On the 3th May 2022 the IOA Certificate of Competence in Environmental Noise Measurements (CCENM) commenced for the eighth year. Course director Dr Luis Gomez-Agustina welcomed and introduced the course to twelve highly motivated candidates. This year the delivery mode has returned to fully in person. We hope the candidates enjoy the course
Charles Greene, UK general manager of acoustic instrumentation manufacturer NTI Audio, visited LSBU on 28th April 2022 to deliver an informative and useful instrumentation workshop to the 2021-22 Diploma students. The session demonstrated capabilities such as web based-noise real time remote noise monitoring, noise ratings XL2 module, noise explorer software and automated reporting. Charles shared some expertise on instrumentation calibration and good advice on some common mistakes made with field measurements. The workshop organised by Diploma course director Dr Luis Gomez-Agustina, was very well received by the students who showed their keen interest during the themed discussions and even after the workshop when they stayed on to network with Charles.
On the 1st April 2022 Professor Stephen Dance has published a paper in the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. The paper entitled, "Teaching acoustics during a pandemic: Lab in a Box experiments at home" illustrated how it was possible to teach postgraduate students the practical aspects of acoustics using filmed experiment, virtualised software, and by distributig audio kit to undertaken experiments. These resources will be reused as part of our newly announced Apprenticeship in Acoustics.
On the 6th April 2022 PhD candidate, Rodrigo Sanchez-Pizani and the AV team at King's College published a paper in the Journal of Learning Evironments Research. The paper entitled, "Hydrid flexible (Hyflex) teaching and learning: Climbing the mountain of implementation challenges for sychnronus on-line teaching and face-to-face seminars during the pandemic". Well done Rodrigo!
On the 30th March 2022 after a 2 year delay the joint Hearing Conservation / Instittue of Acoustics meeting was hosted by the Royal Academy of Engineering. The focus was on, "Hear for Tomorrow" around music and entertainment industries. Forty-five attendees were entertained and informed by 11 presentations - some virtual (international) and some in-person. An evening event where the exhibitioners showed their wares was helped by a drinks reception. The event was kindly sponsored by UKAN+.
