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15 Jun 2020: Zoology Live! Night Time Wildlife - Bats & Moths Moth trapping with expert Annette Shelford, including a LIVE interview and a chance for you to ask questions with Annette about top tips for spotting moths and why moths are important.

19 Oct 2020: Dr Hansong Ma of the Wellcome Trust/ Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute has received a £100,000 Philip Leverhulme Prize from the Leverhulme Trust.

15 Dec 2020: Behind the Headlines – the context and background to stories making news headlines. ... Sector News – external reports, announcements, and policies relating to and affecting higher education.

22 Jul 2020: We look forward to seeing you tomorrow (Thursday) at our weekly networking morning at 11am, when Lucy Goodman will talk about Moving methods online - gathering and ordering opinions on contentious environmental topics. To join the Zoom Meeting https:

28 Apr 2020: Free Online Eco-Seminars for Cambridgeshire and the World Cambridge Schools Eco-Council is organising a mini-series of free 60 minute Online Eco-Seminars to raise awareness of key sustainability challenges and solutions, while schools have been

16 Nov 2020: In Conversation With Professor David Coomes and Dr Mike Maunder. Professor David Coomes, Director of the Conservation Research Institute, and Dr Mike Maunder, CCI Executive Director will discuss vision and new

27 Aug 2020: to get inspiration about your career choices. It brings together news, opinions, advice, and perspectives from Cambridge students and graduates.

12 Aug 2020: About this template We recognise that COVID-19 has had a significant impact on the HEI sector and many research and teaching staff will have faced difficulties in carrying out their usual duties. We welcome a voluntary statement detailing the impact

30 Oct 2020: The ECR Programme at the University of Cambridge Conservation Research Institute equips graduate students and postdoctoral researchers with skills and support in an interdisciplinary and collaborative research setting.

24 Jan 2020: Registration is now open for the Cambridge Teaching Forum 2020, which will be held on Tuesday 14 April at the Student Services Centre.

25 Sep 2020: Conservation and Human Behaviour - Dr Claudia Schneider This session will explore the psychology underlying human behaviour generally as well as applied to the context of conservation, such as barriers that prevent and levers that can motivate

13 Aug 2020: The University will reimburse employees costs incurred wholly and necessarily in the course of their duties or conducting University business; and in compliance with HMRC legislation and Sponsors' Terms & Conditions.

29 Jul 2020: The good news came a couple of months into the coronavirus pandemic while we were still in lockdown, and it was nice to have something to celebrate. ... of exciting new directions”.

29 Jan 2020: Professor Julie Ahringer, Director and Senior Group Leader at the Wellcome Trust/ Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, will receive the Genetics Society of America’s George W. Beadle Award for outstanding contributions to the community of genetics

15 Jun 2020: Zoology Live! Pond Watch and Creating Wildlife Films Pond-dipping with Dr Frances Dipper, including a LIVE interview where you can find out about life in water, from ponds to the ocean, and ask your questions about aquatic wildlife.

1 Jun 2020: In particular, Rachel has patented new manufacturing technologies for improving light extraction from LEDs.

12 Feb 2020: New rules do not contain same level of safeguards as under common agricultural policy. ... These protections are not contained in the new legislation being debated in the House of Commons.

21 Jan 2020: CEENRG Seminar Series The Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy, and Natural Resource Governance (C EENRG) is hosting a seminar series throughout the 2019 20 academic year Seminars take place every other Thursday, 3 4 pm at the room 2 49 of the

22 Apr 2020: The University acknowledges that many members of staff may want to make a positive contribution in these challenging times through volunteering. If staff are interested in volunteering during their normal working hours they should, in the first

6 Feb 2020: One of a series of meetings that keep members informed on negotiations about the USS pension scheme, this event covered the second report of the Joint Expert Panel (JEP). The report is available on the JEP website. Anthony Odgers, the University’s

18 Nov 2020: Even for postdocs considering leaving academia, a second postdoc can build new technical and soft skills that can be used outside. ... Read our blog to get inspiration about your career choices. It brings together news, opinions, advice, and perspectives

29 Apr 2020: Search site. Sustainability. Be among the first students trained in the brand new Cambridge Carbon Literacy project. ... Apply to be among the first set of 12 Student Trainers on the brand new Carbon Literacy project launching Michaelmas 2020!

23 Apr 2020: Cambridge University Press Reveals Carbon Neutrality Targets By Benedicte Page Cambridge University Press has said it is on track to be 100% carbon neutral in the UK by 2022, both as regards to its own direct emissions and indirection emissions from

16 Apr 2020: In such circumstances, you will need to make a new loan application if you continue to want to access the Employee Welfare Loan scheme.

17 Jun 2020: Ruth DeFries is a professor of ecology and sustainable development at Columbia University in New York.

28 Apr 2020: Here are some more ideas for things to do at home with the children while schools are closed. One of FFI’s major partners, Ol Pejeta Conservancy has launched a competition – The Art of Survival- calling on the world’s children to take part and

16 Nov 2020: This Thursday, 19th Nov, at 2-3pm (UK Time), the next CEENRG Seminar will take place (online). We have the pleasure to welcome Michael Weinold (ETH) who will present his research on 'Sources and Impact of Technology Spillovers on Energy Efficiency

5 Jun 2020: There is currently free access to a book on Forest Landscape Restoration, to which Rachel Carmenta & Professor Bhaskar Vira have contributed a chapter; linked below. Please feel free to access and download. Attached is a recent review of the book,

10 Dec 2020: They are about developing new ways of living, exploring new ideas and working together. ... The Conference promises to offer a new experience for most and we encourage you to sign-up early, as demand for places is expected to be high.

1 Jul 2020: 2. Focusing on developing research and teaching resources that acknowledge the historic role of conservation in perpetuating racism, as well as recognising new directions in contemporary conservation.

15 Jun 2020: Zoology Live! Check-In With Nature 11.00-11.15: Check back for wildlife sightings sent in during the week. Then catch up with the moth-trapping from Friday evening. Ask your questions and get help identifying moths and other insects. 12.00-12.15:

1 Apr 2020: The Office of External Affairs and Communications are looking to produce content that helps demonstrate how the University is responding to the pandemic. All of this will appear here...

10 Jun 2020: The Conservation Science Lab Lunch is held every Wednesday from 1pm - 2pm. Richard Bradbury will be presenting on the 17th June and will be talking about ‘The economic consequences of conserving or restoring sites for nature'.

13 Mar 2020: The World's their Fish Finger by Jacqueline Garget Smothered in ketchup or squished into a sandwich, there’s one tasty convenience food that’s hard to resist. With over 1.5 million of them eaten every day in Britain, fish fingers are one of the

7 Apr 2020: A Virtual Mapathon! Missing Maps Cambridge regularly sees around 30 volunteers spare a few hours of their day to support projects ranging from helping end FGM in Tanzania to supporting the Clinton Access Health Initiative elimiate malaria through

1 Dec 2020: What's the Best Way of Farming for Nature? Food production has a greater impact on biodiversity and land use than any other human activity.

25 Sep 2020: This is a two half-day ONLINE Media Workshop designed specifically for ECR's to build their research profile in the non-specialised media. The training will be given by ex-BBC journalists with decades of experience. In this hands-on-course you will

12 Jun 2020: Global Alliance of Universities on Climate (GAUC) - Pathways to Net Zero Emissions This conference will be held remotely and consist of recorded presentations and live discussions. The live discussions will take place on 16 and 17 September, and

25 Sep 2020: Policy Analysis - Professor Laura Diaz Anadon Professor Laura Diaz Anadon will lead this workshop on how to examine and evaluate the available options to implement the goals generated by government policies and policy makers.

26 May 2020: In an era of fake news where "A lie gets halfway around the world before truth puts on its boots", trailing a virus in its wake, those with expertise in environmental ... online] Mongabay Environmental News. Available at: < [Accessed 13 May 2020].

25 Sep 2020: R-Shiny - Dr Tom Swinfield Shiny is an R package that makes it easy to build interactive web apps straight from R. You can host standalone apps on a webpage or embed them in R Markdown documents.

18 Dec 2020: Supported by and learning from Seed Fund Investment Managers, the post holder will work both with academics wishing to build new companies (to provide advice, mentoring, connections and investment), and with ... Closing date for application: Wednesday 6

25 Sep 2020: Creative Communication - Carmyn de Jonge This workshop is designed for those looking to explore effective communication through versatile designs of poster, booklets and presentations. Register Here

27 Apr 2020: Swift Bird Conservation Project Swifts take incredible migration journeys each year, but sadly they’re in trouble, with breeding numbers plummeting. Why are their breeding numbers plummeting? We believe loss of nest sites is at least partly

25 Sep 2020: Part of the CRI Conference, presentations from key academics followed by an overview of the research including: Professor Laura Diaz Anadon, Professor David Coomes, Dr Andrew Friend, Dr Leo Zhaoyang Liu, Professor Bill Sutherland, Dr Chris Sandbrook

23 Mar 2020: Cambridge Conservation Initiative appoints new Executive Director to help tackle urgent threats facing biodiversity. ... The Cambridge Conservation Initiative (CCI) today announces the appointment of Dr Mike Maunder as its new Executive Director.

15 Jun 2020: Zoology Live! Minibeasts - Part 1 How to set a pitfall trap and collect insects with Dr Ed Turner, including a LIVE interview and chance to put your questions to Dr Ed Turner about your minibeast finds.

10 Mar 2020: In a new film, Sir David Attenborough, Dr Jane Goodall DBE and leading Cambridge University researchers talk about the urgency of the climate crisis – and some of the solutions that will ... We hear how the ambitious new programme Cambridge Zero is

1 Jul 2020: This new initiative is designed to equip STEMM researchers with data analysis and machine learning skills to apply in their own research, and advance the pace of scientific discovery across a

30 Nov 2020: g. the annual 'Challenge Day', 'Research Horizons' workshops) and the organisation of new materials for the programme (e.g.