This optional module explores theoretical and practical approaches for ensuring the sustainability of heritage buildings and collections. Like its sister module, Strategies for Sustainable Heritage Landscapes, it takes its cue from the definition of sustainable development as 'meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs' (Our Common Future, United Nations World Commission on Environment and Development, 1987, commonly known as the Brundtland Report).

The aim of this module is to enable you to develop an integrated understanding of buildings and collections, in consideration of their contexts and environment. This will include teaching the design of sustainable strategies for conservation and reuse of heritage, their implementation and funding/economic considerations. It will refocus the balance between traditional preservation and conservation approaches and use, leading to sustainable solutions within the broader context of environmental sustainability.

The module will explore the following:

• Environmental sustainability of heritage buildings and collections, including control of environmental conditions, energy performance, natural vs. electric lighting, use of renewable energy.

• Physical sustainability of heritage buildings, including causes of decay and maintenance plans.

• Developing integrated sustainable strategies that address physical, environmental, social and economic sustainability of heritage buildings and collections in their contexts.

• The teaching will be delivered through a combination of lectures and seminars, supported by case-study learning and field trips to heritage sites inclusive of buildings and collections.

This module will expose students to a broad set of concepts associated with the commercialisation of a highly regulated therapeutic product and the foundation...

Commercialisation, Regulation and Ethics of Advanced Therapies (BENG0098)

This module will expose students to a broad set of concepts associated with the commercialisation of a highly regulated therapeutic product and the foundation and growth of a business including the requirement to raise significant funding. It will also address in detail the regulatory environment for advanced therapeutic medicinal products (ATMPs) and provide an understanding of the ethical issues associated with advanced therapy development. Students will develop and implement entrepreneurial, managerial and communication skills through the commercialisation and biotechnology business plan activities with the goal of devising a realistic commercial proposition for the advanced therapy sector.

On completion of this module, students will be able to:

Understand the commercial and business processes for ATMP development, including the key cost drivers and quality requirements
 Evaluate the business plans of others and formulate their own for the development of an ATMP and articulate this to experts within the field
 Conceptualise and communicate the positive and negative attributes associated with an ATMP in order to secure investment for commercialisation
 Specify the business context of scientific work and understand the commercial skills required for clinical and commercial development. Appreciation that successful commercial and business development is equally as challenging as scientific development.
 Understand and communicate the ethical issues associated with stem cell and gene therapies.
 Evaluate and identify the complex regulatory processes that control ATMP development, including understanding of the key aspects to regulatory affairs and the differences between the major regulatory bodies (such as the European, U.S. and Japanese regulators).