In these career resource documents, we showcase various built environment professions and the people who work in the sector. We explore their impact on industry, society, and the environment, outlining the many pathways to enter these careers.
The My Environment My Future (MEMF) Schools Competition invites all young people across the UK to think innovatively and practically about how they can improve their local urban area, by designing and creating a proposal for the renovation of a local building or space.
Key Stage 2 – Projects A & B We have developed two ‘Future Shapers’ projects. Both projects explore how we can design places for people, the planet and the future. They both link to the Key Stage 2 curriculum and focus on ‘Sustainability’ and ‘World of Work’. Project A – Eco Park Project B –
Key Stage 3 – Lessons 1-5 We have developed 5 lessons for Key Stage 3 projects: How can cities ready for the future?How can cities be sustainable?Why is Copenhagen the worlds greenest city?How can a 15 minute city improve sustainabilityHow can cities be smart? They link to the Key Stage 3 curriculum and focus on
The first lesson in the GCSE programme explores areas of urban growth in countries of contrasting development, the distribution of UK cities and the main characteristics of the situation, connections and major buildings/ importance of a UK major city or local urban area.
The second lesson in the GCSE programme explores the internal physical characteristics which have affected the structure, buildings and development of your urban area.
The third lesson in the GCSE programme combines the need to be able to plan, complete and analyse fieldwork within the urban environment module. It firmly roots the exploration of suitable questions to geographical enquiry, methods of collection and understanding around different data types as well as sampling and secondary data to use into the familiar built environment, allowing pupils to understand processes for their local area.
The fourth lesson in the GCSE programme explores a case study of a regeneration project and the use geographical research skills to identify a potential regeneration site in a chosen urban area.
In the fifth lesson, students will explore an urban sustainable development project as a case study. They will then apply geographical research skills to design their own sustainable development proposal for a regeneration site identified in the previous lesson.
The first lesson in the A-Level programme explores geographical research skills to investigate endogenous physical factors of a place study including the location, topography, drainage, geology and soils and considers how these factors contribute to the character of the place.
We are constantly striving to grow, improve and extend the reach of our programme.
So far we have reached these milestones.
MEMF is an educational programme for schools sponsored by the Built Environment Schools Trust (www.beschoolstrust.org).
BE Schools Trust is a registered Charity (327456) established to help improve access to the built environment profession.
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