Latest news and updates from CCRI.
Founding Professor of CCRI, Nigel Curry, has been elected Chair of the East Midlands Regional Big Food Project Board, which has been set up under the auspices of Public Health England and the Soil Association.
Julie Ingram and Kenny Lynch are leading a Tri-lateral Researcher Links Workshop in Stellenbosch from 29th September to 1st October, thanks to funding secured earlier this year from the UK’s Newton Fund, supported by a British Council Researcher Links award.
Janet Dwyer led a discussion session at an 'Innovation in Gloucestershire’s Rural Businesses event', which was organised by GFirst Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) Land Based Business Group. Its purpose was to demonstrate to Gloucestershire rural businesses how their businesses could benefit from engaging with GFirst LEP.
CCRI’s Matt Reed is lined up to give a presentation as part of the University of Gloucestershire’s Research Methods Seminar Series on Wednesday 26th October, when he will be talking about qualitative methods for understanding how Twitter is used in political campaigning.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said this week that the National Bee Unit has confirmed a sighting of the Asian hornet in the Tetbury area of Gloucestershire – the first time the hornet has been discovered in the UK, sparking fears for the future of our native honey bees,
Julie Ingram is giving a Keynote paper at the 5th Belgian Agroecology Meeting (BAM) in Ghent, Belguim, on Tuesday 20th September. The meeting, which is co-organised by Agricultural and Fisheries Research (ILVO) and Ghent University, is entitled ''Bridging gaps between principles and practices in agroecology".
We regret to advise you that this week's CCRI Seminar, due to be presented by Professor Johan Fredrik Rye, from the Department for Sociology and Political Science, National University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, on Thursday, 15th September, has been cancelled due to sickness.
CCRI was pleased to hear from Visiting Professor, Michael Dower, this week, bringing us up to date on his role as Coordinator of the PREPARE Partnership for Rural Europe and Joint Coordinator of the European Rural Parliament.
Janet Dwyer was interviewed by Farmers Weekly following discussions at the Rural Services Network conference last week, regarding the possible implications of Brexit on farm subsidies.