
New Director for SCRI
Keith Hogg will take over as SCRI Director in February, 2008.
The
current Director, Professor Bob Evans, who has been in post since 2002,
is stepping down but will continue to undertake research for SCRI. Prior
to entering the University sector, Keith enjoyed an interesting
professional and managerial career in senior positions with major
consultancies in the construction sector. His work allowed him to travel
and work in several overseas locations, including Tanzania, Botswana,
Nigeria, Eire and South Africa. This background has provided a valuable
business and academic foundation to his University career. His main
academic activities, which incorporate research, development and
teaching, largely focus upon two emerging areas of the industry; Value
Management and Risk Management. He has published his work regularly
since 1994, including refereed papers relating to Value Management, Risk
Management, Ethics and Decision Making.
Keith has also co-authored 2 textbooks; Ashworth A & Hogg K I; Added
Value in Design and Construction; Longman 2000; Ashworth A & Hogg K I;
Willis's Practice and Procedure for the Quantity Surveyor, Eleventh
Edition; Blackwell Science 2002. The Twelfth Edition is due to be
published in 2007. He has been closely involved with the Royal
Institution of Chartered Surveyors and was recently Chairman of the
Notts and Derby QS Division. In addition to his QS activities, Keith is
Associate Dean with a School wide responsibility for aspects of
development.

1st January 2008
Regeneration Exchange
Community Economic Development Initiative (CEDI) local workforce skills
and development analysis, for the Shotton Partnership 2000 Ltd
The work for CEDI will provide an analysis of the current level of
skills and educational attainment within the workforce currently
employed by business trading in, or based in, Shotton colliery, and
provide evidence of the future skills training and educational needs of
the population, as well as provide suggestions as to how those needs
could be met within the context of the existing CEDI in Shotton.
North East Empowerment Partnership (NEEP) research into Community
Empowerment Networks (CEN)
This project will review and assess the cumulative regional contribution
of the CEN's in the North East to communities, the VCS and public sector
partners. The results will be compiled into a report that will
contribute to developing an internal evaluation plan for the NEEP
programme.
Using mixed methods of investigation the research will develop
pen-pictures of the CENs to be mapped and compared in order to identify
similarities and differences. Case studies will be selected from the
results of the mapping and comparison to reflect key differences,
identify exemplars of good practice, identify key learning points, and
identify gaps.
1st December 2007