Clean Technology and Resource Management

The public awareness of the ‘climate emergency’ has drawn people’s attention to what we do in our day to day lives in terms of how products are made and the impact on the wider environment.  The need for cleaner, more innovative products has been seen by the increase in hybrid and electric vehicles, and the increased use of renewables in our energy mix.  As such there is a continued need for innovation within different sectors whilst ensuring our natural resources are protected.

The Clean Technology and Resource Management module (CEWM11008) develops your skills and knowledge in the field of clean technologies, i.e. those processes that can enhance sustainable resource use and minimise pollution during resource extraction, processing, and the manufacturing process.  The central objectives of the module are to raise awareness of the drivers and opportunities for development of clean technologies and to enhance CT-relevant scientific, engineering and management skills across a range of industrial sectors.  The module examines the economic, societal and environmental drivers for innovation in CT and reviews points in industrial processes where opportunities exist for such applications.  Principles of concept development, design and engineering in CT are then introduced.  These concepts and principles are then applied to a range of industrial and utility sectors, whilst including resource recovery and recycling.

On successful completion of this module the student will be able to:

• Make critical, informed and reasoned arguments regarding the drivers for application of clean technologies in the context of managing resources in a sustainable manner.
• Be able to explain in detail comprehension of the general principles of concept development, design and engineering relevant to the application of clean technologies.
• Demonstrate an ability to apply CT concept development and design principles at an appropriate level across a range of industrial, utility and agricultural sectors and to innovate in at least one such sector ensuring resources are management in a sustainable manner.

This is an SCQF Level 11 module and upon successful completion, participants will be awarded 20 credits.

To view the module descriptor, please visit Programme Specifications and Module Descriptors 

 

Delivery 

This module will be delivered at the Paisley campus.  Timetable to be confirmed.

 

Course presenter

This module will be delivered by Professor Andrew Hursthouse.

 

Funding

This course may be available on a fully funded basis to some delegates.  Further details, including regarding eligibility, are available under Funding Support.

If you have any questions, please contact us at cpd@uws.ac.uk    

 

NOTE: This is a university module and upon approval of your application, you will be invited to register and then supported to complete enrolment. To enrol on the university system, the first step involves security set-up using the Microsoft Authenticator app; you will need to ensure that you have a compatible smartphone.

Further enrolment information is available at the Student Information Portal.

To access this module via the CPD route, individuals should be ordinarily resident in Scotland.  

 

Further study

In addition to being available on a CPD basis, this module is part of our MSc Environmental Management.

Our MSc Environmental Management course prepares you for a career in the growing environmental and resource management sector, where there is increasing global demand for skilled graduates.

Modules available through the UWS CPD Centre include:

• Pollution Control
• Waste Management
• Clean Technology and Resource Management
• Sustainability Principles
• Environmental Systems

In addition to being available on a CPD basis, this module is part of our MSc Sustainable Technology.

Our MSc Sustainable Technology course prepares you for careers in the sustainable engineering sector where there is increasing demand for graduates. 

Modules available through the UWS CPD Centre include:

• Sustainable Energy: Sources and Storage
• Managing Quality
• Operations Management for Sustainability
• Pollution Control
• Project Management Fundamentals
• Stakeholder Management and Governance
• Clean Technology and Resource Management
• Sustainability Principles
• Environmental Systems
• Process Sustainability and Safety

Also, you may wish to consider our ground-breaking Master’s in Professional Practice (MProf).

The provides a personal, tailored learning experience at postgraduate level, blending personal development with academic studies where you build your own programme of study.

For the first time, learners can choose modules from across a wide range of options offered by all four Schools at UWS, allowing you to create a bespoke curriculum, with support and guidance from programme staff.

This personalised approach ensures that each learner's unique needs are recognised, supported, and integrated into the qualification they receive.  There are options for you to achieve a Postgraduate certificate, a Postgraduate Diploma, or a full Masters qualification. 

The UWS CPD Centre can also support your first steps onto the MProf through the following module:

• Making an Experiential Claim

For further information regarding these postgraduate programmes, please contact ask@uws.ac.uk

For further information regarding any of the above modules, please contact cpd@uws.ac.uk