CCRI, with University of Exeter, has recently started working on a project for Natural England to develop methods for monitoring and evaluating the social outcomes of agri-environment schemes.

Next week, Damian Maye, Mauro Vigani and Hannah Chiswell will be travelling to Belgium as part of the SUFISA project on a two-day trip that will involve a project team meeting in Leuven, followed by a stakeholder workshop in Brussels.

CCRI Research Assistant, Hannah Chiswell has recently undergone QSR's 'NVivo Certified Expert' course. The course prepares users to provide expert advice to others in their businesses or organisations. Hannah now plans to deliver several NVivo training courses for users and prospective users here at the University of Gloucestershire.

On November 29th, Janet Dwyer and Chris Short facilitated a GFirst LEP sponsored event at the Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester.

CCRI's Senior Research Fellow, Julie Urquhart has been successful with her application to join the Editorial Board for prestigious international journal 'Society and Natural Resources'.

Chris Short is lead author on a newly published paper linked to his work on Natural Flood Management in the Stroud valleys.

We are delighted to announce that thousands of students have been celebrating their graduations over recent days and amongst them are a number which the CCRI has played an integral role. Read more about who they are and the subjects which they have been studying.

Dr Julie Ingram has been awarded an OECD Research Fellowship.

Jane Mills attended a Work Package leaders meeting for the SoilCare project at the Milieu offices in Brussels on 14th and 15th November.