Do you have an innovation, technology or process that apprentices should know about? Are you championing a challenging project or local initiative? Have you committed to changing the narrative of the built environment?
Then we need your module for the Co-curricula Award Digital Workbook.
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LOCAL ENGAGEMENT
Local Engagement involves hearing the disparate voices in the local area. For example:
- resident consultations and stakeholder engagement,
- urban planning,
- smart cities and sustainable cities,
- wildlife and nature conservation,
- heritage preservation,
- crime and terrorism prevention strategies,
- vernacular built environment,
- site visits and investigations,
- public spaces and facilities,
- community redevelopment and activism,
- High Street regeneration,
- city finances and taxes,
- Local Development Plans,
- active transport programmes and public transport initiatives,
- local resource mapping,
- archaeological digs and excavation,
- localised poverty-reduction initiatives,
- homeless outreach support,
- high-impact education activities local employment programmes,
- waste and recycling.
THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
Thought Leadership involves understanding where the industry, or parts of it, are looking to change the narrative and deliver genuine progress. For example:
- climate change,
- procurement and financing,
- Human Development indices,
- sustainability and natural resources,
- renewable energies,
- courses and content from other disciplines and professional bodies,
- TEDx talks,
- mental health and resilience,
- international and global challenges,
- diversity and equality,
- fire safety and preparedness circular economy,
- industry culture and leadership,
- digital and technological tools and convergence,
- developing messages with and for specific audiences (i.e. schools, ex-military),
- future population requirements,
- modern and innovative building materials (i.e. mycelium, solarpanelled roads),
- Wikihouse-type initiatives,
- policy development for the introduction of new technologies,
- WELL buildings,
- accessibility and inclusion.
SKILLS
Skills involves advanced practical application. For example:
- skilled site-based trades,
- BIM operation,
- CAD design,
- theodolite use,
- energy performance testing,
- VR and AR development,
- avalanche and flood simulations,
- drone piloting,
- modular build manufacturing,
- geotechnology and groundworks,
- acoustics testing,
- 3D printing and sculpting,
- plastics recycling and reuse,
- air quality assessments,
- fire evacuation simulations,
- crowd management scenarios,
- conflict zone resource planning,
- controlled demolition.
All modules must be submitted in a common format via the Co-curricula Award online processing system.
All units must follow the unit writing criteria given in the Guide to writing and submitting units (1.6 MB). Modules will be assessed and published to the Co-curricula Catalogue when approved.