Built Environment Technology Education Research Group (BETER)

(BETER)   Built Environment – Technology and Educational Research is a research focused group which support’s built environment higher education through a research process which will develop understanding, engender consensus, promote a diversity of praxis and optimise the resources available to Built Environment higher education. It is intended that the work of BETER will:

• Promote research that informs the development of teaching and learning across the different built environment disciplines
• Facilitate trans-professional integrative educational research with external partners including built environment professional bodies, industry, governmental agencies, the wider society and other third level establishments

BETER identified the potential that exists for developing collaboration links between this research group in the Department of the Built Environment in TUS with:

• other research groups or individuals within TUS
• industry partners
• other research groups or individuals outside TUS

By developing a research group and working with the Graduate Studies and Research Office introduction to and collaboration with other research groups can be more focused and mutually beneficial. The Department of the Built Environment has extensive links with national and international industry partners through the 3rd year placement in a number of the Honours Degree programs.

Principal Investigator: Dr Rita Scully