Writtle College continues to show why it is the place to go for people – from home and abroad – wanting to make their mark in the “green” industries.
Yuhei Nakajima, from Japan, has been shortlisted in the student dissertation category of this year’s Landscape Institute awards for his concept  for a ski resort that would function in a sustainable way.
The 29-year-old, an experienced ski instructor,  now works for AECOM as a graduate landscape architect. He said:  “Just being shortlisted for this award is a great honour as the Landscape Institute is the foremost professional body for the industry.
“This dissertation is not only an academic achievement, but also led me to the company I long-wanted to work for. I now apply my knowledge in mountain planning as a part of the master-planning team.”
Yuhei graduated last year with a Masters in Landscape Architecture – which is accredited by the Landscape Institute.
Dr Saruhan Mosler, Yuhei’s MA dissertation supervisor, said: “Yuhei  proposed a new approach to the ski resort environment from an ecological as well as a philosophical perspective.
“Through his dissertation, he came to secure a full-time position in AECOM, one of the world-leading engineering, architecture, planning and landscape architecture practices.”
Last year, Writtle College postgraduate Jacqui Jobbins won the student dissertation category in the Landscape Institute awards. She was also runner-up in the President’s Award.
Meanwhile, Writtle postgraduate student Jin-Koo Park, who is studying for an MA Garden Design, has been shortlisted for a Student Award from the Society of Garden Designers and will find out in January if he has won.