Life and Environmental Sciences News and Events Back to 'Life and Environmental Sciences' CAP contributes to two Government Inquiries DescriptionColleagues in CAP and Law have submitted responses to two recent Government Inquiries. The first was the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee inquiry on Prison Health.Date:19/09/2018 Happiness is the metric of the future – but there are problems with how we measure it DescriptionIt's true that we now know a substantial amount about happiness. Yet levels of global economic inequality and high rates of global depression and mental distress persist. In other words, while we know a lot more about happiness, happiness as a whole has not improved.Date:11/09/2018 Celebrating the life of Professor Geoffrey Petts DescriptionIt is with great sadness that we have learnt of the death of Professor Geoffrey Petts, a former Pro-Vice-Chancellor at the University of BirminghamDate:10/09/2018 Severely traumatised refugees may not necessarily develop PTSD - study DescriptionHeavily traumatized people such as refugees fleeing war, torture and natural catastrophes may not necessarily develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a new study reveals.Date:03/09/2018 London International Youth Science Forum Visit DescriptionOn 31st July, students from the London International Youth Science Forum (LIYSF) travelled to Birmingham to find out more about the Phenome Centre and the Institute of Microbiology and Infection.Date:01/08/2018 Concerns about the rising number of betting logos on football shirts DescriptionNearly 60 per cent of the clubs in England's top two divisions will have gambling companies on their shirts this season – nine of 20 in the Premier League and a remarkable 17 of 24 in the Championship.Date:31/07/2018 HRH The Prince of Wales visits the Birmingham Institute of Forest Research DescriptionToday we welcomed His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales to our Staffordshire-based Institute of Forest Research Free Air Carbon dioxide Enrichment (BIFoR FACE) facility.Date:24/07/2018 Leading animal scientist appointed Pro-Vice-Chancellor for the College of Life and Environmental Sciences DescriptionWe are delighted to announce that Professor Laura Green OBE has been appointed as Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Head of the College of Life and Environmental Sciences.Date:23/07/2018 Research collaboration welcomes Thai University academic DescriptionDr Somboon Jarukasemthawee from Chulalongkorn University, in Thailand, visited the Centre for Applied Psychology at the start of July 2018.Date:20/07/2018 New paper published in the Journal of Forensic Practice DescriptionDr Zoe Stephenson has published a paper from a study commissioned by the Ministry of Justice. The research explored the issue of the sequencing of interventions with offenders from the perspective of Offender Managers and Offender Supervisors working in HMPPS in the West Midlands.Date:20/07/2018 Displaying 1 to 10 of 308 Previous 1 2 3 4 5 … Next Events LES Lecture Series Date17/09/2018 - 29/04/2019Location: Biosciences Building - Undercroft (R27 on campus map)DescriptionThis is a Series of events run by the College of Life and Environmental Sciences for the University of BirminghamCategories: Lectures Talks and Workshops Displaying 1 to 1 of 1