Archive for March, 2010
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Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Diabetes Conference
The Academy of Medical Sciences and The Royal Society of Edinburgh One day Symposium ‘Diabetes & obesity: getting to the heart of the matter’ Wednesday 26 May 2010 The Royal College of Physicians, 9 Queen Street, Edinburgh Confirmed speakers include: Professor Bruce Spiegelman, Professor of Cell Biology and Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Dr Tim Rolph, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Starting a National Conversation about Good Science
Published today, the Science and Trust Expert Group Report – Starting a National Conversation about Good Science, calls for a new attitude to trust in the UK, and an acceptance that healthy but informed scepticism is preferable to a society where people blindly and unquestionably trust sciences and scientists. The Group also concluded that, to [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Good Practice in Public Engagement: Expertise by Experience
The PEALS 2010 Symposium Good Practice in Public Engagement aims to bring together people who have been at the receiving end of public engagement – whether researchers or members of local communities – with those who have organised and analysed such events. It will allow them to share their perspectives with each other and with [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Dialogue Academy
Following their fantastic academies in Birmingham and Glasgow, both of which were fully booked, the Dialogue Academy would like to invite people to come to their *last* dialogue academy at the Centre for Life, Newcastle. The academy will be held on April 20th and 21st and June 14th. ‘Dialogue academy’ (www.dialogueacademy.org.uk ) has been developed as [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Participatory Appraisal Workshops
There will be two Participatory Appraisal Workshops at The University of Edinburgh during 2010 26th – 30th April 2010 and 6th – 10th September 2010 Participatory Appraisal is highly regarded as a valuable tool for providing structures and processes to enable local people to identify their own priorities and make their own decisions about the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Sustaining and Reinventing Community Regeneration
The SURF 2010 Annual Conference Wednesday 24th – Thursday 25th March, Edinburgh Key speakers confirmed so far include: Alex Neil MSP Scottish Government Minister for Housing & Communities Prof. Duncan MacLennan International expert on housing & regeneration (University of St. Andrews) Prof. Greg Lloyd Professor of Urban Planning, University of Belfast Jim McFarlane Managing Director [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )February E-Bulletin
Here is a round up of our posts from February 2010: Be a Science Communicator at the EISF Charles Darwin Birthday Lecture Designers in the Lab Event Wellcome Trust Science Media Studentships Managing Public Art Projects: A Handbook for Artists Popular Science Conference 2010 NESTA: Age Unlimited Scotland Sustainability: Where are we going? Bright Ideas Fellowships and Residencies Public Art Scotland: Call for Submissions ESRC Social [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Cafe Sci: 8 March
This Monday Richard Massey from the Edinburgh Royal Observatory will be talking about “The Dark Side of the Universe & when Light doesn’t Travel in Straight Lines”. Date: Monday 8th March Time: 8.30pm Speaker: Richard Massey Location: The filmhouse bar, gallery area Title: The Dark Side of the Universe & when Light doesn’t Travel in [...]
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