at the University of Glasgow in 1991. She was presented with the award on Wednesday 14 March at the CIH Annual Conference in Aberdeen.
Successful Launch of the MSc Programme in Real Estate, Planning and Regeneration (REPR)
The new REPR MSc Programme was launched at a high profile event on Thursday 22 February in the impressive Banqueting Hall of Glasgow City Chambers.
Department of Urban Studies REPR staff Professor David Adams (Ian Mactaggart Chair of Property and Urban Studies), Dr Allison Orr (Senior Lecturer in Real Estate and Director of the REPR MSc Programme) and Dr Chris Leishman (Senior Lecturer in Real Estate) welcomed nearly 150 guests. The guest speakers included:
Des McNulty MSP (Deputy Minister for Communities, Scottish Executive)
Chris Brown (Chief Executive, Igloo Regeneration)
Sir Muir Russell (Principal and Vice Chancellor, University of Glasgow)
Pictured above (left to right): Professor David Adams, Sir Muir Russell, Des McNulty MSP and Chris Brown
For fuller information please click here
Recent Award
John B Parr, Professor of Regional and Urban Economics in the Department, was elected as a Fellow of the Regional Science Association International at a ceremony in November 2006 in Toronto, Canada.
Recent Appointment
Kevin Murray: Honorary Professor of Planning. Kevin is a highly respected chartered town planner and urbanist, with more than 25 years experience in the fields of planning, regeneration, urban design and economic development. He was a director of two multi-disciplinary consultancies before establishing Kevin Murray Associates.
Kevin is a past president of the Royal Town Planning Institute, a founding member of both the Urban Design Alliance and the Academy of Urbanism and a member of the Egan Task Group on Delivering Sustainable Communities. He currently serves on the Board of the Academy for Sustainable Communities.
Professor Kenneth Gibb, Head of the Department of Urban Studies, comments: "We are very fortunate to have persuaded such an experienced practitioner as Kevin Murray to join us in delivering our new MSc Programme in Real Estate, Planning and Regeneration. I am sure that students will greatly value his teaching contributions and I know that members of staff are also keen to initiate joint research work with Kevin."
Kevin Murray comments: "Given the challenging contexts of economic globalisation and climate change, I believe we are now at critical period in developing the thinking and skills to enable positive and sustainable place-making. I look forward to working with the staff and students at Glasgow University in equipping a new generation of practitioners to meet this important challenge."
Three new postgraduate Real Estate degrees, launched by the Department of Urban Studies in September 2006, have now been professionally accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
The degrees are:
- MSc in Real Estate
- MSc in Real Estate and Regeneration
- MSc in City Planning and Real Estate Development
Professor David Adams, who has led the development of Real Estate education at Glasgow comments that "Professional accreditation is important because it means that graduates need complete only the Assessment of Professional Competence to obtain chartered status as MRICS"
Full details of the MSc Programme in Real Estate, Planning and Regeneration
Professor Robina Goodlad
It is with deep regret that we have to inform you of the death on Wednesday 8 June 2005 of Professor Robina Goodlad, Head of the Department of Urban Studies, after a short illness. Our thoughts are with her husband, her two daughters and her family. As well as being a highly respected academic and teacher, Robina played a full and active part in public affairs and policy debates concerning housing and community development in Scotland and the UK. In recent years she was the founding Director and remained Co-Director of the Scottish Centre for Research in Social Justice. She was an enthusiastic colleague and friend and supportive at every level. She will be sadly missed by colleagues and friends in the University, in Scotland and beyond. We are proud and grateful that we knew her and worked with her. The family have set up the Robina Goodlad Memorial Trust to which you can contribute in her honour if you wish.
For details of the Robina Goodlad Memorial Trust please click here
For details of Robina Goodlad's publications please click here
Property and Planning: Department Explores Initiative in Professional Education
Following strong representations to the University from professional institutes and employers, a decision is now imminent on whether the Department of Urban Studies will launch a major new initiative in both planning and property education in 2006. Professor David Adams, who joined the Department in December 2004 as the Ian Mactaggart Chair of Property and Urban Studies, leads the process of preliminary course design and detailed investigation of market potential. A wide range of professional employers, practitioners and academics in the field attended a Consultative Forum at the University in early June in order to discuss various aspects of the Department's initiative to provide a Graduate Programme in Property and Planning. The Forum was very well attended and a great deal of interest was shown. The feedback and opinions expressed by a large number of participants will be carefully considered in any future development of the initiative. More detailed information about the proposed Graduate Programme in Property and Planning will be available soon.
New MSc in Public Policy
Starting in October 2005, this new MSc programme aims to introduce students to the development, analysis and evaluation of public policy. It will be of interest to recent graduates as well as to post-experience applicants currently working in a wide range of roles within public policy.
The programme is being developed in consultation with the Scottish Executive in order to meet some of the training and development needs of civil servants.
The MSc can be studied on a full-time, part-time (2 years) or modular (up to four years) basis.
Please click here to go to the course page.