The United Nations declared 2010 to be the International Year of Biodiversity. It is a celebration of life on earth and of the value of biodiversity for...
On Monday 18th Jan we have a stakeholders leadership group meeting to share and discuss our evidence to the IRS, share ideas, discuss complementary or conflicting elements etc. Others there...
Yorkshire’s White Rose Forest website has won the Association Website of the Year accolade in the Kentico International Awards. The website,which will be formally launched in April 2010, is the...
I am attending my first meeting of the YH Regional Spatial Planning Board next Monday, so if anyone has any comments on the agenda items or issues you would like...
YHREF (Yorkshire and Humber Regional Environment Forum) have launched their new website which has been created in partnership with Yorkshire Futures, the Regional Intelligence Network for Yorkshire and Humber. YHREF...
The new Strategy, which will replace the current Regional Economic Strategy and Regional Spatial Strategy is an opportunity to create a new and shared vision for the future of Yorkshire...
Natural England wants to ensure green infrastructure is delivered as an integral component in all development and regeneration. Across England we are working in partnership with housing developers, planning authorities...
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.
