Wolverhampton University introduces Demolition Degrees from September 2017

As covered on our sister site Demolish & Dismantle, demolition degrees are set to become available from September next year courtesy of Wolverhampton University.

Teaching consists of 15 modules covering everything a modern demolition engineers is required to know, with all study being carried out at the University’s new Springfield Campus. Our very own John Woodward as well as Dr Terry Quarmby (Dorton Group), Mick Ulyatt (Samuelson Consulting), Vernon Watson (QCMS), and Richard Dolman (AR Demolition) have been involved in the course development.

Matt Birch, pictured above, and a trainee Demolition Engineer at C&D Consultancy, is one of the first students to sign up for the degree course, with over 100 places available.

Read more over on the IDE website.

IDE & Wolverhampton University join forces to deliver the first ever Demolition Engineering Degree course in Europe and Asia

Following years of work by a select education committee of IDE Council Members, the institute is now just weeks away from announcing the launch of the degree and the signing of the articles of agreement from both parties.

The signing of the articles will take place in the Mayor's Parlour at Wolverhampton Civic Centre with the Vice Principal of Wolverhampton University and IDE President Duncan Rudall FIDE putting pen to paper to seal a nine year agreement to deliver MSc and BSc qualifications in Demolition Engineering.

The University will deliver the core elements of the course with IDE trainers Terry Quarmby, Duncan Rudall, Mike Kehoe, and John Woodward delivering the specialist demolition sections.

Meetings over the next few weeks will finalise the course content and delivery format with a view to the first MSc courses commencing in September 2017, following full ratification from the University, with BSc courses set to follow in 2018.

The course content will be such that the MSc will be open to existing demolition engineers who wish to obtain an academic qualification in demolition engineering, while the BSc will be tailored to school leavers who want a career in demolition via academic qualification, a route that was impossible until now.

This is a milestone in the history of the IDE and will set the industry on a similar footing to ICE and IStructE.