Since 2005 CRP’s John Downie has been employed by the University of Birmingham to help it deliver its annual MSc in Environmental Health.  John Downie provided lectures and practical housing projects which brought the course to life for students and helped to give them a solid grounding in the practice and challenges of their work in this area. This contract built on CRP’s considerable track record in delivering training, talks and seminars in a wide variety of contexts from grassroots to Government.