Fireco Fire Risk Assessor John Mawdsley CMIOSH GIFireE presented Andrew with his trophy and a cheque for £200 during UClan's graduation ceremony held at Preston Guild Hall in July.

Fireco, a UK leading specialist in simple, effective services and solutions for fire safety management, is keen to promote full time Fire Engineering degree programmes, seeing these as a means of developing better fire safety and protecting people, property and the environment from the destructive effects of fire.

Fire Engineering is a discipline in itself but also overlaps disciplines of chemistry, physics, mathematics, materials, computational engineering, law, psychology and sociology. The BEng (Hons) Fire Engineering programme is studied at the University of Central Lancashire (UClan) at the School of Forensic and Investigative Sciences. Fire is studied in laboratory and in practical contexts, especially built environment and particularly buildings. The programme is developed in collaboration with three professional institutions and supported by our research centre, which provides expert research in the study of combustion and explosions. Studies include Fire Engineering, Fire Safety by Design, Hazard Analysis and Quantification, Law related to Fire Safety, Energy and the Environment. Graduates have good employment prospects, and many also proceed to further studies. The course is accredited towards Chartered Engineer status.