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November

  Event - ICES Severn Barrage Seminar. Topic: Current options being considered for the proposed Severn Barrage. Speaker: Stuart Easterbrook (Senior Policy Advisor [Grid Issues], Severn Tidal Power Unit, BERR).
Monday 1 December 2008, Cardiff University. details...
[posted: 14/11/2008]

  Vacancy - Polson Professor of Development Sociology, Department of Development Sociology, Cornell University, USA. Deadline 1 February 2008. details...
[posted: 12/11/2008]

  Announcement - There have been updates to the Research Excellence Framework pilot webpages:
·  Two think-pieces on bibliometrics by Linda Butler can now be found at the bottom of the pilot webpage. details...
·  Information on the September pilot briefing meeting can be found on the pilot data collection webpage. details...
[posted: 10/11/2008]

  Postgraduate - Fully funded PhD studentship – Higher education, urban regeneration and community cohesion, in the Division of Geography, School of Environment and Technology at the University of Brighton. Deadline 28 November 2008. details...
[posted: 07/11/2008]

  Postgraduate - The Department of Geography at McGill is pleased to announce graduate recruitment for entry in September 2009. Student assistantships are available for positions advertised on the department website. details...
[posted: 07/11/2008]

  Announcement - The Universities, Innovation, Science and Skills Select Committee has announced its intention to hold an inquiry into students and universities. details...
[posted: 07/11/2008]

  Announcement - Call for Abstracts now open for the 7th International Conference on Geomorphology. 6 - 11 July 2009, Melbourne, Australia. details...
[posted: 06/11/2008]

  Vacancy - Temporary  Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Social Sciences, Media & Cultural Studies, University of East London. Deadline 24 November 2008. details...
[posted: 05/11/2008]

  Announcement - Open survey for the RCUK/UUK FEC Review is now available. The Review aims "to ensure that the change to full economic costs has put universities on track to deliver long-term financial sustainability in research".
·  The survey. details...
·  About the Review. details...
[posted: 04/11/2008]

  News - The European Parliament has adopted a decision to continue the Erasmus Mundus programme for 2009-13, which provides funding to develop joint degree programmes between consortia of three or more European universities. For 2009-13 there will be €950 million available, four times the previous amount. details...
[posted: 03/11/2008]

  Funding - The Leverhulme Trust is accepting applications for its Research Programme Grants 2009. Proposed research programmes should be designed to last up to five years at a total cost of no more than £1,750,000. Deadline 9 January 2009. details...
[posted: 01/11/2008]

  Announcement - A new round of Newton Fellowships - an initiative to fund research collaborations and improve links between UK and overseas researchers - has opened. Closing date for applications Monday 12 January 2009. details... 
[posted: 01/11/2008]

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October

  Funding - Social Science small grants scheme, The Nuffield Foundation. details...
[posted: 31/10/2008]

  Event - Details of the forthcoming Spatial Delights seminar "Spatial Delights: A Retrospective on the Work of Doreen Massey". March 2009 at the RGS-IBG. details... (PDF)
[posted: 27/10/2008]

  Vacancy - Lecturer in GIS and Health, School of Geography, University of Southampton. Deadline 10 November. details...
[posted: 23/10/2008]

  Announcement - The British Academy has announced the following deadlines:
 ·  Small Research Grants. Deadline 15 March 2009. details...
 ·  Conference Support Scheme. Deadlines 15 January 2009 & 30 April 2009. details...
 ·  Overseas Conference Grant Scheme. Deadlines 15 January 2009 & 30 April 2009. details...
[posted: 21/10/2008]

  Vacancy - Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Geography and Environmental Policy and Management, Geographical & Environmental Studies, School of Social Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Australia. Deadline 5 November. details...
[posted: 20/10/2008]

  Postgraduate - The Historical Geography Research Group of the RGS-IBG is offering bursaries for postgraduates to support the attendance of the 14th International Conference of Historical Geographers in Kyoto in 2009.
conference details...   |   bursary details...
[posted: 20/10/2008]

  Event - Three day workshop on Ethical Issues in Participatory Research: A Co-learning Event. Lancaster University. 8-10 December. details...
[posted: 20/10/2008]

  Postgraduate - Two ESRC CASE Studentships in Social Enterprise, Department of Geography, Durham University. Deadline 31 October. details...
[posted: 16/10/2008]

  Announcement - EPSRC Call for Expressions of Interest: Design in the Digital World. This is a call for participants to attend a five day residential event to be held in High Wycombe, 8-12 December 2008. Deadline 6 November. details...
[posted: 12/10/2008]

  Announcement - Call for papers and participants - ESRC Research Seminar Series: 'Securing Identities and Lives: Post 9/11 Gender Challenges'. 2-day seminar, 13-14 November, University of Leicester. details... (DOC)
[posted: 12/10/2008]

  Event - Artists making places conference, Greenwich, London. 10 November. details...
[posted: 12/10/2008]

  Postgraduate - 12 PhD positions available within the frame of the new interdisciplinary research programme called LUCID at Lund University, Sweden. Deadline 31 October. details...
[posted: 12/10/2008]

  Vacancy - Head of School: Geography, Archaeology & Environmental Studies, Faculty of Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Deadline 31 October. details...
[posted: 12/10/2008]

  Vacancy - Post Doctoral Research Associate, Department of Geography, Durham Geography. Deadline 31 October. details...
[posted: 12/10/2008]

  Report of Research Councils and Funding News from the RGS-IBG Research Committee. details... (PDF)
[posted: 11/10/2008]

  Science and Society consultation. details...
[posted: 09/10/2008]

  RCUK's Large Facilities Roadmap. details...
[posted: 09/10/2008]

  Postgraduate - University of Exeter now offering 5 unique climate change programmes. details...
[posted: 08/10/2008]

  Call for Papers - 'Reinvigorating Social Geography', 2-day conference at the University of Brighton. details...
[posted: 07/10/2008]

  Policy News - "Your man in the Treasury". details...
[posted: 07/10/2008]

  Vacancy - Research Project Assistant, University of Brighton. details...
[posted: 06/10/2008]

  Funding - The Alpine Gardening Society Travel Awards 2009. details...
[posted: 05/10/2008]

  Postgraduate - PhD Scholarship in Public Health, Sociology or Health Geography, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand. details...
[posted: 03/10/2008]

  Event - Millennium Cohort Study one-day introductory workshop. details...
[posted: 02/10/2008]

  Announcement - British Academy announces major new Research Professorship awards. details...
[posted: 02/10/2008]

  Vacancy - Assistant Professor in Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change, McGill University, Montreal. details...
[posted: 02/10/2008]

  Call for papers - Journal of Flood Engineering (JFE). details...
[posted: 01/10/2008]

  Event - 2020 vision - the changing UK doctorate. details...
[posted: 01/10/2008]

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