Tim Heath

Biography

Professor Heath joined the University of Nottingham as an academic in 1993. He is the Course Director of the MArch Sustainable Urban Design and has previously been the Director of Architecture, Head of the School of the Built Environment and subsequently head of the Department of Architecture & Built Environment. He has also been the Associate Dean for Internationalisation and External Relations in the Faculty of Engineering and Acting Vice Provost for Research & Knowledge Exchange at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC). He has also acted as an external examiner in many prestigious universities around the World and also chaired accreditation panels for the UAE Commission for Academic Accreditation. Professor Heath gained his BA (Hons) Architecture (RIBA/ARB Part 1) from the University of Manchester before completing his DipArch (RIBA/ARB Part 2) and Certificate of Professional Architecture (RIBA/ARB Part 3) at the University of Nottingham. He subsequently successfully completed an MA in Environmental Planning (RTPI) and his PhD in Architecture & Urban Design also at the University of Nottingham. Professor Heath is also an experienced architect and urban design practitioner having worked in the UK and for the past 10 years in China where he is also director of a University spin-out company specialising in architecture, urban design, and building and urban environmental performance assessments.

Research Interest

Urban Design; Architecture Design; Urban Revitalisation and Historic City Quarters; City Centre/Urban Living; Adaptive Re-use of Buildings; Sustainable Cities.