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IWSN research project shortlisted for Guardian University Award

By: Wayne Powell on 2nd Apr 2019

The International Water Security Network’s research project in Kisoro, Uganda, has been shortlisted as a finalist in the Internationalisation category of The Guardian University Awards 2019. This category recognises “an outstanding project, venture or collaboration that shows the university... Read more »

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Alexander Davies wins 2018 IWSN-UWE Student Prize

By: Chad Staddon on 6th Aug 2018

Alexander Davies has been awarded the IWSN-UWE Student Prize for his excellent research project on the root cause analysis of structural failures in ferrocement rainwater harvesting tanks in Kisoro, Uganda. Reviewers praised the maturity of his approach to a... Read more »

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Mia Wreford wins IES Vice President’s Prize

By: Chad Staddon on 31st Jul 2018

Mia Wreford has been awarded this year’s IES Vice President’s Prize for her Final Year Project entitled ‘Summary of the impacts of artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) on the environment and community of Bukuya, Mubende, Uganda’. The sophistication... Read more »

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IWSN at House of Lords to celebrate WaterHarvest

By: Chad Staddon on 12th Jun 2018

Professor Chad Staddon and Dr Mark Everard were amongst 60 guests invited to a reception at the House of Lords, hosted by Lord Bhikhu Parekh, on 5 June 2018. The event celebrated the good works of WaterHarvest in India,... Read more »

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Celebrating the success of the UWE Global Water Security Project

By: Wayne Powell on 27th Nov 2017

Students who took part in this summer’s UWE Global Water Security Project came together for a ‘Celebrating Success’ event on 20 November. The event, which was also attended by colleagues from partner organisations and UWE staff members, was a chance... Read more »

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Trialling Pee Power technology in Uganda – Part 2

By: James Walker on 12th Sep 2017

In the first part of his reporting from Uganda, James Walker, an MSc Environmental Management student from UWE Bristol, explained how the first overseas trial of Pee Power technology – developed by the Bristol BioEnergy Centre (BBiC), within the... Read more »

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Assessing the impacts of artisanal gold mining in Uganda

By: Ann Sneha Jose on 4th Sep 2017

I am one of six UWE Bristol students who travelled to Uganda this summer to work with the National Association of Professional Environmentalists (NAPE) as part of the UWE Global Water Security Project. We are all researching different issues... Read more »

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Understanding climate change and sustainbility in rural Peru

By: Sophia Cockell on 29th Aug 2017

Sophia Cockell, a Geography student at UWE Bristol, is in Peru for seven weeks, conducting research with Centro de Competencias del Agua (CCA), as part of the UWE Global Water Security Project. Here, she explains more about her work,... Read more »

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Alpaca grazing, traditional water harvesting and university sustainability plans – UWE students reflect on their research in Peru

By: Elliot Tasker on 22nd Aug 2017

Elliot Tasker, Hannah Barnikel and Sophia Cockell – Geography students at UWE Bristol – are in Peru for seven weeks, conducting research with Centro de Competencias del Agua (CCA), as part of the UWE Global Water Security Project. In... Read more »

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Trialling Pee Power technology in Uganda

By: James Walker on 27th Jul 2017

James Walker is studying for an MSc in Environmental Management at the University of the West of England, and received an IWSN Scholarship to support his studies. His trip to Uganda, also funded by IWSN, will involve researching attitudes... Read more »