Today Dr Elena Riva who leads our Water and Environmental Management module will collect her Butterworth Memorial Teaching Award

Elena has also been awarded the Warwick Award for Teaching and Learning (WATE) award, which recognises staff who have made a difference in learning and teaching and reward outstanding, inspirational teachers.

Tesco launches "unforgettable bag" in Kuala Lumpur in an effort to shift away from single-use plastic bags and reduce pollution.

We follow this idea of what our global responsibility is to respond to the humanitarian challenges we face.

The Humanitarian Engineering Programme is proudly celebrating World Water Day.

The theme for World Water Day 2018 is ‘Nature for Water’ – exploring nature-based solutions to the water challenges we face. Even today in the 21st century WHO have raised awareness today that only 1 in 4 people in low-income countries have handwashing facilities with soap & water at home. The United Nations have noted that 2 billion people drink unsafe water every day.

With Sustainable Cities and Water Management two key themes in our MSc Humanitarian Engineering with Sustainability, we are taking a closer look at these issues.

Only a month ago the world was gearing up ready to see a world first; Day Zero the day a large western city run out of water. Cape Town was all over the news and Dr Ola Uthman from our Global Health module summaries the health issues facing the city.

It is not possible to achieve equality and gender justice without water and sanitation. There are millions of women who do not enjoy this human right, which is essential for their survival and dignity.

This topic is discussed in different ways in a number of our modules, most notably in three of our core modules for all our Programmes.

"The core modules combine to give students a sound understanding of different aspects that need to be taking into consideration when aiming to solve humanitarian challenges facing today's society" Dr Volkan Degirmenci - Programmes Director

See an example of how putting this into practice can produce a solution such as Aldelano Solar Cold Chain Solutions are designed to help those facing natural or humanitarian disasters.

This article outlines a project aimed at “addressing the challenge of providing clean water, sanitation and flood protection for impoverished urban communities”. It was published by Monash University, with which Warwick has a strategic alliance, in its Lens magazine.

When a hurricane devastates, water is always scarce but it can also save lives. The Water and Environmental Management module explore this little molecule that has shaped our history. How will you use it to shape the future?