CHOBE Grants 2025/26
CHOBE supported a Community of Practice focused on AI in Education. The aim is to explore how AI can be integrated into learning, teaching and assessment practices, particularly within the construction, surveying and real estate disciplines
This was a small project with a funding of £1,500 and has concluded with a short report and 2 webinars. The primary goal of the research projects was to establish a series of best practice case studies demonstrating the application of AI as an ‘assistive technology’ in Built Environment Higher Education.
Their reports can be found here:
- University of the West of England: Teaching Real Estate Valuation – AI for Report Writing, Grazyna Wiejak-Roy and Ytzen Van Der Werf
- Northumbria University: Futureproofing Built Environment Students through Responsible AI Integration, Kishor Zingre, Susan Dawson and Richard Laing
CHOBE Grants 2024/25
CHOBE supported four Special Interest Groups (SIGs). The purpose of this was to carry out small, targeted research into specific themes facing Built Environment educators. Each group was led by an expert in that particular field who was working in association with a number of interested academics to discuss and identify different forms of innovation and good practice.
These are small projects but offer the opportunity to focus on a specific issue relating to learning and teaching in the built environment and disseminate messages in a collaborative and supportive context. Each project received £2500.
Their reports can be found here:
- London Metropolitan University: Embedding Diversity and Inclusion in BE Curriculum, Mariam Akinlolu
- Robert Gordon University: Next Generation Learning Design/Delivery, Huda Salman
- University of Salford: Innovative Assessment Approaches, Greg Watts
- University of South Wales: Transition/Retention, Hannah Seale and Darryl Morgan