Teaching modules delivery

Dilanthi makes an active contribution to teaching programmes and she has sustained performance at national or international level demonstrating a significant contribution to teaching, learning and assessment related activity through distinction in leadership of a major teaching team; leading teaching collaboration with other institutions; publications on teaching and learning; teaching grants and contracts secured; external examinerships; regular teaching visits to other university departments; invited presentations at national/international teaching and learning conferences, lectures, seminars and membership of professional groups; awards; membership of national or international committees relating to teaching and learning; acting as adviser/consultant and keynote addresses at teaching-related conferences. These activities demonstrate her leadership in teaching programmes including teaching and curriculum design.

At University of Huddersfield, 2014 to date

PhD modules, several master’s modules, block teaching and CPD delivery across a range of institutions, both in the UK and overseas. Courses include Construction management and the built environment; Urban design and sustainability; Cities; Research Dissertation; Disaster Risk Management; Climate Change and Health; Climate Change and DRR; Governance, Critical Professional Reflection in Disaster Resilience; Principles of Disaster Mitigation and Reconstruction; Sustainable and climate resilience urban adaptation.

At University of Salford, UK , from 1998 – 2014

  1. MSc Programme in Disaster mitigation and reconstruction, module development and delivery, University of Salford, UK. 2007 – 2012: Principles of disaster mitigation and reconstruction, Post-disaster project management; Participatory DRR; Knowledge transfer and integration; Research Dissertation
  2. Doctoral research programme teaching, Module Tutor, Advanced research methods, Doctoral research programme, School of the Built Environment. 2001 – 2011
  3. MSc Project Management in Construction and MSc Construction Management programmes (RICS and CIOB accredited) Construction process management. Project management practices modules. 2008 – 2012
  4. MSc Urban Design (RICS and CIOB accredited). 2010 – 2011. Housing and Regeneration, Research by Design
  5. MSc Quantity Surveying programme . Process and Project Systems, Practice Problem
  6. BSc Quantity Surveying, Build Surveying and Construction Management Combined Degree Programmes. (RICS and CIOB accredited). Module Leader for several modules including delivery and assessment. I also had the responsibility towards Pastoral care, Teaching and assessment, Admissions and Professional development.  – 1999 to 2004.  Modules included: Quantification of Construction 1, Measurement and Estimating, Construction management, Construction  Economics  and Economics and the building industry, Finance and risk management, Building design and construction
  7. MSc Facilities Management Degree Programme and MSc Corporate Real Estate & Facilities Management. (RICS and CIOB accredited). Contributed modules: Strategic Facilities Management; Facilities Management Excellence; NHS Service delivery processes; Customer Requirement Management; Service Delivery Planning; Service Performance Monitoring; Supplier Management; Health and Safety Management; Risk Management; and Service Coordination; Public-Private Partnerships; Supply Chain Management; Facilities Management Project; Workplace Project;  Facilities Management Dissertation. 2001 – 2010
  8. IT Management in Construction MSc Degree Course. (RICS and CIOB accredited) Module Development and Delivery of Business Process Improvement Module of 2002. Core topic – Balanced Scorecard and Business Process Improvement, Research Methodology 
  9. Supervision of Undergraduate/Masers Dissertations at the School of the Built Environment. 2001 – 2014
  10. Co-ordinator, Research Workshop Series. Research Institute for the Built and Human Environment. School of Construction and Property Management. Some of the research workshops organised are: “Interim Assessment Process”, “Conducing Literature Search for Academic Purposes”, “ Time Management”, “Research Methods” etc. 2004 – 2006
  11. MSc in European Real Estate and Property Management Degree Programme. (RICS and CIOB accredited)  Strategic Management and Business Process Analysis module, 2002 – 2003
  12. MSc in Real Estate and Property Management, (RICS and CIOB accredited) Facilities Management module. 2007- 2008
  13. Other occasional lectures to several BSc and MSc Degree Programmes. 1999 – 2014

At University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka

  1. Development, delivery and assessment of many modules since 1994 to 1997. Department of Building Economics conducted degree courses together with a four-year BSc in Quantity Surveying Honours Degree course, recognised by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) UK, and the Australian Institution of Quantity Surveyors (AIQS), Australia. I was involved in lecturing the undergraduate program and in the research programs of the Department. Modules I was involved in include: Quantity surveying measurement, Management processes, Building Economics, Management and practice, Procurement Methods, Building economics and price analysis, Human Resources management, Construction Management etc.
  2. MSc in Project Management Programme, 1996 – 1997. Financial and Risk Management, Project Management
  3. Various modules delivery on part time basis:  Centre for Housing, Planning and Building, Ministry of Local Government, Housing and Construction, Colombo, Sri Lanka. October 1996 – September 1997; Sri Lanka Institute of Architects. Colombo School of Architecture. 1996 – 1997; Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. 1996 – 1997. Conducted Lectures on Building Economics at the Faculty of Architecture, University of Moratuwa. 1996 – 1997; Sri Lanka Institute of Architects, Colombo Sri Lanka. 1997

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