Free conference on natural flood management
The CCRI is delighted to announce that in collaboration with Stroud District Council, the University of Gloucestershire will be hosting a major conference on Natural Flood Management in January 2017.
It shouldn’t happen to a Research Assistant
Research Assistant, Nick Lewis has been out and about conducting interviews as part of a review of the new Countryside Stewardship scheme. Read about where he has been and a particularly challenging interview location!
Photos from the Tri-lateral Researcher Links Workshop in Stellenbosch
More pictures have been published from the Tri-lateral Researcher Links Workshop in Stellenbosch, South Africa, which Julie Ingram and Kenny Lynch (School of Natural and Social Sciences, University of Gloucestershire) led from 29th September to 1st October.
Stroud rural sustainable drainage project awarded a 2016 Gloucestershire CPRE award
Chris Short successfully nominated the Stroud rural sustainable drainage project for a 2016 Gloucestershire CPRE award for ‘innovative use of natural resources, including land and water’
Julie Ingram presenting VALERIE paper at Budapest conference
As part of the VALERIE project dissemination, a CCRI team is in Budapest this week presenting a paper at the 14th European Rural Development Network Conference: Knowledge sharing and innovation in agriculture and rural areas
Janet Dwyer at the Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee in Wales
Janet Dwyer was part of an academic panel yesterday, speaking at Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee in Wales on the future of agriculture and rural policies in Wales.
Nigel Curry elected Chair of the East Midlands Regional Big Food Project Board
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 lead ecosystem workshop in Stellenbosch
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 leads discussion at ‘Innovation in Gloucestershire’s Rural Business’ event
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.