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BHS-JBA Trust Studentship awarded to David Mindham on MSc Sustainable Water Management
Congratulations to David Mindham for being one of only six students in the UK to be awarded a BHS-JBA Trust Studentship!
Thu 9 February 2012
LEC research reveals true cost of a burger
The UK could considerably reduce its carbon footprint if more of us switched to a vegetarian diet, according to new research by Lancaster University.
Story supplied by LU Press Office
Tue 7 February 2012
PhD Studentships 2012/13
The Lancaster Environment Centre (LEC), Lancaster University, is pleased to announce a significant number of PhD Studentships for October 2012.
Mon 6 February 2012
Assessing Water-Related Business Risks
The Catchment Change Network is hosting the NERC Knowledge Exchange Workshop: 'Assessing Water-Related Business Risks' in LEC on Wednesday 29th February 2012.
Thu 2 February 2012
Events
Walking With Diatoms: Explaining Ecological Status to the People Who Pay The Bills
Dr Martyn Kelly, Bowburn Consultancy
Thursday 9th February 2012, 1200-1300
Engineering Lecture Theatre 1
Martyn Kelly is a freshwater biologist with a BSc in Environmental Science from the University of London and a PhD from the University of Durham, working with Prof Brian Whitton on heavy metal accumulation by aquatic bryophytes. He did post-doctoral research at Durham on stream ecology and on Mediterranean palaeoecology before becoming Senior Lecturer at the University of Jos (Nigeria) between 1989 and 1991. In 1992 he returned to Durham as National Rivers Authority Research Fellow which led to development of the TDI (Trophic Diatom Index). In 1995 he left the University of Durham to become a freelance consultant, continuing the development of the TDI, advising the Environment Agency and others on the management of eutrophication in rivers and managing research projects.
UCAS Open Day - Environmental Science schemes
Saturday 11th February 2012
Lancaster Environment Centre
Environmental Science schemes open day.
The Predatory Bird Monitoring Scheme - assessing chemical threats to biodiversity
Professor Richard Shore, CEH Lancaster
Wednesday 15th February 2012, 1600-1700
LEC Training Rooms 1 And 2