Elevating voices – WinSET conference 2015

Join the WinSET (Women in Science, Engineering and Technology) conference 2015, featuring keynote speakers Baroness Brenda Dean, Honorary President of WinSET and Dr Heather Williams, Director of Science Grrl. Followed by discussion.

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Have you got any old photos of the Tower Building?

To celebrate 50 years of the Tower Building, the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering would […]

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Tags: anniversary, Barrie Hayes-Gill, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, engineering, Tower Building

Multidisciplinary Aerospace Research Challenge

The Institute for Aerospace Technology is running a Multidisciplinary Aerospace Research Challenge (MARCh) aiming to seed […]

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Tags: aerospace, Dragon's Den, engineering, Institute for Aerospace Technology, multidisciplinary, research

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).

Tags: award, consortium, David Greenaway, engineering, higher education, Higher Education Technicians' Summit, M5 Universities, Papin Prize, Professional Development, science, staff, technican

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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Tags: books, borrowing books, capital investment, engineering, Engineering and Science Library, Estates, George Green Library, GGL, investment, Libraries, library, science

What is the future for fossil fuels?

Professor Colin Snape discusses the future for fossil fuels, as part of the Dean of Engineering’s lecture series. The talk will cover CO2 reduction targets, trajectories for achieving this by decarbonising electricity, heat and transport, fossil energy reserves and their impact on climate change, historical trends and carbon capture and storage.

Tags: Colin Snape, Dean of Engineering Lecture Series, engineering, fossil fuels, sustainability