Faculty of Science and Natural Resources Seminar Series 2008 - 2009

 

Seminars are free and open to all. There will be approximately one per month between October 2008 and April 2009.
The next seminar will be:
 

Postgraduate seminars

Viable upland futures and the valuation of public benefits - Mark Long
 
Interactions between the freshwater pearl mussel and their fish hosts - Louise Miles
 
Modelling ecological networks and dispersal in the grey squirrel - Claire Stevenson
 
Thursday 26th March 2009
 
Light refreshments will be available at 4 p.m, talks will begin 4.15 pm and last for about 45 minutes. 
This seminar is in Room GZ005 in the Grizedale/COMET Building (number 19 on the map of the Penrith Campus| at Newton Rigg). 
 
For more information, please contact: Dr Andrew Weatherall| (01768 893586).
 
Postponed Seminar - please check back for further information
 

Catchment Sensitive Farming

by David Keddy, Environmental Management Team Leader, Environment Agency|

on the 4th December 2008 PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS SEMINAR HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO DUE THE ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

The seminar will be rescheduled in the new year. We apologise for any inconvenience.

For more information, please contact: Dr Andrew Weatherall| (01768 893586).
Past seminars
 
'How ideas spread in forestry.' Dr Anna Lawrence, Head of the social and economic research group, Forest Research. Thursday 26th February 2009.
 
'The green mind: what ecopsychology can tell us about the outdoors and mental health.' Dr Mark Hoelterhoff, Senior Lecturer of Applied Psychology, University of Cumbria
Thursday 29th January 2009.
 
 'Research? But you are only growing trees! Dr James Pendlebury, Chief Executive, Forest Research|
Thursday 20th November 2008.
 
'The Black Grouse Recovery Project' Philip Warren, Project Officer, Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust |Thursday 2nd October 2008.