Beacons for Public Engagement Initiative - survey - UK higher education staff, and researchers

The Beacons for Public Engagement (BPE) initiative was launched by the UK Higher Education Funding Councils, Research Councils UK and the Wellcome Trust in January 2008.

Through building on and refining existing work and development of new practice, the initiative aims to:

* Encourage a change in HE culture as regards engaging with the public.
* Support the development of public engagement across all subject areas and activities.

There are six Beacons for Public Engagement including "Edinburgh Beltane" (Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt, Edinburgh Napier, UHI Millennium Institute, Edinburgh College of Art, Queen Margaret)

This survey is to identify any changes in perceptions relating to public engagement and is for all staff working in UK higher education institutions or UK research institutes or centres.


http://www.oakleighsurveys.co.uk/bpe2010/

Available Monday 15th February to Friday 2nd April 2010.

Reaxys PhD Prize

A competition for candidates currently studying for a PhD or having completed a PhD within the last 12 months in organic, inorganic, and organometallic chemistry.

The prize will be awarded to the candidates that demonstrate excellence in methodology and approach in a peer-reviewed publication. Three prize winners will each receive a check for $2000 and be invited to present their research at the Winners’ Symposium, held at the EuCheMS meeting in Nuremberg, Germany on August 30, 2010.

Further details and all submissions should be made here:
http://prize.reaxys.com

eCheminfo workshops

eCheminfo workshops in drug discovery and predictive ADME/tox in Oxford this summer. In addition to exposure to a variety of methods, software and hands-on exercises, groups will work together on case studies throughout the workshop week.

Bursary Awards will be used to support the attendance of a selection of academic participants at the workshops. The deadline for submission is February 12.

More Information at:
http://barryhardy.blogs.com/cheminfostream/2010/02/bursary-award-applications-echeminfo-oxford-2010-workshops.html

Crayola® Crayon Chronology

Blizzard Blue was retired in 2003 but inch worm made it in. Prussian Blue had to change to Midnight Blue in 1958 but what about Indian Red and Flesh?

Crayola® Crayon Chronology

Symposium - Functional Nanoscience

17th - 21st May, 2010
Hotel Schloss Korb
Bozen/Bolzano
Italy

Limited number of participants (ca. 50-60).

Further general information, the scientific program, the first circular and the registration form at:
www.beilstein-institut.de

Registration open ASIS&T Summit - Research Data Access and Preservation

Research Data Access and Preservation
http://www.asis.org/Conferences/IA10/ResearchDataAccessSummit2010.html

April 9-10, 2010
Phoenix, AZ
Hyatt Regency
In cooperation with the Coalition for Networked Information

Aims to bring together leaders in data centers, laboratories, and libraries in different organizational and disciplinary settings to share ideas and techniques for managing, preserving, and sharing large-scale research data repositories with an eye toward achieving infrastructure-independent access and stewardship.

Graduates for the 21st Century - Heriot-Watt

7th annual Enhancement Themes Conference,
2-3rd March 2010,
Edinburgh Conference Centre, Heriot-Watt University

The focus of this year's conference will be the current Scottish higher education Enhancement Theme, 'Graduates for the 21st Century: Integrating the Enhancement Themes'.

Call for Contributions

Details about the conference and the call for proposals can be found on the Enhancement Themes website:
http://www.enhancementthemes.ac.uk/Conference/Default.asp