Celebrating 60 years of building-services education

London South Bank University, which has trained and educated several generations of building-services engineers, is organising an event to mark the 60th anniversary of the National College of Heating, Ventilating, Refrigeration & Fan Engineering. The event is on 18 June and will celebrate the formation of the National College and its close links with the industry. Everyone who attended the National College (in all its incarnations, including FEST, IEST, IoEE and FESBE) and its many friends, is invited. There will be keynote speeches from LSBU vice chancellor Prof. Deian Hopkin, visiting Professor Mike Farrell and Prof. Terry Wyatt, partner with Hoare Lea Consulting Engineers. For details and free registration goto the web site below.
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