Other Event Archive

• Good Laboratory Housekeeping and Environmental Improvement – 11th June 2010

  NOTE - UNFORTUNATELY THIS EVENT COULD BE AFFECTED BY THE PROPOSED BA STRIKE. IF IT IS WE WILL RESCHEDULE FOR JUNE 15 AT THE SAME TIMES. This free, interactive, workshop, at the University of Bradford will highlight the environmental benefits of good housekeeping, and discuss how it can be achi...

• Laboratories: Best Practice and Future Trends – 10th June 2010

  This one day conference is organised by the UK Science Park Association (UKSPA) and has presentations by several S-Lab staff and collaborators, plus a workshop on scientific computing organised as part of our Green In Silico project. Click here for further details ...

• Corporate Responsibility Conference – 25th May 2010

  Registration is now open for the Corporate Responsibility (CR) conference at Oxford Brookes University on 25th May 2010. The conference will be focused on moving forward the expanding CR agenda in the HE sector. The day will draw on the experiences of Oxford Brookes University in implementing a C...

• SCHOMS AUDE Workshops – 11th May 2010 to 24th May 2010

  The two-day workshop program aims to challenge the participants’ understanding of the project process to design and develop new generation learning environments in higher education. Typically, learning environment projects in higher education require the input of various professional stakehold...

• Integrating Health and Sustainability – 18th May 2010

  The University of Worcester is running a workshop on the 18th May from 2.00- 4.30 to explore the potential for higher education courses that identify and integrate the links between health and sustainability. If you work in the public or voluntary sector and feel you or your organisation would benef...

• CREATE SUSTAIN ABILITY – 14th May 2010

  The Art Design Media Subject Centre's (ADM-HEA) Annual Forum 2010 will focus on the subject of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). This year's Annual Forum aims to assist and support institutions and art design and media subjects to develop curricula and pedagogy that will help students ...

• AoC Estates Network Annual Conference – 13th May 2010 to 14th May 2010

  Many Colleges are currently revising their estates strategies to take account of the lack of capital support from the LSC, the general funding squeeze on adult provision and the need to develop resource strategies that enable revenue budgets to deliver Corporate Plans. Typically a College's Corpo...

• Carbon Reduction Solutions – 7th May 2010

  A FREE full day event aimed at construction specialists and all facilities directors and environment managers of HE and FE institutes in the East Midlands to share experiences and discuss carbon reduction and seek opportunities to apply leading edge innovative solutions to the educational building ...

• SEA as a tool to contribute to high level policy objectives – 7th May 2010

  Internationally, links have been made between SEA and the delivery of sustainable development and good governance. In Scotland, the Scottish Executive 2003-2007 identified SEA as a key tool to contribute to sustainable development and environmental justice. Since 2007, the new Scottish Government ha...

• Entrepreneurship in the Green Economy – 29th April 2010

  The UK Government has of late increased its investments in green initiatives as a strategic means of creating sustainable opportunities that will take the UK out of the doldrums. This offers huge opportunities in the green economy to Britain’s entrepreneurs. The upcoming seminar organised by T...

• Good Laboratory Housekeeping - Reducing Environmental Impacts, Costs and Safety Risks – 27th April 2010

  This free, interactive, workshop, will highlight the environmental benefits of good housekeeping, and discuss how it can be achieved, with an aim of participants taking away concrete ideas that can be located in their own laboratories. Further details of this event can be found on www.goodcampus....

• Sustainable Clean Rooms and Physical Science – 26th April 2010

  Today's physical science laboratories must satisfy traditional requirements such as safety and good working conditions, whilst responding to new agendas such as rapidly changing research activities and priorities, and sustainability. A particular challenge is meeting often exacting specifications fo...

• Laboratory Environmental Improvement – 23rd April 2010

  Edinburgh is hosting a free event on Laboratory Environmental Improvement 10am to 4pm on Friday 23rd April at Rutherford Building, King's Buildings. The event features the new University of St Andrews Chemistry Lab, Amorette Getty from the US LabRATS project, and our own work on laboratory carbo...

• Greening STEM - Sustainability in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics – 22nd April 2010

  The 100,000 + UK STEM students are very important to sustainable development. Their number within many universities makes them key to ‘greening the campus' initiatives. Their careers when they leave are also likely to provide many opportunities to contribute to the research and innovation whic...

• The Environment & Energy Awards 2010 – 20th April 2010

  Celebrate Your Success Has your organisation developed an innovative product or service, worked on a challenging project or is an industry leader in the energy & environment sector? Then why not shout about it and get the recognition your organisation deserves? The Environment and Energy Awards...

• Sustainability Day – 22nd March 2010

  At Bedford College we are proud to announce our third annual Sustainability Day. Sustainability is incorporated into all courses at Bedford College and effective community engagement provides valuable learning opportunities in a wide range of vocational disciplines. This event will showcase st...

• CIMA HEI Conference 2010 - Sustainability in HEIs – 5th March 2010

  Balancing the financial, environmental and corporate social responsibility issues This one day conference will cover developments affecting management accounting within higher education institutions in the UK. The programme covers the latest reports and guidance issued on financial and environmen...

• Student Volunteering Week 2010 – 22nd February 2010 to 28th February 2010

  Student Volunteering Week was established in 2001, and raises the national profile of Further and Higher Education student volunteering. By working with our key stakeholders across the public, private and voluntary sectors, the campaign aims to further strengthen student volunteering infrastructure....

• Student Volunteering Week 2010 – 22nd February 2010 to 28th February 2010

  Student Volunteering Week was established in 2001, and raises the national profile of Further and Higher Education student volunteering. By working with our key stakeholders across the public, private and voluntary sectors, the campaign aims to further strengthen student volunteering infrastructure....

• CPET Sustainable Timber Procurement Workshops – 17th November 2009 to 25th February 2010

  About The Central Point of Expertise on Timber (CPET) will be hosting regional training workshops to aid and assist central government departments and publically funded bodies such as universities to develop, implement and monitor sustainable and legal timber and paper products procurement policies...