News and Events

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