The Yorkshire and the Humber Select Committee have announced they will shortly be publishing the written evidence submitted to its inquiry into Carbon emissions in the Yorkshire and the Humber...
This Project has taken a broad and overarching look at the future of UK land use over the next 50 years. It demonstrates that there is a strong case to...
This week's Website of the Week is the new Local Innovation Awards Scheme website which went live on 1 April 2010. The LIA scheme site (www.localinnovation.idea.gov.uk) replaces the beacon scheme...
London 2012 Cultural Olympiad programme Discovering Places will launch over the weekend of 23 - 25 July. Its launch will be part of Open Weekend, the Cultural Olympiad annual...
The Government launched a new action plan on international climate change today. "Beyond Copenhagen; The UK Government's International Climate Change Action Plan", details what must be done to build on...
This week's Website of the Week is Gapminder (www.gapminder.org) - a non-profit venture – a modern “museum” on the Internet – promoting sustainable global development and achievement of the...
Businesses are facing more and more regulations and increased pressure to reduce their environmental impact and cut greenhouse gas emissions. But “going green” isn’t just about helping the environment –...
The topical issue recently and one you can’t have failed to miss was the blisteringly cold UK weather. We think we’ve got it rough, well spare a thought for the...
This week's Website of the Web is Fill That Hole (www.fillthathole.org.uk) - a community action website brought to the web by CTC – The UK’s National Cyclists’ Organisation. If you...
Celebrating through times of crisis: prospects and potentials for tourism, festivals and cultural events is the next in the Journeys of Expression series. Building on the established collaboration between the Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change (CTCC) and the International Festivals and Events Association (IFEA), this conference will bring together international academic researchers in the field of tourism and festival studies with policy makers and practitioners in the festivals and cultural events sector.
The University of Sheffield's Doctoral Training Centre for Interdisciplinary Energy Research students will be presenting the results of their mini-projects, future PhD projects and the Carbon Challenge at our autumn conference in the Carlton Park Hotel, Rotherham, on the 13th and 14th of September.
Guest speakers will give talks on the challenges the scientific and industrial community faces in meeting a sustainable energy future.
Key seminar on a key aspect of policy by the new coalition government on devolving powers from the centre: How best can we deliver regional economic growth in a period of deficit reduction?
How does culture fit within the Big Society, localism, and making neighbourhoods better? Is there room for culture within the the local authority improvement agenda? How can creativity help to engage people? In lean times, what is the argument for embedding culture within renewal work? Is the role of the arts in public realm bigger than public art?
This one day conference, supported by Arts Council England, will draw upon a successful and nationally unique three year programme called ‘Creative Places’ in Sheffield.
