2015 Higher Education Technicians’ Summit

The 2015 Higher Education Technicians Summit will promote a professional identity for technical staff in UK higher education and beyond and is hosted by the M5 Universities (Nottingham, Warwick, Birmingham, Loughborough, Aston & Leicester).

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The great ‘cold rush’: stewardship tensions in Greenland’s mining of rare Earth elements

Join the Institute for Science and Society for the next in their seminar series. ‘The great cold rush: stewardship tensions in Greenland’s mining of rare Earth elements’ will be presented by Dr Beverley Gibbs, Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy, University College London.

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Science, solution, paradigm: green chemistry at the nexus of innovation and policy

Join the Institute for Science and Society for the next in their seminar series. ‘Science, solution, paradigm: green chemistry at the nexus of innovation and policy’ will be presented by Dr Kira Matus, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Tags: Chemistry, Green Chemistry, Institute for Science and Society, ISS, Kira Matus, policy, science, seminar series

George Green is moving house

The George Green Library will be closed from Monday 13 April to Sunday 19 April inclusive. […]

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Circling the square 2: universities, the media, citizens and politics

The ‘Circling the square 2: universities, the media, citizens and politics’ conference will be hosted by the Science, Technology and Society Priority Group, and will explore the role of knowledge in policy making.

Tags: academia, Circling the square, David Nutt, debate, media, Mike Hulme, politics, science, Technology and Society Priority Group

Butterflies to Bedu in a sacred landscape

In this inaugural lecture, Dr Francis Gilbert, School of Life Sciences, presents ‘Butterflies to Bedu in a sacred landscape’. The lecture will describe the gradual change from pure science to a much more applied and people-centred focus of Professor Gilbert’s work in South Sinai in the St Katherine Protectorate.

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Newton Fund

Newton Fund: building science and innovation capacity in developing countries A range of international collaboration opportunities […]

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The Prediction Machine at Nottingham Contemporary

‘The Prediction Machine’, a piece of artwork created by Dr Rachel Jacobs, will be exhibited at Nottingham Contemporary. The machine has been developed in parallel to the MRL and Horizon Institute’s ‘Performing Data Platform’ research project, which will power it alongside a weather station fitted on the roof of the Computer Science building.

Tags: Computer Science, display, exhibition, Mixed Reality Lab, Nottingham Contemporary, Prediction Machine, science

Why did the chicken cross the globe? Half a dozen egs of science, culture and engagement

Dr Naomi Sykes from the Department of Archaeology discusses science, culture and engagement on a global scale. Part of the Institute for Science and Society seminar series.

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Situating internationalism in the atmospheric sciences: histories, geographies, climates and change

As part of the Institute for Science and Society seminar series, we are delighted to welcome Dr Martin Mahony to deliver a seminar around internationalism in the atmospheric sciences.

Tags: climate, environment, geography, history, Intitute for Science and Society, ISS, King's College London, science, University Park