SuScit
mailing-January 2008
CONTENTS:
1-SuScit Project update:
a-Engaging the local community.
2-Research:
a-National Association for Voluntary Community Action: Stronger Voices
Research Project.
b-Leeds
University-Sustainability Research Institute: The Environmental Effect of
Car-free Housing.
c-DCLG:The Drivers of Black and Asian People's Perceptions of Racial
Discrimination by Public Services.
3-Publication:
a-DEFRA:
Elements: Science for a Sustainable Planet.
b-DEMOS:
New report: Making Public Services Personal.
4-Events:
a- Green Economics Conference/Seminar at
b-Bassac Conference: Speak out!
Strengthening Communities Voices.28-29/02/2008.
c-Capacity Global: Environmental Equality Summit.31st January.
d-EPSRC:
Inclusive Transport and Urban Design.
5-Policy:
a- Equality and Human Rights Commission:
Regeneration and the Race Equality Duty report.
b-DCLG:
Delivering Housing and Regeneration. A consultation paper’s responses summary.
6-News:
a-NERC:
New supercomputer for researchers.
b-ESPRC:
Consultation on nanotechnology for health care.
c-Sustainable Development Commission: ‘Nuclear remains the wrong option’.
7-Funding:
a-EPSRC:
Funding for Researchers. Responsive Mode.
8-Training and Jobs:
a-Internship position: Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering at UCL.
b-Capacity Global, FIELD and Ruskin College/Oxford: Environmental Justice
residential course.27-29/2008 February.
1-SuScit Project update
a-Engaging the local community:
SuScit
research team is currently recruiting groups of young people, lone parents and
older people from diverse ethnic backgrounds in the Mildmay
ward in Islington,
For
more information, visit: www.suscit.org.uk
2-Research
a-National Association for Voluntary Community Action: Stronger Voices
Research Project:
The
Improving Local Partnerships Unit, based at NAVCA, has commissioned research on
skills and development needs of representatives of the third sector on thematic
partnerships of Local Strategic Partnerships.
Find
more at: http://www.navca.org.uk/localvs/infobank/strongervoices.htm
b-Sustainability Research Institute: The Environmental Effect of Car-free Housing.
A study of a car-free model housing project in
For
further information, visit: http://www.see.leeds.ac.uk/research/sri/projects/car-free.htm
c-DCLG:The drivers of Black and Asian people's perceptions of racial
discrimination by public services.
DCLG
has commissioned a research project aiming to understand the drivers of Black
and Asian people’s perceptions of racial discrimination in eight key public
services.
Download
the findings on: http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/communities/driversdiscrimination
3-Publication:
a-DEFRA: Elements: Science for a Sustainable Planet:
DEFRA
magazine Element: Science for a Sustainable Planet has examples of how science
and technology can help us to safeguard the environment and lead more
sustainable lives.
To
download the publication: http://www.defra.gov.uk/science/how/documents/Elements1.pdf
b-DEMOS: New report: Making Public Services Personal:
DEMOS
launch new report that advocates a more participatory self directed approach to
the delivery of public services.
According
to the report, the self directed services revolution begins with social
services and is likely to reduce costs, fraud and risks.
To
download the report Making it Personal, visit: http://www.demos.co.uk/publications/makingitpersonal
4-Events:
a- Green
Economics Conference/Seminar at
Date:
Location:
For further information:
http://www.greeneconomics.org.uk/papers/oxford_2008_basicincome.doc
b-Bassac Conference: Speak out! Strengthening Communities
Voices.
Date:
28-29/02/2008.
Location:
Salmon Centre, Bermondsey-London.
To book
a place, visit: http://www.bassac.org.uk/uploads/File/bassac%20conference%202008.pdf
c-Capacity Global: Environmental Equality
In conjunction with ESRC /NERC Environmental Inequality Summit.
Supported by the Department for Communities and Local Development
(DCLG) and the Environment Agency.
Date:
d-EPSRC: Inclusive Transport and Urban Design. Supporting
Better Decisions for Whole Journeys environments.
A one day symposium. (Including a walkabout in the Kings Cross Pancras ‘testbed’ area) organised by the AUNT-SUE research
consortium with the support of EPSRC and in collaboration with TFL and BURA.
Date:
Location:
Friends House-London.
For
more information: http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/Events/InclusiveTransportUrbanDesign.htm
5-Policy:
a-Equality and Human Rights Commission: Regeneration and the Race Equality Duty
report:
Regeneration
is about shaping the future of communities whilst securing social justice and
sustainability for all.
The
Regeneration and the Race Equality Duty report, draws attention to the hidden
human costs of regeneration schemes. It also reveals that the communities
affected by regeneration schemes are not being involved in the process as they
should be.
To
download the report, visit: http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/publicationsandresources/Pages/legacypublications.aspx
b-DCLG: Delivering Housing and Regeneration. A consultation paper’s responses
summary.
The
Department for communities and Local government has published a summary of
responses to the consultation on the planned establishment of the Homes and
Communities Agency and the social housing regulator entitled ‘Delivering
Housing and Regeneration: Communities England and the future of social housing
regulation’.
To
download the papers, click on: http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/housing/communitiesenglandresponses
6-News:
a-NERC: New supercomputer for researchers.
The Uk Research Councils have launched the most advanced
supercomputing facility in the
Based
at the
(High-End
Computing Terascale Resources) will facilitate ground-breaking
research and represents approximately the equivalent of 12,000 desktop systems.
Find
out more on:
http://www.nerc.ac.uk/press/releases/2008/01-hector.asp
b-EPSRC: Consultation on nanotechnology for health care.
EPSRC
is planning to support large-scale integrated projects on nanotechnology for
healthcare in the summer 2008. The call will mean to cover healthcare in its
broadest sense including nanomedicine, nanotechnology
for diagnostics and drug discovery.
Given the
broadness of the subject, EPSRC is running a consultation with researchers, providers
and users.
For further
information, please visit:
c-Sustainable
Development Commission: Nuclear remains the wrong option.
The sustainable Development commission
criticized the Government for its response to the population’s justifiable
concerns over the new nuclear power.
Bernie Bulkin, SDC
Energy Commissioner says that ‘some of the major concerns around nuclear energy
remains unanswered’ and ‘the government should instead be focusing on
delivering more sustainable methods of generating electricity, and on absolute
reductions in our demand for energy.’
To read the
full article, visit:
http://www.sd-commission.org.uk/pages/100108.html
7-Funding:
a-EPSRC: Funding for Researchers: Responsive Mode Funding.
EPSRC
Responsive Mode funding funds projects ranging from small travel grants to
multi-million pounds research programmes. High risk/high return research
proposals are particularly welcome.
To find
out more how to apply, visit:
http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/ResearchFunding/Opportunities/ResponsiveMode/Intro.htm
8-Training and Jobs:
a-Internship position: Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering at UCL.
The
department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic
Engineering at UCL is looking for interns for a period of 3 to 4 months to work
on an exciting development that will create the infrastructure for online
community maps across
For
further details, please contact Claire Ellul: e: claire@ge.ucl.ac.uk
b-Capacity Global, FIELD and
Run by
Capacity Global, FIELD and
For
further information, visit: http://www.capacity.org.uk/events/index.html
To book
a place, please contact: training@capacity.org.uk