NEW...Air Quality and Carbon Management Training

Invest in your future and update your skills and knowledge in Air Quality and Carbon Management at UWE! 

With the recent multitude of changes to the LAQM process and the increasing predominance of climate change on the political agenda, now is the time for employers and staff to ensure that they are in command of all the facts.

The University of the West of England’s Air Quality Management Resource Centre (AQMRC) have developed a range of training and development opportunities to build skills and understanding in the fields of air quality and carbon management. Whether you are a recent graduate or needing to update your skills in an existing role, this training will give you the opportunity to focus your development in a way that is specific to your needs and requirements.

Click here to access the Air Quality and Carbon Management Continuing Professional Development page - 2010/11 Training schedule now available

AQMRC Seminar Series 2010

The AQMRC will be holding their 2010 series of seminars on their Air Quality and Climate Change research.  Please watch this space for further details.

AQMRC & South West EP-UK 11th Annual Conference: Air Quality Management - The 11th Hour Presentations

The following presentations were given at the 2009 Air Quality Management Resource Management Centre, UWE & Environmental Protection UK South West Division 11th Annual Conference: Air Quality Management - The 11th Hour at Bristol Zoo on Wednesday, 30^th September 2009.

Keynote speaker: Air Quality in the UK

 Robert Vaughan (Team Leader National and Local Air Quality, Defra)

 Accountability in air quality management – from policy through to public health

 Ben Barratt (ERG, King's College)

  Improving air quality now: options for integrated management of transport and its impacts

 John Murlis (University of London (University College London))

Biomass and air quality - assessing the impacts

Phil Mulligan (Chief Executive, Environmental Protection UK)

Empirical dust dispersion monitoring and modelling of Air Pollution Control (APC) Residue at a hazardous waste  landfill   site in Gloucestershire, UK

Ben Williams (Portsmouth University) (Environmental Protection UK Student Day Winner 2008)

Managing Transport Emissions: Noise, Air Quality and CO2

Tim Clarke and Steve Crawshaw (Bristol City Council)

Integrating Air Quality and Strategic Land Use Planning

Dr Claire Holman (Peter Brett Associates)

Working together to improve air quality in Neath Port Talbot

Mark Broom (Environment Agency)

Managing Air Quality and Climate Change in the LTP process

Dr Guy Hitchcock (Head of the Centre for Energy and the Environment, Exeter University)

The Air Quality Management Resource Centre provides training events for air quality professionals in South West England and beyond, drawing from our own experience, academics within the University, and the experiences of other air quality practitioners within the region.

The AQMRC is committed to supporting the development of air quality management capacity and capability and have organised programmes to support local authorities, regional and central government departments, environmental consultancies and national agencies in discharging their air quality responsibilities.  AQMRC has also made significant contributions to air quality management training and development carried out by other organisations.

Our training days are normally structured in one of the following ways;

1. In collaboration with an external partner who provides Continuing Professional Development (CPD) certificates, and undertakes the marketing, administrative and venue management for the event (eg, EP-UK Spring Workshop).
2. Specially commissioned events organised and facilitated entirely by AQMRC based on request by an outside party or in response to changes to existing science/policy understanding and guidance (eg, AQMRC Training Day 2006).

Bespoke training events can be designed to fit the purpose and the requirements of the audience.  We aim to make the training events as useful as possible encouraging knowledge exchange, maximising the understanding and capability of the delegates attending.

The AQMRC training days have been attended by hundreds of satisfied delegates.  Some quotes from delegates feedback at AQMRC training days follow;

     "Most interesting presentations.  Brought the real issues of climate change to the front of my mind."

     "Very good.  I have greatly benefited from today's presentations."

     "More seminars like this would be very useful as this training is difficult to get elsewhere."

Please contact us if you need further information, wish to discuss future events, or discuss potential training events with the AQMRC team.