Huraera Jabeen, Lecturer, Department of Architecture has been awarded funds for research from the UK-Bangladesh Higher Education Link program 2007-08 administered by British Council Bangladesh. The purpose of the program is to support the development of co-operation, which contributes to staff, and institutional capacity building of higher education institutions in Bangladesh in priority areas that contribute directly to skills development. She will be working on 'Adaptation to climate change in cities' with Dr Cassidy Johnson, Course Director, Building and Urban Design in Development, Development Planning Unit (DPU) in University College London. The research outcomes will eventually help in developing a course module that will be offered both in DPU in MSc Development and Planning and BRAC University in the Department of Architecture in the undergraduate and future graduate program as well as in the government, NGO professionals and community leaders as a short course. Huraera Jabeen received her MSc in Development and Planning from DPU in 2004.