Archive for the ‘Postgraduate Students / Students’ Category

25
Jul

Student Work Experience

In June 2010 a group of 9 6th form students (from St George’s School and Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh), travelled to London for a work experience week at Sindicatum Carbon Capital organised by the Sindicatum Climate Change Foundation.

Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh and St George’s School

The week was set around teaching an understanding of the market-based environmental regulation and the difficulties of setting up a company within it. The program included daily updates on evolving situations, case studies and a visit to a methane capture facility. Challenging and inclusive talks were given by Christopher Webb of Price Waterhouse Coopers and by Mike Wheelhouse of SCCF. Throughout the week we were expertly taught by Gareth Phillips and organised (not an easy task!) by Renita du Toit and Natasza Moskwa. It was an excellent experience and I would like to sincerely thank SCCF for the opportunity. Hopefully the program will continue in the future!

By David Mcbay, Student of Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh

01
Feb

SCCF scholarships to TERI University 2011

We offer two scholarships (post graduate MSc) in various disciplines such as renewable energy, resource conservation, forestry management (full list can be found at www.teriuniversity.ac.in). So far these have been filled by students from Nigeria, Ethiopia (x2) and Nepal. The scholarships cover full fees, accommodation, airfare and some extras such as book allowance.

Students will spend two years studying at the highly respected TERI University in Delhi.

SCCF scholarships

We would be very keen to have applications from students within a catchment area that includes Africa, the sub-continent and Central Asia. Anyone reading this thread that is interested, or has contacts within relevant universities, please contact us as we would like to advertise the scholarships more widely.

17
Aug

New intake of postgraduate students

The Foundation is preparing to welcome its second set of MSc students at TERI University in Delhi. Our first students are all doing well, scoring good grades and enjoying their experience. One of these four students, Jonathan Okoronkwo, recently published an article in the University’s “Solar Quarterly”; Understanding the Vitals of PFS, FS, and DPR for Solar Energy Projects (PDF 751KB). We plan to visit Delhi during September to meet the new intake of students and also spend time:

  • Visiting Gomti bio-fuels (www.gomtibiotech.in) which has a joint venture project with our sponsor firm SSR; we want to investigate whether the Gomti technology can be used to produce bio-diesel in the Jordan Valley;
  • Have a good look at HitechAgro’s (www.hitechagro.org) biomass drying equipment in action; we consider using their drying equipment in the UK on project Greenland;
  • Getting an update on our Delhi-based project Grassroots, which by September should be turning municipal waste into solid fuel briquettes.