BulletinFortnightly news for staff | 28 May 2009 | 498

Professor Keith Shine joins illustrious ranks of the Royal Society

Keith Shine, Professor of Physical The Royal Society is the world’s oldest doctorate in at the University Meteorology at the University. has been scientific academy in continuous existence, of Edinburgh followed by spells as a elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society. and has been at the forefront of enquiry researcher at Liverpool and Oxford and discovery since its foundation in 1660. Universities. He became a Professor in As a Fellow of the UK’s national academy New Fellows are elected through a peer of science, Professor Shine joins the likes 1998. His research focuses on review process that culminates in a vote of Richard Dawkins, Jocelyn Bell Burnell understanding how human activity and Stephen Hawking. by existing Fellows. The main criterion for initiates change and the role of election as a Fellow is scientific excellence. water vapour in the ’s energy Professor Shine said: ‘I am delighted and balance. He has been heavily involved in honoured that my research has been Professor Shine is Director of Research in major United Nations’ assessments of recognised in this way; it is not only the Department of Meteorology at the both and stratospheric recognition for myself, but also for the University, having previously held the University and my many colleagues, who post of Head of Department. He joined the . He also led the have helped create the environment in University in 1988 after studying physics University’s successful bid for a Queen’s which my work could thrive.’ at and taking a Anniversary Prize in 2006. continued on page 2 498 | Professor Keith Shine continued from front page Professor Gordon Marshall, scholars from Reading being Royal Society, said: ‘Our new Vice-Chancellor said: ‘This is elected to the Royal Society.’ Fellows are at the cutting 28 May 2009 the ultimate accolade for edge of science worldwide.

| The Fellowship of the Society Keith’s remarkable 20 year is composed of the most Their achievements represent Front cover: Professor contribution to the University’s distinguished scientists from the the vast contribution science Bulletin Keith Shine, the world-renowned Department United Kingdom, other makes to society. They join an University’s latest scientist of Meteorology, which is Commonwealth countries and outstanding group of over 1,400 to be elected to the central to the wide-ranging the Republic of Ireland. Fellows Fellows and Foreign Members Fellowship of the Royal study of climate change of the Royal Society are of the Royal Society, and all elected for life and designate rank among the international Society currently being undertaken here. Keith’s election to the themselves through the use of leaders in their field.’ The Bulletin can be found online at Royal Society continues a the letters FRS after their names. More information at http:// www.reading.ac.uk/bulletin tradition of distinguished Martin Rees, President of the royalsociety.org/newFellows where you can read a pdf of this issue and access archived issues of past Bulletins.

The Bulletin is published in-house fortnightly during term time. Items Professor Ken Norris are welcomed from every member of the University and should be Professor Ken Norris, Professor world is facing today, and will policy-led, applied research sent, marked ‘Bulletin’, to of Agro Ecology at the University face in the future. on biodiversity that is Carol Derham has been appointed to Professor Norris said: supported by organisations Communications, DEA champion one of the Natural ‘Biodiversity provides essential such as Defra and the wider Whiteknights Environment Research services that we all take for user community. His research The Council’s seven environmental interests span a range of Reading RG6 6AH granted – food, clean air, research themes. email [email protected] clean water and many others. individual, population, Championing research in this community and ecosystem Please note that we reserve the Professor Norris will lead the approaches to understanding right to edit items and not all Biodiversity theme, area is a huge challenge but material may be used. Free small succeeding Professor Lloyd extremely important if we are how biodiversity responds to ads from University members will Peck who steps down from to continue to have access to the environmental change. For be included if space permits. the role later this month. services from the environment the past four years he has Copy date for the edition The seven themes form the that we all depend on.’ directed the strategic and published on 25 June is 11 June core of NERC’s science Professor Norris has very operational management of the multi-disciplinary Centre The Bulletin is typeset by strategy, which sets out the broad research experience, Diana Arnold in Communications, science needed to provide from the solid foundation of for Agri-Environmental DEA and is printed by Advent solutions to the global basic science provided by the Research (CAER) at the Colour, Andover environmental challenges the research councils to the University.

Health, work, well-being

The second annual well-being on health-related issues were The SportsPark would like to advice useful and informative. week was organised by Human all extremely popular and thank all staff who participated We would appreciate your Resources, in partnership with well attended. The live in the week of classes. They feedback on how we can Commercial Services, Health cooking demonstration was a hope their programme helped improve future activities, and Safety Services, the favourite and in response to to improve motivation please send any suggestions SportsPark and Occupational your requests the healthy towards a more active and to [email protected] Health to promote employee recipes are available at: healthier lifestyle. Human Resources health and well-being. http://www.rdg.ac.uk/ Commercial Services and the This year there were activities humanresources/rdg-only/ SportsPark offered great prizes, at Whiteknights, Bulmershe health_work_wellbeing.htm including the chance to win Court and . Commercial Services enjoyed Nirvana Spa vouchers, a raffle for an exotic fruit basket, a As a result of the week, we meeting their customers face trial gym membership and discovered a continued to face to discuss catering personal training sessions. demand for health and well- needs across campus. There The lucky winners were all being initiatives at the was a good response from pleasantly surprised! University. Again, the health catering suppliers who offered a number of healthy We hope you found the checks, massage therapies, Beccy Bridges takes part in a reflexology gym classes and presentations products for staff to sample. activities, presentations and session

 498 Art on URS wall Sharing | Fine Art student Ed Quick, displayed his expertise latest captivating work by projecting it 28 May 2009 onto the wall of URS Building, | The University highlighted its expertise in Whiteknights from 11 to 15 May. literacy and language education in April Bulletin The affectionately titled Eso (Evolutionary when the Institute of Education hosted Sculptural Organism) is a continuation a one day conference on behalf of The of Ed’s 2nd Year degree project which British Education Research Association. aims to ‘take art into the public The conference attracted 80 delegates environment in an engaging manner’. Mike Proven Photo: from all over the UK and several This dynamic, digital sculpture consists ‘I am exceptionally proud of Eso which is eminent speakers. of a randomly seeded population of not a pre-recorded film but a projection A number of papers from established cuboids interacting in real-time. These of a computer-based, real-time, moving and new researchers also contributed symbiotic cuboid-cells coexist and sculpture which constantly evolves to making this first conference of its compete through stages of birth, without human influence’. type a great success. The day ended reproduction, and death. The result is an The project was made possible with with a stimulating plenary on the ‘organic’ series of unique, non- support from the School of Business and question ‘Research evidence suggests predetermined, evolving forms. School of Real Estate & Planning. To see that at least 20% of adults in England Ed, who also works for the University photographs and a video of the display are still functionally illiterate, that is as a Senior IT Support Technician, said: please see http://www.edquick.co.uk/ over 5 million people; who, or what is to blame?’ Professor Andy Goodwyn, who organised the event, said: ‘This really was an outstanding success, enhancing the Feminist Judgments reputation of the Institute of Education and of the University. Researchers came Re-writing case-law from feminist project: Grace James, Rachel Horton, from all over the country, some highly perspectives. Rosemary Auchmuty, Martha-Marie distinguished, others at the start of their Kleinhans and Samia Bano. careers, several colleagues gave excellent The School of Law hosted a two-day papers and our PhD students gained a workshop in April, in which over 30 The project will inaugurate a new real insight into the best work coming writers (academics and practitioners) form of critical socio-legal scholarship, through in our field. We are already put theory into practice by writing one which seeks to demonstrate in planning for next year’. alternative feminist judgments in a a sustained and disciplined way how series of cases. A number of academics judgments could have been written and from the University are involved in the cases could have been decided differently.

Pupil researchers visit Bulmershe

At the beginning of the summer term, four group are keen to continue the link and pupils from Baylis Court School in Slough plan to focus on developing the pupils’ visited the Institute of Education to learn skills in lesson observation. about research methods they could use in Pupils will now take advantage of this school. initial meeting by experiencing a Their teacher, Sarah Bate (PGCE and MA, planned sequence of training delivered University of Reading) is working on a jointly by the school and the University. ‘pupil voice’ initiative in school to As a result, they will be well equipped to involve pupils in leading school observe volunteer teachers lessons and improvements. The group worked with give them valuable feedback. standing l to r: teacher and alumna, Sarah Bate and Deb Heighes, Lecturer on the Secondary ‘I am extremely pleased to be able to Lecturer, Deb Heighes with pupils from Baylis Court PGCE at the Institute; she has been work in partnership with the Institute of School working with three other local, Education again. It will enable the partnership schools on ‘pupil voice’ pupils to contribute to the schools “inspirational”. The group are now projects. The pupils learnt about continued outstanding success,’ said extremely keen to get started. questionnaires, one-to-one and group Sarah. One of the pupils from year 9, The video Pupils as Researchers is available for interviews, observing and ethics. The Haleema Abbas, felt that the visit was public viewing http://mediasite.reading.ac.uk  498

| Loveliest of trees Finnish connections

In the spirit of the BBC’s Spring 2009 From a Shropshire lad Dr Geoff Taggart, Lecturer in the Institute commitment to literature with a pan-BBC Loveliest of trees, the cherry now of Education, made a trip to Finland

28 May 2009 season dedicated to poetry: Is hung with bloom along the bough, recently as part of the Erasmus Teacher | Exchange Scheme. The cherry tree outside the Physics And stands about the woodland ride building, taken recently and sent in by Wearing white for Eastertide. He spent a week based at the Department Bulletin Professor Michael J.Sewell, Emeritus Now, of my three score years and ten, for Teacher Education in Rauma at The Professor of Applied Mathematics, along Twenty will not come again, University of Turku, Finland. This with this poem by A.E.Housman: And take from seventy springs a score, Erasmus teacher exchange arose out of an It only leaves me fifty more. introductory visit organised in 2008 for And since to look at things in bloom Early Years Professionals by the Finnish Fifty springs are little room, Early Years Workforce Development About the woodlands I will go officer for Slough Borough Council. To see the cherry hung with snow. The main event of the week was an international seminar on ‘multiple cultures’ which included presentations about the Romany communities of Hungary, the challenges of accommodating immigrant cultures in a Turku school. Dr Taggart gave an overview of citizenship education in the UK and the recent concerns over Savitri Wilson retires cohesion (and subsequent re-appraisal of multiculturalism) in the wake of the The Statistical Services Centre recently said London bombings. Peer Supporters goodbye to Savitri Wilson after 20 years. Several opportunities for collaborative research have arisen out of this visit. The Peer Support Network at Reading has grown from half a dozen students in 2006 to nearly 60 trained Peer Supporters at present.

It offers a confidential listening and support service run by students for students who may be struggling with a range of personal or academic problems. Recently three Peer Supporters, Avril Gabriel, Navneet Rai and Natalie Rosset, attended a seminar in Oxford on Preventing Student Suicide, run by Staff past and present attended her Papyrus, a national charity committed to retirement party to give her their best the prevention of young suicide (www. wishes. papyrus-uk.org). Writing in the Papyrus Savitri formally joined the Centre in Spring Newsletter, the students 1989, but had already become well commented on how informative the acquainted with Applied Statistics staff seminar had been and had helped them through her work with the Statistical Dr Geoff Taggart (right) and Riitta Korhonen, feel more confident about making Unit in Colombo University, Sri Lanka. Dr Taggart’s host in Finland appropriate referrals. Formerly Savitri Abeyasekera, she As a result of attending the seminar, married Ian Wilson, then Director of the Avril, Navneet and Natalie were invited SSC, in 1991. Letter to the editor by the Head of Student Services at Bath Over the years Savitri has played a vital Spa University to make a presentation role in the Centre, with a particular Many thanks to everyone who about the Reading University Peer interest in development work. This saw contributed to my leaving gift, which Support Network to the Student Services her managing the SSC’s contract with was much appreciated, and also to those Department there, as the first step the Department for International who bought tickets for my Barn Dance – towards exploring setting up a similar Development (DFID) for many years and we raised an excellent £300 for the Peer Support service in Bath. more recently being instrumental in Easthampstead Parish Church Restoration Fund. To find out more about Peer Support in securing work on the DFID-funded Reading, visit the website www.reading. “Research Into Use” programme. I would love to keep in touch with ac.uk/peersupport or contact the Peer Everybody at the Statistical Services former colleagues and friends – you can Support co-ordinator, Kate Ward-Perkins Centre would like to wish Savitri a find me on Facebook! [email protected] happy retirement. Jo Nyirenda  498

Recent awards Issues in global change e-Research Open | Professor Sir Brian Hoskins has The Walker Institute for Climate Research Meeting 2009 recently been appointed to the recently awarded funding for one of their This year’s e-Research Open Meeting will

government Climate Change PhD students to attend the 7th International 28 May 2009 be taking place on Wednesday 17 June Commission. Science Conference on the Human | at 10am in 1L06 in Agriculture and is an Dimensions Global Environmental Change Adrian Simmons of the Environmental opportunity to find out what is going on in

held on 26–30 April 2009 in Bonn, Germany. Bulletin Systems Science Centre, a Visiting e-Research (the application of advanced Professor at the University, has been ICT to research) in the University. awarded the Symons Gold Medal by the This year’s e-Research Open Meeting will Royal Meteorological Society, its highest be focusing on what users have achieved award for outstanding research. using e-Research technologies, with the bulk of the presentations being from users. Lennart Bengtsson of the We will also be giving update on the Environmental Systems Science Centre developments in this area in the last year. has been elected to honorary membership of the Royal Meteorological To register for this event please email Society and has also won the Alfred David Spence ([email protected]) Wegener Medal and awarded honorary The meeting was an event for the global with your name, email and department. membership of the European research community to conjoin and For more information see http://www. Geosciences Union. address key issues on the social reading.ac.uk/internal/its/e-research/its- dimension of global change. eresearch-openmeeting09.asp Dr Simon Booth, Associate Head of the Miss Sarah Cooper from the School of School of Management, has received a Agriculture, Policy and Development leading group award that will be who is currently studying livelihood presented at a ceremony to be held in adaptation to climate change in Uganda Toronto, Canada, in August 2009. Dr attended the event on 30 April which Booth contributed to the book that made had a focus on Adaptive Capacity & the most significant contribution to Institutions. The event directly linked psychology as a global discipline: Culture Funding available for into her research which will be focusing and Leadership Across the World. on how institutions are contributing to Innovative Projects Richard Bisgrove has been elected an the adaptation process, especially with The Annual Fund has raised £1.7 million Honorary Fellow of the Kew Guild. The regards to members of communities over the last 5 years to support and Guild was founded in 1893 as an who are particularly vulnerable to enhance the student experience here at association of alumni of the Royal climate change. the University. Botanic Gardens. Honorary Fellowship is limited to 25 members. The award is Over 400 students have taken part in the made for Richard’s “distinguished telephone campaigns which take place service to the general advancement of every autumn and spring, encouraging horticulture and garden history within Reading Graduates to make a donation this country and abroad”. to support current students. The generosity of the alumni has been A final year student from the University Green roofs overwhelming, making the University of of Reading has won the most prestigious Reading’s Annual Fund one of the most award for agriculture students in the UK. Green roof – your thoughts successful in the UK. George Hood, a BSc Agricultural Anna McWilliam is a Wildlife Students, Staff, Clubs and Societies can Business Management student from the Conservation and Management MSc apply for up to £10,000 from the Annual School of Agriculture, Policy and student who is completing a thesis on Fund for student focussed projects Development, won first place in The people’s attitudes to green roofs. which will have a huge impact on the Farmers Club Pinnacle Awards. A green roof consists of vegetated layers lives of students studying at the Dr Runming Yao, Construction over a waterproof membrane laid on a University. Funding will be given to Management and Engineering, has been roof. It is possible to have green roofs on projects which have a wide impact, and awarded a grant from the Royal houses with a pitched roof, but little that fall under one of three categories: Academic of Engineering to fund a series research has been done in this area. Anna Student Support, Innovative Teaching of research exchange visits to Chongqing would like readers of the Bulletin to and Learning and Extra-Curricular University in China. This will enhance answer a simple questionnaire on their Activities. Funding for individuals is not the link between Reading and knowledge and attitudes to green roofs. available. Chongqing University, and help research If you would like to help Anna, please For more information about the Annual in the field of built environment, which go to www.survey.bris.ac.uk/reading/ Fund, or for an application form, please tackles global climate change issues. greenroofs and fill out the simple contact: Becki Mckinlay, Development questionnaire: it should only take a few Officer: 0118 378 5238,r.j.mckinlay@ minutes of your time. reading.ac.uk  498

| Harris Garden News Little Learners Day Nursery

The new season of Open Days at the Harris Reading University Students’ Union are Garden got off to an excellent start on delighted to announce the opening of a

28 May 2009 19 April when the garden opened in aid brand new Nursery in September 2009.

| of the National Gardens Scheme. Little Learners Day Nursery will be £1,200 was collected from a large located at Whiteknights and will offer Bulletin number of visitors. £780 was collected approximately 94 places to children for the University Playgroup on 10 May. aged from three months to five years. Forthcoming dates are: The facility will be staffed by a team of Sunday 14 June experienced and professional childcare Plant Heritage (NCCPG). Friends of the practitioners. Harris Garden – with plant fair, tea and cake stall Places are offered to the children of students and staff of the University of Sunday 12 July Reading only. The Nursery is also able to Berkshire Autistic Society offer free education sessions to children Sunday 9 August who are in the term after their third St John Ambulance Brigade birthday subject to availability. Sunday 13 September The purpose-built modern facility will Hardy Plant Society boast five child-centred rooms which Sunday 11 October lead directly into the outdoor area. The opening hours for the Nursery will be Duchess of Kent Hospice Each room will be designed to be 8.30am–6pm for 36 weeks of the year and Gardens open at 2pm. flexible to the needs of the children and until 5.30pm for the remainder of the year. Head gardener, Julia Wesley and her staff will offer contemporary equipment There is an option to book a full year and helpers are to be congratulated on throughout. An on-site cook will ensure contract or a 36 week contract depending the way that they maintain the 12 acre that the children are offered fresh and on your childcare needs. During term time garden. The Harris Garden now has nutritious meals and snacks. there will be an optional breakfast club registered charity status which means The Nursery will be open all year round service from 7.30am which is chargeable that it is able to benefit from Gift Aid – in addition to regular nursery fees. a tax relief available on money donated with the exception of University closure thanks to the hard work of David Hewitt, periods (Easter and Christmas), Public To find out more information, view the Stephen Jury, Richard Bisgrove and Ann Bank Holidays and Students’ Union plans or apply to go onto the waiting list Derbyshire especially. Closure Days. More details of opening for the Nursery, please visit: www.rusu. times can be found on the website co.uk/nursery or contact the Nursery on www.rusu.co.uk/nursery 0118 378 4128. Picture Loan Scheme The Picture Loan Scheme is based on a collection of pictures built up over a number of years which are made available to University staff for display on University premises. They are hired on an annual basis for a modest fee of £10 per picture. The New studentship webpages for academics collection is a varied one of paintings, The Research and Enterprise Services (RES) These new pages complement other prints and drawings. It is possible to webpages have been expanded and now sources of information already available loan pictures at times other than the offer more information to academics on the Research Support webpages official hiring, but it is not possible to looking for external postgraduate which include the monthly funding loan pictures to individuals or companies research funding. outside the University. newsletters, a monthly calendar of call deadlines and the funding guides. Find We ask patrons who currently have The new webpages provide an overview pictures to return them to the Department and key information on all research the expanded studentship webpages of Fine Art, Earley Gate on Tuesday 15 or studentship schemes available across the under the Research Support section in Wednesday 16 September 2009 between research councils as well as a growing RES: http://www.reading.ac.uk/res/ 10am and 12.30pm and ask that every selection of studentship schemes researchsupport available from other funding bodies such effort is made to return works. Please If you have any comments on these check in pictures with Mrs Jean Butler or as charities and industry (over 40 non- pages such as content, format or her representative. It is important that no council schemes are currently listed). For functionality, or wish to discuss any pictures be left unchecked in corridors etc. each scheme you should be able to find postgraduate studentship opportunities, The picture lottery will be held on a brief description, call specifications, please contact Dr Mischa Phillips, Wednesday 23 September at 12 noon, main eligibility requirements, what with viewing from 10am, and we look funding is on offer, and likely deadlines. Research Support Officer for Research forward to seeing you again and, Each scheme is also linked with the Studentships on ext 4494 or hopefully, many new faces. funder’s own website for further details. [email protected]  498

Grow your own! Library news |

Grow your own!, a new exhibition at the The University Library is launching its at Main Library Whiteknights. Originally Museum of English Rural Life, opens on major Collections Project 2009-2013. planned for 2010, the new closure date

4 June. for Bulmershe Library will prove more 28 May 2009 The time is ripe for this wide-ranging workable for those Schools most affected. | The exhibition, which has been created review because of the rapidly changing If you would like to know more about the by new Assistant Curator at MERL, Ollie balance between printed and on-line

Library’s Collections Project, and what it Bulletin Douglas, explores some of the many information resources (now increasingly will mean for you, or if you would like ways in which gardening has become taking in e-books as well as e-journals to send a comment or suggestion, why deeply embedded in English life. It and databases) and the continuing not look at the Collections Project www. celebrates the last two centuries of a challenge of making sure the collections reading.ac.uk/library/collections-project passion shared by town and country are as responsive as possible to the Your views would be very welcome. alike. Ollie was assisted by colleagues needs of our users. The need to increase from Plant Sciences, the Harris Garden, spaces to work in the Library for Loans and leavers Agriculture and History. students and researchers, and provide Students leaving the University at the end more variety in the study environment, The opening of the exhibition marks the of the Summer Term must return their is also behind our Collections Project. beginning of a season of events inspired University Library loans and pay any fines. A new Library storage facility should by the theme of gardening and growing They can borrow until the end of term come on stream by 2011 – this will your own. This is the theme of MERL’s provided there are no outstanding accommodate the lower-use material overdue items or unpaid bills. Each biggest family event this year – the which is being retained and also some borrower is responsible for everything Spectacular on 6 June. There will be of the Special Collections. plant stalls, gardening information, craft issued to them and must ensure they are An important factor requiring action is demonstrations and workshops, as well as returned before leaving the University. the projected closure of Bulmershe Students going abroad must return all local food, music, dancing and much more. Library in 2011. In line with the vacation loans before leaving. They As part of the programme linked to the University’s strategy to withdraw should keep their University Access Card exhibition, on 16 June Dr Jeremy academic activity from , safe as they will need it when they Burchardt, Lecturer in Rural History, its core Library stock will be assimilated return for their final year. will give a MERL Seminar entitled Why Wiltshire? Early allotment provision in England, 1795–1830 and on 1 September Centre for Staff Training & Development you are invited to join MERL archivists Programme 1–12 June Places on all sessions can be booked by visiting the employee self service or to go digging in the archives at a http://www.reading.ac.uk/humanresources/employee_self_service.htm, by email to [email protected] workshop exploring some of the collections relating to the theme. 1 June 10am–12noon Using the New university Content Management System (CMS) Help Session For further information on the 2 June 9.30am–4pm ILM Endorsed Development Programme in Middle Management (Day 6) exhibition and forthcoming events, 10–11am How to Use RISIS: for Absolute Beginners visit www.reading.ac.uk/merl 11am–1pm Introduction to Procurement with Order Process Training 2–4pm BB Good Practice: Learning from other BB Courses 3 June 9.30am–5pm Managing People Through Change 9.30am–12.30pm Intercultural Communication 12.30–1.30pm Help your Students to Improve their Report Writing 2–4pm Endnote for Academics 2–5pm Supervising PhD Candidates (Science and life Sciences) 4 June 10am–12noon TLSP Portfolio Writers Workshop 12.30–2pm Senior Tutors lunch and Meeting 5 June 9.30am–1pm Research Ethics for Research Staff 2–3.15pm HoS Briefing with Director of Human Resources 8 June 9.30am–12.30pm Using the New University Content Management System (CMS) Part 1 9.30am–4pm New Staff Induction 10–11.30am How to Use RISIS: General Use 10 June 9.30am–12.30pm Time Management 12.45–2.15pm School Directors of Teaching and Learning Lunch and Meeting 2.30–4pm Portfolios and Projects 2–4.30pm Using the New University Content Management System (CMS) Part 2 11 June 9.30am–1pm Staff Development Review: new staff and Reviewers 9.30am–12.30pm Lesson Design in Practice 9.30am–12.30pm Advanced Agresso BackOffice 12noon–2pm Deterring Plagiarism 2.30–3.30pm Purchasing Card Applicant Briefing © Copyright LADYBIRD BOOKS LTD 2009 from ‘Rapunzel’ illustrated by Eric Winter, published by 12 June 9.30am–1pm Presentation Skills for Support Staff Ladybird Books Ltd 1968, and stored in the Ladybird 1.30–3pm Disability Representatives Meeting archive (the University’s Special Collections). For more details please see www.reading.ac.uk/cstd or ring ext. 7097  The diary is compiled from events posted on the 498

| Events page of the University website. For fuller details, to post your own events or to see events posted after the copy date for the Bulletin please see http://www.reading.ac.uk/events 28 May 2009 |

ICMA Centre research seminar, MERL seminar, Why Wiltshire? Friday 29 May to Thursday Bulletin Does the Stock Market Fully Value Early allotment provision in England, The Fourth 4 June Intangibles? Employee Satisfaction 1795-1830, Dr Jeremy Burchardt Hugh bunting Please see Bulletin 497 or Events and Equity Prices, Alex Edmans explains why allotments became memorial lecture website (University of Pennsylvania), an increasingly significant element of rural society during the c.19th, Presented by Thursday 4 June to 1 September G03/04 ICMA Centre, 4.30pm Museum of English Rural Life, Professor Jules Pretty, OBE, Reading Classical Association MERL Exhibition, Grow your own! An Redlands Road, 4.30pm, This FRSA, FIBiol exhibition celebrating the passion meeting, Virtual Rome, Dr seminar is part of the Grow your Professor of Environment & for gardening and vegetable Matthew Nicholls (Reading). (This own! exhibition programme of Society, University of Essex and growing shared by town and country follows the AGM which starts at events. Free. Please register. alike over the past two centuries, 6.30pm), 44 HumSS, 7.30pm Deputy Chair of the Advisory Museum of English Rural Life, 9am– Wednesday 17 June Committee on Releases to the 5pm Tuesday-Friday, 2–4.30pm Saturday 13 June e-Research Open Meeting, This Environment (ACRE) Fabulous felting techniques weekends. See Page 7 year’s e-Research Open Meeting Sustainable Agriculture and masterclass at MERL, A follow-up will be focusing on what users the Future of the World Food Monday 8 June to the popular felted bags workshop, have achieved using e-Research Institute of Cardiovascular and this is for anyone who wants to technologies, with the bulk of the System Metabolic research seminar, MR find out some of the tips and tricks presentations being from users. Monday 1 June 2009 coronary angiography and vessel of felt making, with textile artist To register for this event please Madejski Lecture Theatre wall imaging using novel molecular Ellen Brown, please book, £10 for email David Spence (d.r.spence@ Agriculture Building contrast agents, Professor Rene materials, for more information reading.ac.uk) with your name, Earley Gate Botnar (King’s College London see www.reading.ac.uk/merl, MERL, email and department. For and St Thomas’ Hospital, London), Redlands Road, 2.15pm more information see http:// RSVP to: Melissa Bradley www.reading.ac.uk/internal/ Harborne Lecture Theatre, 1pm [email protected] Monday 15 June its/e-research/its-eresearch- tel: 0118 378 8482 Tuesday 9 June Fine Art exhibition, work for BA openmeeting09.asp, 1L06 Biomolecular Sciences and Honours and Postgraduate Diploma Agriculture, 10am Pharmacology seminars, Sequence, in Fine Art, Earley Gate, 10am Fine Art exhibition, see Monday Small ads Structure and Functional Studies of Meteorology seminar, The Far 15 June Viper Venom Proteolytic Enzymes, Holiday lets Infrared Earth: water vapour Typography & Graphic Dr Sakthivel Vaiyapuri, and Cord Self catering, 600 year old listed feedback and planetary energy Communication student displays, mesenchymal stem cells: neural cottage Harlech, Wales. See www. balance, John Harries, Imperial See Tuesday 16 June potential and neuroprotection, Dr cottageguide.co.uk/harlech College, Sutcliffe Lecture Theatre Andy Hill, 101 Hopkins Building, 1pm History of Art & Architecture St Helens, Isle of Wight, 2 newly (GU01) Meteorology Dept, 12noon research seminar, Art and Non- refurbished, 1 bedroom holiday Meteorology lunchtime seminar, Institute of Cardiovascular and Art: Experiments in Modern Realism apartments, www.draytonvillas.co.uk, The Representation of Extratropical Metabolic research seminar, The c1940–1965, Alex Potts, (Michigan), Contact: Alistair Grandison: Cyclones in HiGEM, Jen Catto, GU01 failing heart: Can we understand 230 HumSS, 4pm [email protected] Meteorology, 1pm an organ in distress? Dr Samuel Thursday 18 June Music@Reading lunchtime Boateng (Reading), Harborne Fine Art exhibition, see Monday concert, Soprano and flute, Jo Howe Lecture Theatre, 1pm 15 June READING FILM THEATRE and Laura Baker, Physics LTR, 1.10pm Tuesday 16 June Institute of Education open Chemistry seminar, Organic Fine Art exhibition, see Monday seminar, Commonwealth Education, Palmer Theatre, Synthesis with N-heterocyclic T 15 June Tim Boswell, MP, Bulmershe Whiteknights Carbenes and Transition Metal- Court, Conference Room, 1.30pm, Catalysed Desymmetrisation Typography & Graphic Seminar sponsored by the June Reaction, Dr Dave Lindsay Communication student International Centre 2 Tues Hansel and Gretel (PG) (Reading) LTG Chemistry, 4.30pm displays, BA Design for Graphic 7.45pm Typography & Graphic Communication, MA Book Design, 4 Thurs The International (15) Wednesday 10 June MA Information Design, Typography, Communication student displays, 7.45pm See Tuesday 16 June Law Staff Research seminar, Legal Earley Gate, 9am–5pm, 9 Tues Slumdog Millionaire (15) Education and the Democratic Meteorology lunchtime seminar, 7.45pm Imagination, Professor Ian Ward Friday 19 June Error Growth at the Convective Typography & Graphic 11 Thurs Three monkeys (15) (Newcastle), , 12.30pm Scale, Giovanni Leoncini, GU01 Communication student displays, 8pm Nanoscience and Materials Theme Meteorology, 1pm See Tuesday 16 June 16 Tues Il Divo (15) seminar, Peptides and Peptide- 7.45pm Music@Reading lunchtime Fine Art exhibition, see Monday Polymer Conjugates as Tuneable 17 Wed Trouble Sleeping (12A) concert, Soprano and piano, 15 June Hydrogelators, Dr Dave Adams 8pm Eileen Pinkarchevski and Sally (Liverpool), Chemistry LTG, 2.30pm 18 Thurs Anvil! The story of Goodworth, G10 Palmer, 1.10pm Saturday 20 June History of Art & Architecture Typography & Graphic Anvil (15) 8pm Chemistry seminar, Multiphase research seminar, Making up Communication student Seats: £4 for members and Catalysis in Supercritical Fluids, Femininity: Portraits of Women in displays, BA Design for Graphic £5.50 for non-members. Professor M. Poliakoff (Nottingham), Nineteenth-Century France, Tamar Communication, MA Book Design, Further details: please phone Chemistry LTG, 4.30pm 0118 378 7151, (or ext. 7151). Garb (UCL), 230 HumSS 4pm MA Information Design, Typography, Earley Gate, 10am–3pm