What’s On?
Screening and Discussion: People's Emergency Briefing
6pm, Wednesday 23rd September
The Arup Auditorium, 80 Charlotte Street, London, W1T 4QS
The Engineering Club hosts a screening of the People's Emergency Briefing, followed by discussion and call for action.
Join The Engineering Club for this special screening of The People’s Emergency Briefing, hosted by Arup in their auditorium in 80, Charlotte Street.
In November 2025, the National Emergency Briefing brought together leading experts to present the latest evidence on the climate and nature crisis to politicians and other influential people in Westminster. That evidence is now on the public record.
The People’s Emergency Briefing brings together people in local communities across the UK to hear the evidence and discuss how to respond. Businesses, institutions and local councils are also hosting screenings to help take the briefing to wider audiences across the nation.
Each screening is intended to be followed by a structured discussion to allow people to process what they have heard and find ways to engage positively around solutions in their local community. We provide comprehensive guidance in our facilitation guide including how to ensure that conversations remain comprehensive.
By enabling communities and decision-makers to engage with the same evidence together, the screening programme aims to create informed dialogue at local and national level.
Why it matters now
Climate and nature breakdown will affect every constituency in the country, from health and food systems to infrastructure, security to economic stability. This crisis is more serious and immediate than many understand. There is strong evidence that bold, urgent action will improve lives and livelihoods, but the window of opportunity is narrowing as we delay.
About the Film
The 50-minute film will combine authoritative scientific content from the Westminster event with reactions from members of the public and some more familiar faces - designed to help audiences process the information on a more human level. It will deliver the frank facts about the threats, but also the enormous benefits if Government leads genuine emergency action.
Many of those attending the event commented that although the facts are alarming, they felt a sense of optimism about confronting the challenge together and seeing a pathway to a better future.
A Tale of Bridges in the Land of a Thousand Hills
6pm, Thursday 8th October
Lecture Theatre Room G12, 1-19 Torrington Place, Fitzrovia/Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7HB
Filip Kirazov and Tina Gunnarsson.
"Two engineers set out to build bridges in the land of a thousand hills - Rwanda - and found themselves part of something much bigger: connection, access, and opportunity. Through personal journeys and field stories, this talk explores how Fika’s work has grown from building bridges for isolated communities into a wider mission - improving rural access, understanding what truly changes after a bridge is built, and supporting countries to deliver this infrastructure themselves."
Please note that due to building security, you will NOT be permitted entry without an advance ticket.
Mastering Computational Engineering
Extending the engineer’s digital toolkit
by Mule Studio and the Engineering Club
The opportunity
Rhino + Grasshopper are enabling engineers and technicians to more effectively:
• generate, evaluate and optimise geometry
• run structural analysis
• visualise and interpret data
• exchange data between software packages and collaborators
• automate tasks
• innovate & solve problems creatively
The workflows they enable can be applied to any type of structure, from the everyday to the complex and at any stage, from concept design to automated drawings for fabrication.
Course Approach
The courses are enjoyable, practical and immediately applicable to projects. They are suitable for all levels of engineer and technician, from graduate to director.
Each course consists of 6 x 2hr weekly sessions.
✔ Places are strictly limited to 10 and will be provided on a first come first served basis.
✔ Includes a 1 to 1 session after the course to review content and discuss applications to current projects.
✔ Bespoke extended courses or project specific support available
Costs:
Engineering Club Members / Students £545 + VAT
Non-members £595 + VAT
Foundation - Truss:
• includes a strong foundation with the user interface, geometry and data structures
• this course teaches fundamental principles and is recommended for all, including those with prior experience
• continuous development project focused on modelling a truss
In-person - Tuesdays, Sept 15th - Oct 20th @ 6-8pm, location tbc (Central London)
Advanced - Building:
• includes export to finite element software, Karamba3D, meshing & advanced data tree management
• this course builds on the previously laid foundations and will enable engineers to deliver projects with confidence
• continuous development project focused on modelling a building
Remote - early 2027, dates tbc
TO SIGN UP FOR THIS COURSE OR FIND OUT MORE, FILL IN THE FORM BELOW
The Engineering Club Book Club
We are excited to announce the launch of the Engineering Club Book Club! (...or ECBC for short!)
The book club aims to bring together members who enjoy exploring ideas through books (loosely tied to engineering... in the most fluid sense possible!) sharing their thoughts and interpretations in informal, light-hearted discussions.
We meet roughly every two months to discuss a chosen book and to select the next one together.