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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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 »

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Talking about water security with the younger generation

By: Chad Staddon, Wayne Powell on 8th Feb 2017

Prof Chad Staddon and Dr Alan Terry from the University of the West of England spoke to Year 12-13 students and their teachers at a special event on water security organised by the Geographical Association (Bristol Branch) on 31... Read more »

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IWSN-funded student wins award for film

By: Wayne Powell on 2nd Nov 2016

Boris Siromahov, who travelled to Uganda in 2015 as part of the UWE Global Water Security Project, has been awarded a student journalism prize for the film he made about water issues in Kampala. The Bristol branch of the... Read more »

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Molly Byrne wins 2016 IWSN-UWE Student Prize

By: Wayne Powell on 3rd Aug 2016

Molly Byrne has been awarded the 2016 IWSN-UWE Student Prize for her investigation into water quality in rainwater harvesting tanks in rural Kenya. Molly travelled to Kenya in the summer of 2015 as part of the UWE Global Water... Read more »

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UWE Global Water Security Programme students attend undergraduate conference

By: Wayne Powell on 30th Mar 2016

Two students who took part in the UWE Global Water Security Project in 2015 have presented their research at the British Conference of Undergraduate Research (BCUR) at Manchester Metropolitan University. Molly Byrne, who investigated rainwater harvesting in rural Kenya,... Read more »

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Testing water quality in Kenya rainwater harvesting tanks

By: Molly Byrne on 24th Mar 2016

Molly Byrne is a third-year BSc (Hons) Geography and Environmental Management student at UWE, who travelled to Kenya in the summer of 2015 as part of the UWE Global Water Security Project. As an individual who has definitely caught... Read more »

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UWE Global Water Security Project: Reflections and Projections

By: Alan Terry on 3rd Mar 2016

In the past month the project has received university approval to recruit the next batch of UWE students to participate in the UWE Global Water Security Project. We are hoping to fund up to eight students in the 2016-17... Read more »

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