Last updated on November 27th, 2024In the Pilot Green webinar on Nov 7th 2024, MUrCS staff Eeva Aarrevaara and Cornelius Scherzer contributed with presentations. A current MUrCS student, Arsalan Makinian (MUrCS 2023), participated in the arrangements of the webinar – he was searching for interesting visitors and made agreements with them.
Last updated on November 25th, 2024MUrCS got a high ranking for carbon footprint in Website Carbon Calculator! The dynamic calculation badge is shown in the page footer.
Last updated on November 25th, 2024Recent MUrCS graduates, Sawn Yee Tun Lwin and Ankur Negi who won the 2024 NBS EduWORLD hackathon (see news item on 11 April 2024) recently travelled to Brussels to showcase their work at the Network Nature Annual event.
Last updated on November 25th, 2024MUrCS Cohort 5 completed all requirements of their programme, including thesis presentation and viva recently and have graduated today on September 20 2024!
A blog by MUrCS student Jarin Tasnim Oyshi (supervised by Eeva Aarrevaara) was nominated as the best article from LAB Technology faculty 2023 – the third most read in the category of Circular economy! It was evaluated to be an excellent description connecting education and RDI work as well as regional effectiveness and international education. … Continue reading →
Rand Hamdallah and Jonie Agas, have been awarded the 3rd Prize in the Tactical Urbanism NOW! IV international design competition in Milan. They write: Our proposal was inspired by our winter experience in Finland. It’s a privilege to apply the urbanism strategies we learned in MUrCS on an international platform, which is why we also … Continue reading →
On International Forest Day and World Water Day, two MUrCS students Sawn Yee Tun Lwin and Ankur Negi had the opportunity to participate in the NBS EduWORLD Hackathon: Unleashing Nature-Based Solutions for climate and biodiversity. The 2-day virtual hackathon held on 21st and 22nd March, 2024 was organized in a gamified, interactive online workspace by … Continue reading →
Maiha Hameed (MUrCS 2023, Intake 4) recently published an article on urban heat risk in Male, the capital city of Maldives. Maiha currently works with environmental policy and planning at the Ministry and takes an interest in issues linking the built environment to air quality, human health and climate change.
Last updated on April 11th, 2024On December 18 we conducted a workshop with three potential employers, and with input from three recent graduates on their experience of post-MUrCS work. Workshop video (1h 34m)
MUrCS students undertaking the ‘Problem-Based Learning in Urban Climate and Sustainability’ (PLUCS) module visited the local College of Architects in Huelva, Spain to understand the groupwork task more in-depth.
Last updated on April 11th, 2024MUrCS Intake 6 students commenced their studies in Glasgow on 18 September 2023. As part of the Induction Programme, students visited several regeneration areas and active travel sites.
Last updated on April 11th, 2024MUrCS Intake 4 celebrated the end of their study programme with a Thesis Show on 19 September 2023. The Thesis Show highlighted student thesis research achievements in the form of posters of student work. MUrCS staff, Industry partners, current and past students attended the event.
MUrCS students Ankur Negi, Samin Poudel and Paola Zhamo successfully finished their internship on August 31st 2023, with a final presentation for representatives from different directories of the Päijät-Häme Regional Council, see their official web Newsletter: https://paijat-hame.fi/korkeakouluharjoittelijat-selvittivat-monipaikkaisuuteen-soveltuvia-alueita-paijat-hameessa/
MUrCS Student thesis work is currently on exhibition! “The Warming City – Visual Narratives of Urban Heat Stresses in Germany” (https://www.gcu.ac.uk/aboutgcu/universitynews/capturing-urban-heat-struggles-through-the-lens). The Warming City depicts how German urban residents confront and cope with heat stress, especially in cities.
Dr Eeva Aarrevaara and coordinator Alexandra Maksheeva from LAB visited the event at the Finnish Agency of Education in February 2023. See link below! https://www.oph.fi/en/news/2023/erasmus-mundus-master-programmes-challenges-and-successes-discussed-coordinators-meeting
Asia-Plus article Nov 30, 2022 promoting the MUrCS Programme: How to enroll Master’s degree program in urban environment English: https://asiaplustj.info/en/news/tajikistan/society/20221130/how-to-enroll-masters-degree-program-in-urban-environment Russian: https://asiaplustj.info/ru/news/tajikistan/society/20221130/kak-postupit-na-magistratura-v-oblasti-planirovaniya-ustoichivih-gorodov
MUrCS had its first-ever in-person graduation ceremony on 23 November 2022 at GCU in Glasgow! 21 people graduated with flying colours and congratulations to all!
Last updated on November 30th, 2022MUrCS Graduate and current researcher at the GCU’s Research Centre for Built Environment Asset Management (BEAM) Mushfik Jalal (MUrCS, 2022) recently presented urban heat island mitigation approaches for Dhaka, Bangladesh at the World Cities Day on 31 October 2022. The work, based on Mushfik’s MUrCS thesis highlighted to planners in … Continue reading →
Last updated on October 26th, 2022Despite the challenges and delays posed by COVID-19, the 2020 intake of MUrCS was able to defend their thesis and complete all study requirements in October 2022. Congratulations!
Last updated on October 26th, 2022Newsha Modjrian and Nerxhana Tallushi of the class of MUrCS 2020, together with three other Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) students, participated in the SHAPE Sustainability Impact Projects, organized by The British Academy (BA) and Students Organising for Sustainability (SOS-UK). This brought together students from different disciplines across social sciences, humanities, and … Continue reading →
Last updated on October 26th, 2022The 2nd intake of MUrCS graduated on 23 November 2021. Under the current restrictions, it was not possible to hold a full graduation ceremony but some students were able to receive their academic gowns and diploma in person.
Last updated on October 26th, 2022A student project by Rabeya Begum, Oksana Ananyeva, Aira Valdez and Nichamon Rattanakijanant from the MUrCS 2019 cohort: https://www.gcu.ac.uk/assetmanagement/media/gcalwebv2/beamresearchcentre/BEAM_Climate_Proofing_Glasgow.pdf
Last updated on October 26th, 2022We are delighted to announce that a continuation of the MUrCS approach has been selected for EU co-funding! This secures financial support to the programme till 2026. Building on the success and lessons from MUrCS, the aim of the new Master of Urban Climate and Sustainability1.5 (MUrCS1.5) is to produce high … Continue reading →
