The future of food surplus, food waste, and new models of social eating

A symposium bringing together stakeholders across business and society to discuss food waste success stories — and map out the possibility of future collaboration across sectors.

Tags: food, Future food symposium

Wild foraging for food

Join ‘The Friends of University Park’ in a hunt for wild food from our fields and hedgerows.

Tags: Charles Powell, food, Foraging, FOUP, Friends of University Park

Feast or famine: 25 years of research in crop science

Inaugural lecture by Professor Debbie Sparkes, Professor of Agronomy, School of Biosciences.

Tags: Agronomy, crop, crop science, Debbie Sparkes, food, Food Sciences

Healthy eating workshops

As part of the University’s Wellbeing Programme and to mark World Health Day 2018, we are offering staff the chance to attend a Healthy Eating Workshop.

Tags: food, Hands on Health, health, Healthy Eating Workshops, nutrition, people and culture, wellbeing, wellness, World Health Day

James Wong: How to eat better

James Wong gives a straight-talking guide to making everyday foods healthier and tastier.

Tags: botany, food, food science, How to eat better, James Wong, nutrition, superfood

Quantity or quality

The mechanisms stimulating muscle growth and the consequences for the food we choose to eat: Inaugural lecture by Professor Tim Parr.

Tags: Biosciences, food, food science, muscle, Professor Tim Parr

Women’s Staff Network Christmas Fair

Join the School of Health Sciences and the Women’s Staff Network for a day of festivities including Christmas gift stalls, food and music.

Tags: Christmas, fair, food, music, School of Health Sciences, Women’s Staff Network

Coming soon – DailyBites: Pre-pay. Eat food. Save money.

Sign up for DailyBites to get £27 to spend every week, at any time, at over […]

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Tags: catering, DailyBites, food, Mooch, shop, SPAR, students

Mindfulness in the workplace – CANCELLED

Come along to a workshop which discusses mindfulness in the workplace led by Dr Edward Sellman, School of Education. This session reviews the evidence of impact of three years of provision of mindfulness skills programmes in the workplace and makes recommendations on how mindfulness can be integrated into organisational approaches.

Tags: food, mental health, mindfulness, Month of the Mind, people and culture, workplace

Mindful eating

Take part in a workshop focussing on mindful eating. This session will be run by counsellor and mindfulness teacher Mel Wraight.

Tags: food, mental health, mindfulness, Month of the Mind, nutrition