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27 Sep 2021: Following the success from the Climate Exp0 virtual conference held in May last year, the COP26 Universities Network will be hosting the Climate Risk Summit, which will be taking place virtually, on 29 September - 1 October.

29 Jun 2021: Following a year in which the importance of digital technologies to the provision of Higher Education has been drawn into sharper relief than ever before, Cambridge University Press is pleased to announce the awarding of two prizes for excellence in

5 Feb 2021: Highlighted Events Below you can find recordings of events hosted or supported by the ED&I Section focussing on the issues of race, racism, and anti-racism initiatives.

22 Feb 2021: Cambridge at COP26: Expression of Interest Cambridge Zero is planning a submission for shared exhibition/event space at COP26 in November.

22 Nov 2021: Join us at 11am in the Common Room, David Attenborough Building for cake, coffee and conversation. Catch up with old colleagues and meet the members of the CRI network sat within the shared space. We look forward to seeing you there!

15 Nov 2021: Join us at 11am in the Common Room, David Attenborough Building for cake, coffee and conversation. Catch up with colleagues and meet members of the CRI network sat within the shared space. We look forward to seeing you there!

9 Feb 2021: About this Event Two thought-provoking webinars for all alumni and department members on the Covid Crisis & Racial Injustice, and Unseen Disabilities. As part of our commitment to improving diversity in the Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, we

2 Dec 2021: Join the Cambridge Content Community to receive updates for editors of digital content around the University, including free events and training.

25 Oct 2021: Join us at 11am in the Common Room, David Attenborough Building for cake, coffee and conversation. Catch up with old colleagues and meet the members of the CRI network set to sit within the shared space. We look forward to seeing you there!

5 Jul 2021: You may remember that Zoë Svendsen of Metis Arts enjoyed a residency with Cambridge Conservation Initiative in 2018-2019, where work was developed for the projects We know not what we may be (Barbican 2018) and Factory of the Future (Oslo 2019).

7 Jan 2021: Fostering effective collaborations between academic research and and practice in the field is a key focus for CCI.

10 May 2021: As part of their Building a better chemistry culture series, the Royal Society of Chemistry are hosting a webinar focusing on this year's #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek (10-16 May) theme: access to nature and the impact it can have on our mental

27 Apr 2021: Search site. Sustainability. A new life for discarded bikes at St John’s College.

1 Feb 2021: This series of four workshops is designed to help participants learn about stress and anxiety and begin to think about their own experiences.

18 Mar 2021: Bees on the Verge: are roadsides a pollinator paradise or a potential problem? PhD student Claire Wallace investigates the benefits and drawbacks of making our roadsides more pollinator-friendly.

17 Feb 2021: Search site. Von Hügel Institute. for Critical Catholic Inquiry. The Virtues of Aquinas: New Directions in Theological Virtue Ethics. ... This event presents new work exploring the contemporary significance of Aquinas's moral system.

14 Oct 2021: A counter proposal was put forward by UUK that contained cuts to benefits in new accrual but with no increase in costs to members and employers. ... The UUK proposal would not affect benefits accrued to date, with the new benefit structure due to be

25 Feb 2021: The Construction Innovation Hub’s new Information interoperability: business benefits case helps organisations to understand and unlock the benefits of information interoperability.

15 Jan 2021: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has currently an open call (here) on "Small farming innovations for small-scale producers" and focuses are various countries in Africa and Asia. The call focuses on upscaling of smart farming solutions that

26 Jul 2021: EIT Food is a lead sponsor for the New Scientist Live ‘Creating a Sustainable Future’ event taking place on 25 September 2021.

7 Jan 2021: As winter draws in, we are making plans for our online programmes taking place in the New Year. ... As part of Earth Optimism and the new Cambridge Festival, we are looking to put together a series of short films made in the Museum galleries featuring

21 Jun 2021: Conservation Seminar: Natural regeneration of tropical forests: a cost-effective nature-based solution for conservation and restoration This week's conservation seminar is presented by Prof Robin Chazdon from the University of the Sunshine Coast.

19 Aug 2021: Prospective students, or registered students seeking funding to begin a new course, should visit either the undergraduate funding or postgraduate funding pages.

29 Jun 2021: Tessy Ojo, CEO of The Diana Award, says:. “We congratulate all our new Diana Award recipients from the UK and all over the globe who are changemakers for their generation.

18 Oct 2021: The third online talk in the Cambridge Natural History Society autumn programme for 2021 is "Restoring habitat for the Iberian Lynx" Harriet Allen, from the Department of Geography, will talk about a project to restore habitat for the Iberian ly

29 Jan 2021: Making the People’s Landscape: Landscape Ideals, Collective Labour and the People’s Parks (Folkets Parker) Movement in Sweden, 1890-Present Don Mitchell, Uppsala University Zoom Link:

26 Mar 2021: Welcome to Saving species and celebrate how people around the world are bringing species back from the brink: Lessons from the dodo: saving species and rebuilding ecosystems, Reversing the Red, Making waves for ocean conservation, Butterflies as

10 Feb 2021: Professor David Coomes - Nature Based Solutions This week, David will discuss Nature Based Solutions. David leads a research group that is actively engaged in addressing these issues, as well as tackling more fundamental ecological questions.

5 Jul 2021: The first talk in a series of three on 'Refreezing the Arctic'.

19 Mar 2021: How to Use iRecord Right now there are thousands of dedicated volunteers around the world collecting data that is contributing to scientific research. They are called citizen scientists and in the world of wildlife conservation, they are true heroes.

11 Aug 2021: A new strategy for academic, employability and life skills to support and encourage the integration of skills development into teaching & assessment practices, curricula and review processes. ... Guidance for staff on the effective design of assessment

29 Jan 2021: Senior Conservation Director, Joanna Elliott from Fauna & Flora International will be joining us this Thursday from 11 – 11.45 am. Background Jo has been Senior Director of FFI’s Conservation Partnerships Department since 2013.

5 Oct 2021: Brian Eversham, Chief Executive of The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire, will outline new approaches to conservation and the aim of increasing the area of land protected for nature

15 Mar 2021: is now the New Museums Site. ... The incumbent Professor, Thomas Martyn (1735–1825) designed a garden based on the new Linnaean system of classification, at the cutting edge of botanical research for the period, and assembled a

15 Nov 2021: Professor Karoline Rogge Professor of Sustainability Innovation and Policy, Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex | Deputy Head CC Policy and Society, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI Policy mixes promoting

14 May 2021: Career Pathways Discuss how skills learned during your PhD can help plan your next career step. Explore various aspects of career development within and outside academia. Get advice on seeking funding & applying for jobs. Discuss if you unsure

3 Feb 2021: This Thursday, Dr Nancy Ockendon will discuss The Endangered Landscapes Programme and the recent call for applications for its Advancing and Applying Knowledge grants. The Endangered Landscapes Programme aims to restore natural ecological processes,

16 Apr 2021: During this zoom webinar, African Managers of citizen science projects will talk about the importance of citizen science in Africa and discuss how their projects can help conservation.

21 Jul 2021: Digital Twins Journeys: a new infographic on ecosystems of services enabled by connected digital twins. ... Blog: Digital twins and how the Hub’s new interactive guidance can help.

3 Feb 2021: Dr. Summers has published several articles and essays that analyze the relationship between race, power, aesthetics, and urbanization that appear in both scholarly and popular publications, including New York Times, The

3 Mar 2021: ‘What can academic geography learn from Black geographies and Black organising? And how can we avoid co-optation?’ With Dr. Pat Noxolo (University of Birmingham) Pat will discuss this question alongside a panel of students from the Geography

12 Mar 2021: Dr Lauren Gardiner will be running several events at the University Herbarium during the Cambridge Festival – with a virtual tour and live Q&A session and an online ‘How To’ transcribe specimens workshop on Friday 26th, a talk and live Q&A s

15 Jan 2021: appropriate, particularly in light of the increased transmissibility of the new SARS-CoV2 variant.

15 Jan 2021: Search site. Research Operations Office. Reminder - New Swift CDA Service. ... The new swift service for CDAs (Confidential Disclosure Agreement) was launched last month for PIs to use with one external party.

25 Oct 2021: Ahead of COP26 join us for a screening of Thank you for the rain, a film exploring the effects of climate change by Kisilu Musya, a Kenyan farmer, climate fighter and video diarist, and Julia Dahr, a Norwegian filmmaker and activist.

6 Sep 2021: Despite our best efforts, most of us are likely to experience failure at some point. While nobody likes to fail, how we deal with failure can make an enormous difference to our eventual results.

1 Jun 2021: Speakers include Pamela Abbott, who will chair this event; Dr Gary Tabor, one of the authors of the new IUCN Guidelines and is President of the Center for Large Landscape Conservation;

19 Jul 2021: Bronwyn Claire (Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership) discusses the climate change risk and resilience measures the UK should be considering on BBC Radio 4 (starts 33m 55s)

26 Mar 2021: Welcome to Reasons for optimism where speakers will discuss changing the narrative around nature conservation: The importance of the natural world, Responding to the biodiversity and climate crisis, The Wicken Fen vision, Why nature inspires optimism

8 Jan 2021: New Year Honour for Matthew West OBE. Submitted by Angela Walters on Fri, 08/01/2021 - 09:41. ... Matthew said, “It was a pleasant surprise when I learnt that I would be awarded an OBE in the 2021 New Year's Honours List.