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SUMMARY:Together we can – an International Women’s Day symposium
DESCRIPTION:Celebrating our amazing community of students and staff who are striving to make the world a fairer place for all women.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeakers and events include: \n\nProfessor Parveen Yaqoob\,\nProfessor Rosa Freedman\nProfessor Robert Van De Noort\nWomen’s Choir\nCheerleading society performance\nStudent presentations and art works\nMusic\nRefreshments and time to chat\n\nBook your place on the Together we can event registration page.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/together-we-can-an-international-womens-day-symposium/
LOCATION:3sixty
CATEGORIES:Agriculture, Food & Health,Environment,Heritage & Creativity,Prosperity & Resilience
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SUMMARY:Open Research Forum
DESCRIPTION:The next Open Research Forum will take place on Wednesday 9th March at 13.00-14.30. \nIf you want to get a flavour of the Open Research Champions community and listen to some great talks on Open Research topics\, come along to the next meeting of the Open Research Forum. We have a great line-up of talks: \n\nErsilia\, a hub of Open Source AI/ML models for infectious and neglected diseases (Gemma Turon\, Software Sustainability Institute Fellow/co-founder and CEO\, Ersilia Open Source Initiative)\nOne Image: Exploring Open Source Digital Imaging for Research (Eva Kevei\, Associate Professor\, Biomedical Sciences)\nAnnotating for Transparent Inquiry in qualitative research: making archival documents accessible (Joseph O’Mahoney\, Lecturer\, Politics\, Economics and International Relations)\n\nYou are welcome to dip in and out if a particular talk is of interest. \nVisit the event page for full details or book your place now at the Open Research Forum.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/open-research-forum-3/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Agriculture, Food & Health,Environment,Heritage & Creativity,Prosperity & Resilience
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220310T170000
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SUMMARY:Five go to France …and are translated back again
DESCRIPTION:The Centre for Book Cultures and Publishing (CBCP) presents an online panel event with the editor and translator to mark the publication of Hachette’s new Famous Five graphic novel series. \nSpeakers: \n\nAlexandra Antscherl (Editorial Director\, Enid Blyton Entertainment and Fiction Brands at Hachette Children’s Group)\nEmma D. Page (Translator\, PhD student at the Centre for Book Cultures and Publishing\, University of Reading)\n\nChair: Sophie Heywood (Centre for Book Cultures and Publishing\, University of Reading) \nThe panel will explore the new Famous Five series retold as graphic novels for the first time ever. The series translates back into English the French adaptation of Blyton’s novels by Béja and Nataël\, a talented father-and-son team of graphic novel experts.  Together the speakers will discuss the French and English books\, the translation process\, and publishing Blyton in the 21st century. This will be followed by a Q&A. \nThis event is free and open to all. Please register your interest to receive the Zoom link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/276589967037
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/five-go-to-france-and-are-translated-back-again/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Heritage & Creativity
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220315T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220315T170000
DTSTAMP:20260501T054121
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SUMMARY:CFAC Keynote - Meet Me at the Movies: Cinema and Cinephilia in the Age of Unlimited Choice
DESCRIPTION:Centre for Film Aesthetics and Cultures Keynote\nTuesday 15th March 2022\, 5pm\nBulmershe Theatre\, Minghella Studios\, Whiteknights Campus \nIn this personal essay on a life of movie-going and a love of cinema\, BFI Festival Director Tricia Tuttle will reflect on the role movies have played in her own development\, and her discoveries of hidden desires and shared languages. Drawing\, magpie-like on a range of texts – from statistical studies to Performance\, and from Susan Sontag to Pink Flamingos – she’ll ask what it means to be a cinephile in the age of unlimited choice. \nTricia Tuttle \nTricia Tuttle has been Director of BFI Festivals since 2019\, overseeing the teams that run BFI London Film Festival and BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival. She was appointed the position following her role as Artistic Director of the 62nd Edition of the BFI London Film Festival in 2018 and after five successful years as Deputy Head of Festivals at BFI. \nThis event is free\, but space is limited. To book\, please email cfac@reading.ac.uk.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/cfac-keynote-meet-me-at-the-movies-cinema-and-cinephilia-in-the-age-of-unlimited-choice/
LOCATION:Minghella Building\, Bulmershe Theatre\, Whiteknights\, RG6 6UR
CATEGORIES:Heritage & Creativity
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220316T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220316T163000
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SUMMARY:Royal Meteorological Society Masterclass: Extracting Causal Information from Climate Data
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Dr Marlene Kretschmer\, University of Reading \nThere are large uncertainties when it comes to predicting extreme regional weather and climate events. A limited causal understanding of the physical drivers of extremes – such as connections to the North Atlantic Oscillation or Madden-Julian Oscillation – compounds the issue when interpreting climate model forecasts. Yet\, to justify taking critical actions in the light of uncertainty\, explanations are crucial because they provide decision-makers with a level of plausibility. \nTherefore\, weather and climate forecasting progress strongly depend on an improved causal understanding of the climate system by analysing the large data sets from observations and climate models. A physical knowledge of the underlying mechanisms and different statistical techniques is needed. \nIn this talk\, Dr Kretschmer will show how recent causality research advancements can help reconcile the two. A causal approach requires explicitly including expert knowledge in the statistical analysis\, allowing for quantitative conclusions. This session will illustrate some of the key concepts of this theory with concrete examples of well-known atmospheric teleconnections and will discuss the particular challenges and advantages these imply for climate science. \nAbout RMetS and University of Reading Meteorological Masterclasses \nContinuing our online Meteorological Masterclasses in partnership with the University of Reading\, we are pleased to announce a new Masterclass series in “Advances in weather and climate forecasting”. \nDuring this series\, three leading experts from the University of Reading will discuss the latest scientific advances for understanding and predicting weather\, climate and its impacts. Topics to be covered include data assimilation and machine learning; identification of causal pathways in atmospheric teleconnections; and modelling advances in resolution and parameterization for weather forecasting. \nThese masterclasses are intended to provide support for professionals working in Meteorology and Climate Science\, and its operational applications who wish to remain up to date on recent scientific developments in the field. \nMasterclasses will run weekly on Wednesday’s 16th\, 23rd and 30th March 2022 from 3 pm to 4.30 pm (UTC)\, consisting of a presentation followed by the opportunity for questions and discussion with the speaker. Whilst the webinars are part of a series\, attendance at all three events is not compulsory.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/royal-meteorological-society-masterclass-extracting-causal-information-from-climate-data/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Environment
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220316T210000
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SUMMARY:The Great Debate 2022: The Future for Residential Heating
DESCRIPTION:The UK government has published its Heat and Buildings Strategy\, a plan to replace fossil-fuelled\nheating like gas boilers with low-carbon technologies such as heat pumps. This is a comprehensive and groundbreaking strategy that flags a range of complex issues involved in solving a problem like decarbonising heat. \nNatural gas boilers are seen as one of the biggest barriers to the net zero target — they produce 58.5 million tons of carbon dioxide a year\, compared to 27 million cars emitting 56 million tons annually\, the National Housing Federation says. \nWith a ban on new build natural gas fired domestic boilers not far off\, there is considerable uncertainty about what will happen and what the best options are for individual circumstances. \nThe aim of this year’s Great Debate event is to update the audience on these issues and to provide a forum for those attending to ask questions of the experts. \nThe topics to be covered will include:\n1. Why do we need to change the residential heating\n2. Electrical based alternatives\n3. Hydrogen Systems Implications\n4. Ensuring new build delivers carbon reductions \nTime: 19:00 – 21:00\, online\nAdmission free. Booking essential via The Great Debate booking page.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/the-great-debate-2022-the-future-for-residential-heating/
CATEGORIES:Environment
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220317T153000
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SUMMARY:“Now I Hear What You Say” – How Short EAP Courses Can Foster Successful Academic Interactional Strategies
DESCRIPTION:Join the Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism (CeLM) for a free online talk by Clare Wright (University of Leeds)\, Anna Tsakalaki (University of Reading) and Mei Lin (University of Newcastle) on English for Academic Purposes on March 17th at 3.30pm (UK time). \nIn globalised higher education\, strategies to build academic interactional competence can be key to international students’ success\, e.g. in seminars and oral assessments. Linguistically\, academic interaction requires meaning-focused\, other-oriented oral skills\, which can be challenging for international second-language (L2) students to acquire\, even with specific training. \nIn this talk we are going to argue that even short-term English for Academic Purposes (EAP) courses can have valuable potential in boosting oral language strategies and skills\, particularly in listening\, which are needed for successful academic interactional competence. \nIn this study\, we report on data from 230 postgraduate students of mixed L1s. We compared use of L2 (English) listening and speaking strategies at the start and end of a 5-week EAP programme at a UK university. \nWe found a moderate significant improvement over time in meaning-focused listening strategies\, and some evidence in increased use of a wider range of speaking strategies. Further factor analysis revealed a subtle but clear shift towards more other-oriented stance in both listening and speaking strategy use\, although with much individual variation\, and no significant correlation with proficiency. \nThis study is one of the first to use speaker stance analysis in studying L2 academic communication. It provides some initial evidence to suggest that\, if taken further\, strategy teaching may enhance international students’ interactional competence when listening and speaking in a HE learning environment. \nTo register to attend this online talk please click here.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/now-i-hear-what-you-say-how-short-eap-courses-can-foster-successful-academic-interactional-strategies/
CATEGORIES:Prosperity & Resilience
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SUMMARY:Royal Meteorological Society Masterclass: How do we use the "Weather" in "Numerical Weather Prediction"?
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Professor Peter Clark\, University of Reading \nWe have been forecasting using computer models for well over 50 years. However\, while we soon became used to the idea that so-called ‘NWP’ (Numerical Weather Prediction) models predict the synoptic-scale meteorology\, such as the position and strength of low- or high-pressure regions\, they still lacked the resolution or sufficiently sophisticated representation of physical processes to forecast the ‘weather’ such as rain\, cloud\, fog without additional help from some post-processing or interpretation by meteorologists. \nVast increases in computer power have led\, in part at least\, to increases in model resolution and sophistication\, pioneered in regional models to the extent that they now represent much of the ‘weather’ directly. Model horizontal grid lengths of 1-2 km are now standard\, and some centres are investigating resolutions 10 times higher\, such that some of the motions we would label as ‘turbulence’ are explicitly simulated. This has contributed to considerable improvements in forecasting\, but\, paradoxically\, smaller scales are less predictable than larger scales\, so we are faced with a real dilemma over what we can believe in models and how we extract the best information. \nThis talk and discussion will highlight these issues and discuss some of the work that is happening to help us make the best use of these advances. \nAbout RMetS and University of Reading Meteorological Masterclasses \nContinuing our online Meteorological Masterclasses in partnership with the University of Reading\, we are pleased to announce a new Masterclass series in “Advances in weather and climate forecasting”. \nDuring this series\, three leading experts from the University of Reading will discuss the latest scientific advances for understanding and predicting weather\, climate and its impacts. Topics to be covered include data assimilation and machine learning; identification of causal pathways in atmospheric teleconnections; and modelling advances in resolution and parameterization for weather forecasting. \nThese masterclasses are intended to provide support for professionals working in Meteorology and Climate Science\, and its operational applications who wish to remain up to date on recent scientific developments in the field. \nMasterclasses will run weekly on Wednesday’s 16th\, 23rd and 30th March 2022 from 3 pm to 4.30 pm (UTC)\, consisting of a presentation followed by the opportunity for questions and discussion with the speaker. Whilst the webinars are part of a series\, attendance at all three events is not compulsory.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/royal-meteorological-society-masterclass-how-do-we-use-the-weather-in-numerical-weather-prediction/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Environment
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SUMMARY:Inside and Outside Modernism: An Anatomy of 1922 and its Cultures
DESCRIPTION:“James Joyce is quite wrong headed. Anyhow\, with his wilfulness\, he has made novel reading into a fair imitation of penal servitude…” (ARNOLD BENNETT on ULYSSES) \nKeynote Speakers: Professor Patrick Collier (Ball State University)\, Dr Beci Carver (University of Exeter) \nCALL FOR PAPERS\nThis one-day conference intends to examine 1922 looking at the cultures and writers associated with this significant year\, in all their forms and geographical spread. It will consider the year holistically\, considering cultural and personal interactions and how they relate to the intellectual work of modernism. The conference is designed to bring the year into clearer focus with interdisciplinary contributions from politics\, history\, science\, economics\, music\, literature\, book history and visual culture and areas that have fallen outside the purview of traditional modernism. Some questions the conference would like to approach include: how has modernism impacted on the study of artistic cultures? How far did recent history shape social attitudes? How did the political and economic uncertainties in 1922 permeate different cultures? Was 1922 important for anything more than modernism itself? \nKey areas that we suggest will be covered include: \n\nThe music of 1922\nPublishing and editing\nPopular fiction\nThe texts of modernism\nThe political and economic context\nThe Great War and 1922\nTheatre and culture\nThe trouble with modernism\nVisual cultures\nModernism in retrospect\nOutside the modernist canon\nScientific exploration\n\nUniversity of Reading Special Collections holds a number of important documents relating to publishing and literature in 1922 and there will be an exhibition showcasing some of the more prominent holdings which we hope will inform our discussions on the day. \nProposals for papers should be e-mailed to domonique.davies@pgr.reading.ac.uk and copy in b.bruce@pgr.reading.ac.uk no later than Wednesday December 1st 2021. All proposals should be about 250 words in length and papers should be a maximum of 20 minutes in duration. We hope to contact you about your proposal by 22nd December 2021. Please include an e-mail address and a two-to-three line biography with your proposal. \nWe are currently looking to deliver this conference in-person at the University of Reading\, subject to guidelines. However\, papers may be delivered online. Speakers and attendees will be notified closer to the date of confirmed arrangements. \nOrganised by Ben Bruce and Domonique Davies (Department of English Literature). Supported by the Centre for Book Cultures and Publishing and the Samuel Beckett Research Centre at University of Reading.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/conference-cfp-inside-and-outside-modernism-an-anatomy-of-1922-and-its-cultures/
CATEGORIES:Heritage & Creativity
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SUMMARY:Royal Meteorological Society Masterclass: Data Assimilation and Crowdsourced Observations in Numerical Weather
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Professor Sarah Dance\, University of Reading \nWeather forecasts are obtained by combining weather observations with computational predictions using a data assimilation process. Forecast accuracy relies on accurate estimates of the uncertainty in these weather observations. Professor Dance will introduce data assimilation\, the observations used in numerical weather prediction and how observation uncertainty is dealt with in the data assimilation process. \nNew\, inexpensive crowdsourced observations are being investigated for numerical weather prediction to fill gaps in existing scientific observing networks. However\, the uncertainty comparisons between crowdsourced observations and numerical model predictions are not well understood. For example\, the measurements will be affected by their local environment (e.g. a temperature measurement in a sheltered street will give a different reading to one made on the top of a skyscraper). Therefore\, data assimilation algorithms must take account of the discrepancy in space and time scales represented by the model and those observed in the actual process. \nExamples will be given from recent research\, including temperature and wind observations from air traffic control reports and temperature observations from private cars. This talk will also discuss how modern deep learning techniques could be used alongside these datasets to improve numerical weather predictions in the future. \nAbout RMetS and University of Reading Meteorological Masterclasses \nContinuing our online Meteorological Masterclasses in partnership with the University of Reading\, we are pleased to announce a new Masterclass series in “Advances in weather and climate forecasting”. \nDuring this series\, three leading experts from the University of Reading will discuss the latest scientific advances for understanding and predicting weather\, climate and its impacts. Topics to be covered include data assimilation and machine learning; identification of causal pathways in atmospheric teleconnections; and modelling advances in resolution and parameterization for weather forecasting. \nThese masterclasses are intended to provide support for professionals working in Meteorology and Climate Science\, and its operational applications who wish to remain up to date on recent scientific developments in the field. \nMasterclasses will run weekly on Wednesday’s 16th\, 23rd and 30th March 2022 from 3 pm to 4.30 pm (UTC)\, consisting of a presentation followed by the opportunity for questions and discussion with the speaker. Whilst the webinars are part of a series\, attendance at all three events is not compulsory.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/royal-meteorological-society-masterclass-data-assimilation-and-crowdsourced-observations-in-numerical-weather/
LOCATION:Online event
CATEGORIES:Environment
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220402
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SUMMARY:Bridging Worlds: Sustainable Agriculture Conference
DESCRIPTION:The Bridging Worlds: Sustainable Agriculture Conference will facilitate interdisciplinary discussion designed to address a variety of key issues surrounding: agriculture\, agri-science\, agri-innovation\, climate change\, climate justice\, sustainability\, trade and development\, sustainable irrigation\, and water resource management\, with a focus on representing voices from the Global South. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe objective is to enlighten\, educate\, and reform our understanding of sustainability in relation to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and Climate Change. \nKeynote speakers will include The honorable Dr Tahani Sileet\, Head of External Partnerships\, (Deputy) MP at the Egyptian Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation\, and Ms Laura Kelly\, Director of Shaping Sustainable Markets\, from the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED). \nDr Sileet will describe irrigation and water resource management of the 11 Nil-Basin countries\, and shed light on their joint efforts to meet the SDGs. While Ms Kelly will talk about the support and development work that she has undertaken on inclusive and green economies\, that leave no one behind – touching on: sustainable habits\, workstreams on improving access to energy\, resilient marine ecosystems\, valuing natural capital\, improving food security\, and artisanal and small-scale mining. \n\nFor more information or to register your place\, please visit the Bridging Worlds: Sustainable Agriculture Conference booking page.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/bridging-worlds-sustainable-agriculture-conference/
LOCATION:Agriculture Building
CATEGORIES:Agriculture, Food & Health
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220331T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220331T153000
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SUMMARY:GEAR Quarterly Lecture - Growth Volatility and Trade: Diversification vs Specialisation
DESCRIPTION:The Group for Economic Analysis at Reading (GEAR) are pleased to announce the Inaugural GEAR Quarterly Lecture on “Growth Volatility and Trade: Diversification vs Specialisation”\, to be given by Professor Miguel-Leon Ledesma\, University of Kent and CEPR\, on Thursday\, 31 March 2022\, 14:00-15:30 GMT\, in a hybrid (in-person and online) format. \nWe shall hold these lectures every quarter. Attendance is free and you are all very welcome. To register your interest\, email michelle.nand@reading.ac.uk or a.mihailov@reading.ac.uk. \nFor more details\, please see the poster.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/event/gear-quarterly-lecture-growth-volatility-and-trade-diversification-vs-specialisation/
LOCATION:Hybid event
CATEGORIES:Prosperity & Resilience
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