Dr. Kanchana Ginige

Research Assistant Global Disaster Resilience Centre, University of Huddersfield

RESINT Project Meeting 20-21 May 2015

Bologna & Forli, Italy

Work Package 2 Development of new curricula and

syllabuses in resilience management

• Work Package 2 (WP2)• Aim• Targets• Deliverables

• Development of Deliverable 2.1(Discussion document on Upgraded and developed new curricula and syllabuses)

• Other Deliverables- Pilot modules, teaching aids and teaching models

• Partner feedback and discussion

Presentation outline

WP2 aims to,

Develop and implement new curricula and syllabuses in resilience management.

that will be mainly applied in management, engineering and social BSc, MSc and PhD.

Aim of WP2

Targets of WP2

1. to reform curricula in order to establish and maintain network connections and processes among local actors involved in the resilience after disasters

2. to develop curricula and syllabuses in modules that will be available in open source platform managed by intelligent systems to facilitate the reform of curricula in HEIs concerning resilience management

3. to prepare and to test new educational tools using an impressive, concrete and easy going virtual and augmented reality that could be used in a restricted educational environment and in a open source location.

Deliverables of WP2

No. Title Type of output

D2.1 Upgraded and developed new Curricula and Syllabuses for BSc, MSc and PhD in resilience management

Discussion document

D2.2 Pilot modules University modules

D2.3 Manual and teaching aid on the curricula reform of resilience management

Manual

D2.4 Organisational models of teaching Teaching models

Deliverables of WP2 by University of Huddersfield

No. Title Type or nature of deliverable

D2.1 Upgrade and develop new Curricula and Syllabuses for BSc, MSc and PhD in resilience management

Discussion document

D2.2 Pilot module Module on Resilience and leadership for PhD short course (Course description, teaching aid presentations and module workbook)

D2.3 Manual and teaching aid on the curricula reform of resilience management

Manual for module on Resilience and leadership (draft)

D2.4 Organisational Models of teaching Document on teaching models (draft)

D2.1- Upgraded and developed new curricula and syllabuses

Methodology

• To recommend the necessary reformations for the curricula in resilience management, the gap between the demand and supply of resilience management skills and competencies had to be established.

D2.1- Upgraded and developed new curricula and syllabuses

Methodology… contd.

Demand

• 03 methods were employed in identifying the evolving market needs of resilience management in different sectors such as local governments, NGOs, and private sector in partner countries

1. meetings between university partners and non-academic partners

2. a comprehensive literature review

3. an online survey among 49 respondents in Lithuania

D2.1- Upgraded and developed new curricula and syllabuses

Methodology… contd.

Supply

• 02 main methods were employed in identifying the existing study programmes related to resilience management

1. an examination of relevant study programmes and modules currently offered by the academic partners

2. an extensive web search to identify the existing B.Sc, M.Sc and PhD programmes in resilience management related disciplines in the partner countries in general

D2.1- Upgraded and developed new curricula and syllabuses

Results

Demand- resilience management needs(Please refer Table 1: Resilience management needs in different sectors in the discussion document for the full list)

Examples

• Legal aspects of resilience

• Economic aspects of resilience

• Psychological aspects of resilience

• Inclusivity and empowerment

• Structural measures of resilience

• Information management, ICT and other technological advances

• Community participation in resilience

• Leadership in resilience management

• Development cooperation

D2.1- Upgraded and developed new curricula and syllabuses

Results… contd.

Supply- resilience management related study programmes

Programmes offered by the academic partners:

University Study Level

B.Sc M.Sc PhD

University of Bologna, Italy

none none none

Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania

Fire Protection Fire and Rescue Operation Safety and Management

none

University of Huddersfield, UK

none Risk, Disaster and Environmental Management

Disaster resilience in the built environment

D2.1- Upgraded and developed new curricula and syllabuses

Results… contd.

Supply- resilience management related study programmes

Programmes offered by the other institutions:

(Please refer Section 4.2 of the discussion document for the full list of courses and their study content)

Examples from UK institutions: Coventry University, UK

Study level Programme

Graduate • Disaster Management (BSc Hons) • Disaster Management and Emergency Planning (Bsc Hons) • International Disaster Management (BSc Hons) • Geography and Natural Hazards (BSc Hons)

Post graduate- taught • Disaster Management (MSc)• Humanitarian Engineering and Computing (MSc)• Emergency Planning and Management (PGDip)

Post graduate- research • PhD in Centre for Disaster Management and Hazard Research

D2.2- Pilot modules andD2.3- Manual and teaching aids

Pilot module/ short course Study level Academic partner

• Simulimpresa in resilience for cultural heritage B.Sc/M.Sc University of Bologna, Italy

• Simulimpresa for Virtual, Augmented Reality and Media context in resilience

• Simulimpresa in Resilience Project Management

• The resilience in cultural heritage- A new field of interventions for local governments

• Open source in intelligent systems and Augmented Reality

Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania

• Resilience and leadership PhD University of Huddersfield, UK

• Based on the gaps identified and recommendations by the partners, following short courses have been selected as pilot modules.

• Course descriptions, teaching aid presentations and teaching manuals have been developed for these courses.

D2.4- Organisational models of teaching

• A draft document has been developed to help academic and non-academic staff of HEIs in the process of teaching that involves non-academic teachers, internships and stages in external organisations and practical experiences in the field.

• It also contains different models of teaching, and the ways to optimising teaching resources, the educational offer and relationship with non-academic organisations to exchange the state of the art knowledge in the relevant field.

Feedback and discussion

www.hud.ac.uk/gdrc

Thank you