Life and Environmental Sciences News and Events Back to 'Life and Environmental Sciences' New study calls for careful consideration when planning dams and reservoirs, and more efforts in water conservation DescriptionIn a study published today, a team of ten drought scientists, including the University of Birmingham, argue that while many dams and reservoirs are built, or expanded to alleviate droughts and water shortages, they can paradoxically contribute to make them worse.Date:14/11/2018 University leads pioneering research to find solutions to the global threat of antimicrobial resistance DescriptionWhile this week marks World Antibiotic Awareness Week, experts at the University of Birmingham are carrying out pioneering research to find real world solutions to the global threat of antimicrobial resistance.Date:12/11/2018 UK team shares drone expertise to help Guatemalans better prepare for volcanic eruptions DescriptionA team of scientists and engineers from the Universities of Birmingham and Bristol have returned from Guatemala where they have been teaching local scientists how to use drones to map the Fuego volcano which violently erupted earlier this year.Date:08/11/2018 Psychology at Birmingham in world top 100 DescriptionThe University of Birmingham has been ranked 62nd in the world subject rankings for Psychology as announced by Times Higher Education on 7 November 2018.Date:08/11/2018 Manipulation online and in person – two worlds not so far apart DescriptionDr Juliane Kloess, Lecturer in Forensic Psychology and Professor Jessica Woodhams, Director of the Centre for Applied Psychology write for The Birmingham Brief.Date:07/11/2018 Fragile seashores were 'cradle of evolution' for early fish DescriptionEvolution of the major groups of fish that we recognise today took place in shallow waters, close to the seashore, according to new research at the University of Birmingham.Date:26/10/2018 ESRC Social Sciences Festival DescriptionStaff from the Applied Memory and Cognition Lab, in the Centre for Applied Psychology, will be running a free series of online presentations for the upcoming ESRC Social Sciences Festival.Date:26/10/2018 School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences awarded Silver Athena Swan Award DescriptionThe School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences is honoured and proud to have been awarded a Silver Athena Swan Award in October 2018 from the Equality Challenge Unit.Date:25/10/2018 Upcoming exhibition at the ThinkTank Museum DescriptionStudents and staff from the Applied Memory and Cognition Lab, in the Centre for Applied Psychology, will be running an exhibit at the Think Tank Museum as part of the "Meet the Expert" programme.Date:24/10/2018 Join us in Hong Kong DescriptionAcademic staff from all School within the College will be in Hong Kong w/c 29th October.Date:23/10/2018 Displaying 1 to 10 of 330 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 Joint IMH/Computational Biology Lunchtime Seminar: Breaking Free - Digital Interventions for Addictive Behaviours Date28/11/2018Location: Centre for Computational Biology in the Haworth BuildingDescriptionIn November the IMH and Computational Biology will be holding a joint seminar.Categories: Lectures Talks and Workshops, Life and Environmental Sciences Streets without doors: a twentieth-century phenomenon Date28/11/2018Location: Chamberlain Room - Cadbury Research Library - Muirhead TowerDescriptionPart of the Urban Morphology Research Seminar Series. Speaker: Ivor Samuels, University of Birmingham - Wednesday 28 November (1400-15.30) The Huxley Lecture: Why is life the way it is? An energetic view of evolution Date05/12/2018Location: Aston Webb main lecture theatreDescriptionProfessor Nick Lane from the University College London delivers the 2018 Huxley Lecture and explains how energy flow has shaped evolution.Categories: Lectures Talks and Workshops, Life and Environmental Sciences IMH Lunchtime Seminar: Dr Feroz Jadhakhan : A pilot of whole-system change for patients experiencing medically unexplained symptoms Date10/12/2018Location: Barberry Lecture TheatreDescriptionThis is theDecember lunchtime seminar for the IMH.Categories: Lectures Talks and Workshops, Life and Environmental Sciences Visualizing the built structure of places: tools for analysis, critique and design Date23/01/2019Location: Chamberlain Room - Cadbury Research Library - Muirhead TowerDescriptionPart of the Urban Morphology Research Seminar Series. Speaker: Karl Kropf, Oxford Brookes UniversityCategories: Life and Environmental Sciences, Research Green belts and urban growth patterns: past, present and future Date06/02/2019Location: Chamberlain Room - Cadbury Research Library - Muirhead TowerDescriptionPart of the Urban Morphology Research Seminar Series. Speaker: Charles Goode, University of Birmingham - Wednesday 6 February (1400-15.30)Categories: Lectures Talks and Workshops, Life and Environmental Sciences A methodological framework for defining typological process Date20/02/2019Location: Chamberlain Room - Cadbury Research Library - Muirhead TowerDescriptionPart of the Urban Morphology Research Seminar Series. Speaker: Fei Chen, University of Liverpool - Wednesday 20 February (1400-15.30)Categories: Lectures Talks and Workshops, Life and Environmental Sciences Displaying 1 to 8 of 10 Previous 1 2 Next