FORWARD TO NATURE –  Ecological intensification as a means of sustainable farming

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Speaker: Dr Tom Breeze View Flyer
Biography: University of Reading
Date: 12/09/2013
Time: 20:00
Venue: Studio Theatre
Description: Natural ecosystem services provide millions of pounds of benefits to modern agriculture yet they are increasingly degraded by agricultural practices and policies. Can restoring and enhancing these services enhance both agricultural productivity and biodiversity conservation? The talk will be highlighting aspects of the IPI crops project, the STEP project and the LIBERATION project and is aimed at a broad audience of scientists and stakeholders. 

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2013 - 2014 Programme

Developing Investigative linguistics as a Forensic Science

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Speaker: Dr Tim Grant
Biography: Director, Centre for Forensic Linguistics, Aston University
Date: 11/04/13
Time: 20:00
Venue: Studio
Description: Forensic linguistic evidence is increasingly accepted in the UK Courts and has withstood appeal against its scientific status. Case studies will show how an understanding of language use can further the delivery of justice.
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Structural Engineering of the Shard

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Speaker: Roma Agrawal
Biography: Senior Structural Engineer, WSP Group
Date: 12/12/12
Time: 20:00
Venue: Main Theatre
Description: The Shard comprises 26 storeys of offices, 13 of apartments, three of restaurants and a 19 storey hotel. A 65m spire, with a public viewing gallery, brings the height to 310m. The talk will concentrate on the Shard’s structural aspects: its design, construction and unusual features.
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The 23rd Erasmus Darwin Memorial Lecture: Great Ideas of Biology

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Speaker: Sir Paul Nurse PRS
Biography: Nobel Laureate, President of the Royal Society, Director and CEO of The Francis Crick Institute
Date: 13/11/12
Time: 19:30
Venue: Main Theatre
Description: Three of these are the gene theory,evolution by natural selection, and the cell as the fundamental unit of all life. These ideas come together, because the special way cells reproduce provides the conditions for natural selection.
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2012 - 2013 Programme

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