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Biological Sciences Seminar Series
Biological Sciences Seminar Series
School of Biological Sciences Research Seminars Series - Autumn Term, 2018 Tuesdays 1:00- 1:50pm Venue – Harborne Lecture Theatre, Harborne Building Prof Eric Allan – University of Bern, Switzerland 'Biodiversity-ecosystem functioning:...Read More >
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Real Estate and Planning research seminar – Land Value Tax: panacea or policy problem?
Real Estate and Planning research seminar – Land Value Tax: panacea or policy problem?
Speaker: Dr Edward Shepherd, University of Reading
3 events,
Russia and the First World War: A fatal mistake?
Russia and the First World War: A fatal mistake?
World War I Public Lecture Professor Dominic Lieven, Senior Research Fellow, Trinity College, Cambridge and Fellow of the British Academy, is a distinguished Historian of Russia with award-winning books. In...Read More >
Russia and the First World War: A Fatal Mistake?
Russia and the First World War: A Fatal Mistake?
Thursday 1 November, at 19:00, the Department of Modern Languages and European Studies will be holding its 6th annual public lecture to mark Armistice Day and the Centenary of the First...Read More >
2 events,
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Typography Workshop
Typography Workshop
Searching for printed images with computer vision Abstract: Computer vision has made rapid progress in recent years: computers can now reliably match the same image; find differences in similar images;...Read More >
3 events,
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Collections Research Network Autumn Showcase
Collections Research Network Autumn Showcase
The Collections Research Network is an opportunity for staff to share good practice and discuss upcoming research projects using collections. It is facilitated by the Heritage and Creativity Institute for...Read More >
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Collections Research Network Autumn Showcase
Collections Research Network Autumn Showcase
The Collections Research Network is an opportunity for staff to share good practice and discuss upcoming research projects using collections. It is facilitated by the Heritage and Creativity Institute for...Read More >
8 events,
Wheat Responses To Piriformospora Indica Inoculation
Wheat Responses To Piriformospora Indica Inoculation
School of Agriculture, Policy and Development - Autumn 2018 Postgraduate talk on Wheat Responses To Piriformospora Indica Inoculation. This talk will be given by Samer For further information contact Ferdousi...Read More >
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Ayn Rand from the left: questioning Rand through literary theory, questioning literary theory through Rand
Ayn Rand from the left: questioning Rand through literary theory, questioning literary theory through Rand
A one-day conference at the University of Reading Speakers: Professor Ian Parker - Rand, Libertarianism and Psychoanalysis Dr Jan de Vos - Rand and Psychologization Dr Krissie West - Atlas...Read More >
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Electron Microscopy Workshops
Electron Microscopy Workshops
Sherrie Foo, University of Reading Electron Microscopy Workshops If you think that electron microscopy may be useful in your research, or if you simply want to find out more about...Read More >
4 events,
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Putting Things in the Right Place: How do bacteria get organised?
Putting Things in the Right Place: How do bacteria get organised?
Professor Judith Armitage, University of Oxford Putting things in the right place; How do bacteria get organised? Lowry Lecture 2018, School of Biological Sciences, Hosted by Prof Kim Watson ...Read More >
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Real Estate and Planning research seminar – Affordability, Viability and the National Planning Policy Framework
Real Estate and Planning research seminar – Affordability, Viability and the National Planning Policy Framework
Speaker: Professor Antonia Layard, University of Bristol
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Engaging with Policymakers
Engaging with Policymakers
Researcher Development Programme- Communications Training Sessions At some point in their career, many researchers will be asked to provide advice to policymakers in government, the public sector or the private...Read More >
3 events,
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Vocabulary Learning Through Listening: Comparing L2 Explanations, Teachers Codeswitching, Contrastive Focus-on-Form and Incidental Learning
Vocabulary Learning Through Listening: Comparing L2 Explanations, Teachers Codeswitching, Contrastive Focus-on-Form and Incidental Learning
Institute of Education Seminar Series- Autumn Term 2018 Dr Anthony Zhang, ECR Please feel free to bring your lunch along to this event.
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Political Voices: Dr Philip Lee MP On Brexit
Political Voices: Dr Philip Lee MP On Brexit
Join us in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Reading to meet our latest 'Political Voice'. Our guest is both the MP for Bracknell and...Read More >
2 events,
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Chemical and Physical Methods For Making Nanoparticles and Their Application, Especially In Heterogeneous Catalysis
Chemical and Physical Methods For Making Nanoparticles and Their Application, Especially In Heterogeneous Catalysis
Chemistry Seminar Series - Autumn 2018 Dr Peter Ellis and Dr Alistair Kean All are welcome For further information on this seminar contact b.l.parr@reading.ac.uk
3 events,
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Workshop: Creating an inclusive learning environment for pupils with visible differences
Workshop: Creating an inclusive learning environment for pupils with visible differences
For more information contact Dr Marjorie Gehrhardt.
Is Facial Prejudice The Last Taboo?
Is Facial Prejudice The Last Taboo?
We are all exposed to a visual diet that tells us that our happiness and success depend on our facial looks. James Partridge, founder of the charity Changing Faces, was...Read More >
5 events,
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Research Data Management: An Introduction
Research Data Management: An Introduction
Researcher Development Programme - Communications Training Sessions The aim of this course is to introduce general principles and practices of research data management that will be applicable to researchers at...Read More >
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The Accuracy of Consensus Real Estate Forecasts Revisited
The Accuracy of Consensus Real Estate Forecasts Revisited
Real Estate and Planning Research Seminar Speaker: Professor Pat McAllister, University of Reading
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Stakeholder Mapping for Research Staff
Stakeholder Mapping for Research Staff
Researcher Development Programme- Communications Training Sessions Understanding your key stakeholders and what they want from your research is a fundamental part of any successful communications or engagement plan. This session...Read More >
5 events,
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LOB Research Seminar
LOB Research Seminar
Leadership Organisations and Behaviour Research Seminar Guest speaker Satish Nambisan
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The Stenton Symposium
The Stenton Symposium
English Royal Charters 1066-1215: Discoveries, Gaps and Opportunities This symposium brings together half a dozen of the world’s leading experts on English twelfth-century history, to discuss the usefulness of charters...Read More >
Coral Bleaching: A Global Perspective On Heat Stress Over Time
Coral Bleaching: A Global Perspective On Heat Stress Over Time
Visiting Speaker - William Skirving, NOAA and University of Queensland, Australia
2 events,
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The Long Take: Origins and Endings in Film Noir
The Long Take: Origins and Endings in Film Noir
On Saturday 24 November, the University's Heritage & Creativity Institute for Collections is teaming up with Reading Film Theatre for a reading by acclaimed writer Robin Robertson, screening of the classic...Read More >
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Inorganic Metal-Fluoride Complexes- Toward Next Generation PET Imaging Radiotracers
Inorganic Metal-Fluoride Complexes- Toward Next Generation PET Imaging Radiotracers
Chemistry Seminar Series - Autumn 2018 Professor Gill Reid- University of Southampton All are welcome For further information contact b.l.parr@reading.ac.uk
4 events,
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Biological Sciences Seminars Series
Biological Sciences Seminars Series
School of Biological Sciences Research Seminars Series – Autumn Term, 2018 Tuesdays 1:00- 1:50pm Venue – Harborne Lecture Theatre, Harborne Building Dr Chris Faulkes - Queen Mary University London 'The extraordinary...Read More >
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A Mathematical Model of the Role of Aggregation in Sonic Hedgehog Signalling
A Mathematical Model of the Role of Aggregation in Sonic Hedgehog Signalling
Department of Mathematics and Statistics Seminar Series - Autumn Term 2018 Mathematical Biology Group Meeting Daniel Derrick - University of Reading For further information about this seminar email; maths@reading.ac.uk or telephone;...Read More >
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Heritage and Creativity Academic Forum
Heritage and Creativity Academic Forum
Heritage and Creativity Academic Forum - Autumn, 2018 The Heritage and Culture academic forum will be focusing on the opportunities for using Digital Humanities methodologies and/technologies in research. The forum...Read More >
3 events,
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Compensating Human Rights Violations: Damages Before The European Court of Human Rights
Compensating Human Rights Violations: Damages Before The European Court of Human Rights
The Ghandi Research Seminar Series Dr Veronika Fikfak - University of Cambridge Chair - Dr Ruvi Ziegler Attendance is free Visitors coming from outside the University of Reading are asked...Read More >
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The Ephemera of Food Packaging
The Ephemera of Food Packaging
Inspiration for using ephemera in your research and teaching 14.00 Introduction (Sue Walker) 14.10 The Brusson Company and baguette bags (Michael Twyman) 14.30 MERL Collections: milk bottles, Huntley and...Read More >
4 events,
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Research Paper and Social
Research Paper and Social
Institute of Education - Autumn 2018 Dr Alan Floyd Please feel free to bring along lunch.
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European Manuscripts Collection exhibition
European Manuscripts Collection exhibition
On Thursday 29th November 2018 there will be the monthly extended opening hours at the MERL which see the Reading Room open until 9pm. November's late opening hours will also...Read More >
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Reading 2050: Future Health and Quality of Life in Reading
Reading 2050: Future Health and Quality of Life in Reading
Please join Dr William Bird from Intelligent Health, for a lecture: ‘Future Health and Quality of Life in Reading' The lecture is part of the 'People and Lifestyle' theme of the Reading...Read More >