Noise Abatement Society 2025

 

On the 22nd October 2025 the Noise Abatement Society held their annual awards ceremony at the Palace of Westminster. Lord Balfe was once again the gracious host for the evening. Emeritus Professor Bridget Shield was one of the judges for the 18 awards. Professor Stephen Dance was Lord Balfe assistant for the event. Once again thanks go to Gloria Elliot and Dr Lisa Lavia for organising such a beautiful event and congratulations go to Poppy for getting Quiet Mark into the European and American markets.

The new intake of Diploma Students

 

On the 9th October 2025 the Acoustics Team welcomed the new Institute of Acoustics Diploma students. We also welcomed the Masters students back. The Course Lead, Dr Haydar Aygun wished the students well as they start their new adventure! 

Institute of Acoustics Certificate Students

On the 29th September 2025 the new IOA Certificate students joined the short course called, Certificate of Competence of Environmental Noise Measurements.  Course leader Dr Luis Gomez-Agustina, Professor Stephen Dance and Dr Haydar Aygun provided their experience and knowledge to assist the students. We hope the students have enjoyed their week learning the ins and outs of acoustics. We wish them all the best in their examination!

Sound Economics Report 2025

 

On the 8th October 2025 the updated Sound Economics Report 2025 was launched at the Royal Academy of Engineering. The event lead by Prof Horoshenkov and Prof Craster of UKAN with the Institute of Acoustics  President, Prof Waddington. Industry and Government both attended the event which demonstrated the increased value of acoustics to UK PLC in terms of jobs and productivity since the original 2019 report. 

Institute of Acoustics London Branch on Masters Projects

On the evening of the 12th November 2025 three Masters students from London South Bank University will present their project work at the Institute of Acoustics London Branch meeting. The presentations cover novel sound sources and sound exposure, architectural acoustic refurbishment of a heritage building to improve speech intelligibility and improving the acoustics of a concert hall. The meeting will be held at AECOM HQ in the City of London please register on-line.

Institute of Acoustics London Branch Presentation

 

On the 10th September 2025 PhD Candidate Rodrigo Sanchez-Pizani gave a presentation to IOA London Branch (on-line only due to a Tube strike). The talk was entitled, "Can you hear me at the back?". The project covered AI in Predicting Clarity of Lecture Recordings and was given to 38 virtual attendees. Good work! 

19th Year of the Royal Academy of Music Hearing Project

 

This is the 19th year of the Royal Academy of Music hearing project. From the 8-22nd September 2025 300 students will be assessed using screen audiometry and otoacoustic emissions in the laboratory of London South Bank University. This year this is despite the London Underground tube strikes, so each student has had an adventure!