Postgraduate certificate in Shelter after Disaster

For many years the Centre for Development and Emergency Practice (CENDEP) at Oxford Brookes University has been running its widely acclaimed Development and Emergency Practice Masters. To this is now added a new Postgraduate Certificate in Shelter after Disaster – as far as we are aware the first of its kind. In many ways CENDEP is ideally positioned to run this course being situated within the School of the Built Environment and the Department of Architecture, building on the work of emeritus professors Ian Davis and Nabeel Hamdi, well-known pioneers in this field.

The development and launching of the PG Cert was one facet of the ELRHA grant that was awarded to CENDEP / CARE International UK for “improving learning and practice in the shelter sector”.

The programme will run during the second semester of 2011, from February to May. It will be suitable for built environment professionals, programme personnel wishing to increase their knowledge of the sector and anyone with an interest in the increasingly expanding sector of reconstruction after disasters. There will be a strong emphasis on a people-centred approach, discussing both the developmental and humanitarian aspects of housing.

For further information please visit the CENDEP website or contact Charles Parrack at cparrack@brookes.ac.uk.