The Research Councils support events that encompass a variety of different disciplines
and are aimed at a number of audiences. On this page you can find information about
these events and keep up to date with what’s new.
May 2011
|
| 18 |
Robinson in Ruins/The
Future Landscape and the Moving Image. |
Swansea University
|
AHRC More information
here |
| 18 |
Young People and
Religion Conference. |
King’s College
London |
AHRC/ESRC More
information
here |
| 18 |
MRC Fellows Symposium.
Programme includes a number of talks, discussion sessions and networking
opportunities for MRC fellows from institutions across the UK. |
BMA House, London
|
MRC More information
here |
| 19-21 |
Urban conflicts:
ethno-national divisions, states and cities. |
Queen’s University
Belfast |
ESRC More information
here |
| 24 |
Introductory workshop
on the Millennium Cohort Study. |
Institute of Education,
University of London |
ESRC More information
here |
| 25 |
Public lecture:
In search of the Northern Lights. |
Rutherford Appleton
Laboratory |
STFC More information
here |
| 27 |
Public lecture:
Polar Climate Change: is it happening? Does it matter? Are we to blame?
|
Daresbury Laboratory
|
STFC More information
here |
June 2011
|
| 2 |
Opening of the
MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit. |
Southampton
|
MRC More information
here |
| 7-12 |
Cheltenham Science
Festival. |
Cheltenham |
RCUK More information
here |
| 10 |
Exhibition launch:
65 Years of Public Participation in Medical Research. |
Royal College of
Physicians of Edinburgh |
MRC More information
here |
| 13-14 |
CIFOR-PEN 2 day
Science workshop. |
University of East
Anglia |
ESRC More information
here |
| 13-14 |
Timescapes Conference:
Understanding and supporting families over time. |
Queen Elizabeth
II Conference Centre, London |
ESRC More information
here |
| 13-19 |
Universities Week
|
Various |
RCUK More information
here |
| 14 |
Public Seminar:
Business Compliance - Motivation and Capacity. Lessons from an Australian
Research Project. |
London
|
ESRC More information
here |
| 15 |
CIFOR-PEN International
conference - Counting on the Environment: The Contribution of Forests to
Rural Livelihoods. |
The Royal Society,
London |
ESRC More information
here |
| 20-21 |
Conference: Making
Sense of Large Datasets: Perspectives Across the Sciences. |
University of Exeter
|
ESRC More information
here |
| 24 |
Public and schools
lecture: The big squeeze - putting materials under pressure. |
Rutherford Appleton
Laboratory |
STFC More information
here |
| 26 June – 1 July
|
UK Energy Research
Centre (UKERC) Summer School. |
UKERC, University
of Warwick |
RCUK More information
here |
| 27-29 |
PopFest population
studies conference. |
University of Groningen,
The Netherlands |
ESRC More information
here |
July 2011
|
| 4-8 |
Longitudinal and
Life Course Research Summer School The summer school aims to bring closer
the social and biological sides of longitudinal and life course research.
|
Antwerp, Belgium
|
ESRC More information
here |
| 11 |
Seminar: Cambridge
Diabetes. Provides training in epidemiological methods with specific application
to diabetes mellitus. |
Cambridge |
MRC More information
from
apenrose@mrc-centre.cam.ac.uk |
| 12-15 |
RAPID-WATCH International
Science Meeting. |
Bristol Science
& Discovery Centre |
NERC More information
here |
August 2011
|
| TBC |
UK/China workshop
on Smart Grids |
Oxford |
RCUK More information
from
chen.yu@rcuk.cn
|
September 2011
|
| 7 |
Max Perutz Science
Writing Awards Ceremony. Annual Max Perutz competition is open to all MRC-funded
PhD students and asks them to write an 800 word article describing the importance
and excitement of their research to a lay audience. The winning essay is
published in The Guardian. |
London |
MRC More information
here |
| 13-14 |
The science behind
food and energy sustainability. |
Sheffield City
Hall |
BBSRC More information
here |
October 2011
|
| 4-5 |
Clinical Trials
Methodology Conference 2011. |
Bristol Marriott
Centre |
More information
here |
| 24-28 |
WCRP Open Science
Conference. |
Denver, USA
|
NERC More information
here |
November 2011
|
| 16 |
Showcase event
for Lifelong Health and Wellbeing-funded centres in Newcastle. |
Newcastle |
MRC More information
from
apenrose@mrc-centre.cam.ac.uk |