Rose attends Carbon Connections conference

Rose attended the second Carbon Connections conference, 'Success through Innovation - Knowledge Transfer and the path to a low carbon economy', held at the Natural History Museum, London, on 12th March. Speakers included Prof. Bob Watson, Chief Scientific Advisor to Defra, and Jonathon Porritt, Founder Direcrtor of Furum for the Future, who spoke on the urgent need for mitigation of climate change, and the ways we might do this in the UK.

Carbon Connections, based at the University of East Anglia, is an investment body, set up by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) to seek out, encourage and invest in carbon-saving innovation either through technological advance or behavioural change.

Rose presents at RGS-IBG postgraduate forum mid-term conference

Rose presented her research at the RGS-IBG Postgraduate Forum mid-term conference, at the University of Plymouth, on 7th March. The conference provided an opportunity for a large number of postgraduates to present their research, and gain feedback from other postgraduate research students working on all aspects of Geography. The conference also included poster presentations and exhibitions, and workshops addressing aspects of postgraduate development. Rose's presentation can be downloaded here.
Rose has nominated herself as next year's conference organiser, with the help of other research students in the faculty, and is hoping UWE will win the vote! Watch this space for news...