Awards and Feedback
Awards
Annual Presentation of Travelling Scholarships by members of The Guildry of Dundee 2010
The Guildry of Dundee have once again awarded scholarships to EUC students to enable them to travel to undertake research for their dissertations.
This year seven students received £300 each to travel to destinations ranging from Paris and Le Harve, Ioannina in Greece, Milan, Italy and the Netherlands, to Orkney
and Shetland. The seven students this year are Stephen Brothwell, Fiona Fisher, Ciaran MacCullagh, Elliot Matthew, Eva Palacios, Nick Pilszak and David Sinclair.
Lord Dean of the Guild Michael Clark presents Travelling Scholarships
Pictured is Fiona Fisher receiving her her cheque from the Lord Dean of Guild, Michael Clark
See pictures from previous years: 2009, 2008, 2007.
Awards for EUC students 2010
In addition to the Guildry Scholarships, three further awards were available this year courtesy of Sir Donald Insall, Historic Scotland and Tayside Building preservation Trust. The awards were presented by Liz Davidson OBE, Director of the Glasgow merchant City initiative and for the last three years the Conservation Programme’s external examiner.
Elliot Mathew received a copy of "Living Buildings" a quite superb book which encapsulates over fifty years of acclaimed work by the person regarded as the doyen of British Conservation Architects, Sir Donald Insall. A wonderful work, it was extremely generous of Sir Donald to donate a copy to the programme. Elliot achieved the best overall mark across the Diploma stage of the programme.
Stephen Brothwell who pushed Elliot really hard for the accolade of best student received a copy of "Building Scotland, A Celebration of Scotland’s Traditional Building Materials" donated by David Mitchell Director of Historic Scotland’s Technical Conservation Group.
Vivienne Whyte received a certificate and cheque from Tayside Building Preservation Trust for her architectural notebook which was judged to be the outstanding piece of coursework.
ECO Award
Gareth Jones
In 1994, students from the EUC programme won the prestigious ECO
Award for the best environmental project produced by students of
a Scottish University. The award scheme was organised jointly by
the Robert Gordon University, Hamilton Oil Company Ltd, and the Institute
of Management. The winning project, prepared by four EUC students,
consisted of a report and exhibition panels outlining enhancement proposals
for Dundee's central conservation area.
The cheque for £500 and the specially designed bronze trophy was presented
to EUC student Gareth Jones by the well known television personality,
Magnus Magnusson on 28 June 1994.
Student Feedback
Each year, students are asked to give their anonymous views of the EUC
postgraduate programme. The following is a selection of recent comments
regarding this highly popular one year programme. While staff are pleased
that, overall, the EUC programme is enjoyed by the student group, they are not
complacent, and small improvements are introduced each session.
Often these changes are based on suggestions made by the student representatives
elected each academic session.
"The programme has overall been excellent and I have thoroughly enjoyed it"
"The course has been interesting throughout. It has provided a wide ranging in-depth knowledge of various aspects of conservation, as wide ranging as is possible in a 1 year course. Well balanced, lecture's own specialities complement each other well".
"I found the course very interesting and extremely enjoyable. The fact that I enjoyed going to lectures is proof of this. The course taught a wide range of subject which have a good grounding on which to build".
"I find it difficult to criticise the course in general as I found the course tutors to be both helpful and interested in their subject. I enjoyed the variety of things undertaken greatly. I would like to understand more technical issues on Building Conservation and understanding more about Architectural History. I found the European Study Visit informative and useful as a comparison tool when approaching the revision of EUC 1 and 2. My work placement was highly successful and I have returned even more enthused to proceed with a career in the conservation of our built heritage. This has been a most challenging and educational year. The course has fulfilled my expectations and more. It has just made me realise how case this field is and how much more I have yet to learn. I will certainly recommend this course and faculty and feel privileged to have been given the chance to do this course, as without the faculty paying my fees I would not have been able to have attended at all".
"Very much so! The course was very interesting in that it provided me with a lot of new information, ideas and opinions on various aspects of the Built Environment and heritage. Enjoyable in reading about all different aspects of the course, the seminars of our own choice showed this I think, in that it demonstrated that the class are generally enthusiastic and genuinely interested in the course. These seminars were also interesting in that it was enjoyable to hear peoples' personal opinions on certain matters of conservation and showing where their personal interests are. The Building Conservation course was especially interesting, as the class had no previous knowledge or background on these topics. the computing facilities were excellent and helped very much in the completion of our coursework, the site visits also enjoyable and relevant. The evening lectures, although not all were attended, also provided experiences on the topic discussed, Jim Johnson, I feel was by far the most enjoyable.
Overall, the EUC programme was very very interesting and enjoyable. No regrets about accepting the course and would recommend it to other students. Very well organised and not many changes need to be made. Overall a brilliant course, stimulating personal interest in many respects. Credit to the lecturers and all involved".
"Personally, I did find the EUC programme to be interesting and enjoyable. It has covered a broad spectrum of the conservation world. To a certain extent, it is almost too broad, so you know a little about everything rather than a lot about something! However, it has provided a good basis to build upon and you can easily find areas of interest.
The computing side has been very useful and particulary relevant for applying for jobs.
The lecturers have been enthusiastic and helpful within their own specialisms.
The field trips in particular helped to bring coursework/lectures to life and they provided invaluable case studies.
The work placement was useful, giving practical experience, but in many ways, the placement's success depended upon where you worked. Overall, the course is working fine and is something I would recommend to others!"
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