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 masters modules, block teaching and CPD delivery across range of intuitions, both in the UK and overseas [as detailed in section 11(ii) and 11(iii( above]. Courses include Mass Displacement and the Built Environment; Disasters and Agricultural Vulnerability; Research Dissertation; Disaster risk management; Climate change and development and Climate change and disaster risk reduction nexus; Governance, legal frameworks and compliance; Critical professional reflection in disaster resilience; Principles of Disaster Mitigation and Reconstruction. Rebuilding communities following disaster and conflict induced mass displacements: public health and disaster risk management.

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 disaster risk reduction; Knowledge transfer and integration; Research Dissertation
  2. Module Tutor, Advanced research methods, Doctoral research programme, School of the Built Environment. 2001 – 2004
  3. Supervision of undergraduate/Masers dissertations at the School of the Built Environment. 2001 – 2014
  4. Module Leader for several modules including delivery and assessment. BSc programme module delivery as a module leader and a Level 2 Tutor. I also had the responsibility towards Pastoral care, Teaching and assessment, Admissions and Professional development. – 1999 to 2004
  5. Module Development and Delivery of Business Improvement Module of IT Management in Construction MSc Degree Course. 2002. Core topic – Balanced Scorecard and Business Process Improvement
  6. 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
  7. MSc Facilities Management Degree Programme, 2002 – 2010. Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors accredited , Part time distance learning. Contributed modules: Strategic Facilities Management; Facilities Management Excellence; Facilities Management Innovation; Facilities Service Management; Facilities Management and Sustainability ; Public Private Partnerships; Facilities Management Project; Workplace Project; Facilities Management Dissertation
  8. MSc in European Real Estate and Property Management Degree Programme. Strategic Management and Business Process Analysis module, 2002 – 2003
  9. MSc in Real Estate and Property Management, Facilities Management module. 2007- 2008
  10. Other occasional lectures to various BSc and MSc Degree Programmes. 2001 – 2014  

At University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka

  1. Large number of modules development, delivery and assessment 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.
  2. Various module 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; Faculty of Architecture, University of Moratuwa. 1996 – 1997; Sri Lanka Institute of Architects, Colombo Sri Lanka. 1997

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