Other Event Archive

• 4th International Conference on Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship – 8th September 2011 to 9th September 2011

  The conference aims to bring together participants who are taking forward sustainable development, internationalisation and global citizenship within the the context of Further/Higher Education. Register online Conference themes Internationalisation and global citizenship Local action for ...

• Cutting cost and carbon emissions - CHP in Universities - Free Seminar – 9th September 2011

  Time: 09:30-16:30 UK universities and colleges spend over £200 million a year on energy, most university’s energy bills are well over £1 million a year so any reduction means significantly more money for core educational objectives. The ability to provide efficient, low-carbon heat, cool...

• Green IT for Science and Technology – 7th September 2011

  Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects are becoming more ICT-intensive. Like many activities they are making ever-greater use of desktop and mobile devices and the Internet. In addition, they have more specialised needs such as high performance computing and ICT-intensive e...

• Effective and Energy Efficient Cold Storage – 31st August 2011

  University laboratories, particularly bioscience labs, contain many cold storage devices including fridges, freezers, and liquid nitrogen dewars. These can directly account for up to 5% of total laboratory energy consumption, and often create indirect consumption because their heat generation requir...

• Higher Education Biomass Workshop – 31st August 2011

  An invitation to a Carbon Trust sponsored workshop focusing on how the Higher Education Sector can take full commercial advantage of the forthcoming Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) with a modern, technically mature and low-carbon renewable energy technology which is highly suited to most HEI’s ...

• Let's get creative! - National Sustainable Schools Online Conference 2011 – 6th June 2011 to 13th July 2011

  Can’t afford travel to conferences..? Can’t afford supply cover? Wanting to keep your carbon footprint down? But enjoy networking, learning new ideas and getting new resources? Then join SEEd’s Sustainable Schools Online Conference 2011; the first of its kind in the UK. This ...

• Embedding Sustainability into the Curriculum – 29th June 2011

  A key responsibility of institutions is to deliver teaching and learning that is relevant to students and society. With increasing environmental, social and of course economic pressures on all institutions, it is important that they are able to respond to these and prepare the students for the chall...

• The Energy Consortium 11th Annual Conference – 22nd June 2011 to 29th June 2011

  In the wake of the Government’s comprehensive spending review, the emphasis for the future is very much geared towards cost reduction and increased efficiency and we’re focused on helping Members meet targets in these challenging times. As part of our support, we’re publishing a...

• BPA Healthcare/Higher Education Special Interest Group Meeting – 28th June 2011

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• BPA Healthcare/Higher Education Special Interest Group Meeting – 28th June 2011

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• Seminar on the progress of CEEQUAL and the launch of Term Contracts – 24th June 2011

  On 24 June 2011 Transport Scotland will be hosting CEEQUAL in Scotland at Scottish Government, Victoria Quay, Edinburgh, EH6 6QQ. This will be a great opportunity to attend a seminar on the progress of CEEQUAL and the launch of Term Contracts. The seminar will commence at 10.00am and will run th...

• Raising the bar to deliver sustainable civil engineering - how high should it go? – 23rd June 2011

  Following the recent publication of a number of high profile initiatives and report launches, including the national infrastructure plan by Infrastructure UK, there is increased attention on civil engineering, public realm and landscaping works, and given the context of the current climate the impor...

• Workshop Series around the Circular Economy – 23rd May 2011 to 6th June 2011

  An Ellen MacArthur Foundation/HEA Workshop Series 23rd May, Edinburgh, Scotland 6th June, London, England A free workshop series for UK academic lecturers in: STEM :: Design :: Business :: Economics Highly volatile energy prices and increasing tightness in the supply of raw materials poin...

• Green Skills Workshop - Turning policy into practice – 6th June 2011

  10.30–16.00  This workshop is designed to examine how the learning and skills sector can implement national low carbon policies. It will have the practical focus of contributing to action plans to help key players respond to the skills agenda. The workshop will...

• Thomas Lowe Gray lecture: Accelerating the deployment of marine energy devices – 17th May 2011

  www.imeche.org/events/L183 This lecture, presented by Andrew Mill of Narec, will review the progress of wave and tidal stream device development and identify how this process can be improved in the future. The lecture is free to attend but booking is required. More power events coming up&helli...

• Greening the Higher Education Sector - Creating a Carbon Reduction Culture – 27th April 2011

  There are a number of funded/free delegate places (the normal cost being £350) for EAUC Members to attend Greening the Higher Education Sector - Creating a Carbon Reduction Culture, on Wednesday 27th April 2011. With 270 Universities and Higher Education (HE) Institutes within the UK, the Higher...

• Energy 2050: The Challenges that Lie Ahead – 14th April 2011

  20% Discount for EAUC Members!  With significant challenges ahead for the energy sector and the need for substantial new investment, there is an urgent requirement to review all aspects of the electricity market and create a genuinely new market structure. This is what is required to ensure tha...

• Citizenship in Hospitality, Tourism, Events, Sport and Leisure Management – 11th April 2011

  Conference brief As Hospitality, Tourism, Events Sport, and Leisure (HTESL) management industries are led by staff service and encounter; profits are enabled by the employee’s soft skills for cultural awareness, social cohesion and entrepreneurial initiative. These soft skills also link to ...

• Ricoh Open Day - See Sustainability in Action – 5th April 2011 to 7th April 2011

  An opportunity for EAUC members to see sustainability in action Ricoh – one of the EAUC Annual Conference silver sponsors and a global leader in sustainable business – is offering EAUC members insight into its own practices and how it can help clients achieve their own sustainability...

• FE Networking & Sharing Event – 5th April 2011

  Starts: 4:30pm Finishes: 6:00pm Venue: Lancashire Global Education Centre, 18a Ribblesdale Place, Preston PR1 3NA, just 3 minutes walk from Preston Train Station! This is a unique opportunity for Further Education Tutors and Professionals to meet like-minded colleagues in an informal session ...