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Answering the big questions in climate change impacts science

This week, a team of environmental modellers from the School of Geography have been presenting their research at a major workshop on modelling climate change imapcts, at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), in Laxenburg, Austria. The team comprises of Dr Simon Gosling (Associate Professor of Climate Risk), Dr Nick Mount (Associate Professor …

The 2014 Annual School of Geography Careers Networking Event

  Simon Gosling, Associate Professor in Climate Risk and the School of Geography Careers Officer, talks about yesterday’s annual careers networking event. The School of Geography’s third annual careers networking event was held at the Ropewalk yesterday evening (23rd October 2014). Geography students from all three undergraduate years came to chat with eight alumni guests …

“A Day in the Life Of…” – The 2013 School of Geography Careers Networking Event

Simon Gosling, Lecturer in Climate Change & Hydrology and the School of Geography Careers Contact, talks about last month’s annual careers networking event.  The School of Geography’s second annual careers networking event was held at the Ropewalk last month on Halloween. It was jointly organised between the School of Geography and GeogSoc, the student Geography …

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Careers “Speed Dating” with the School of Geography

Simon Gosling, Lecturer in Climate Change and the School of Geography Careers Rep, talks about a unique careers networking event he organised with students last week.  Last Friday evening saw the first School of Geography Careers Networking Event. It was jointly organised between the School of Geography and GeogSoc, the student Geography society. Over 100 …

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Simon Gosling talks on Science and Parliament

Last Thursday evening I was seated on the panel for a panel discussion on the role of science in Parliament and Government. I was joined by: Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Chair of the House of Lords Science & Technology Sub-Committee), Lord Oxburgh (Board Member of the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology), Xameerah Malik (Specialist …

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Simon Gosling talks about his time at University of Melbourne

I spent a couple of weeks at the end of January at the University of Melbourne in Australia. The University of Melbourne is a U21 University and during my time there I was able to take a good look around the two main campuses; Parkville and Burnley, and see the range of excellent facilities available …

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Simon Gosling reports from the 19th International Congress of Biometeorology in New Zealand

I have spent the last week at the 19th International Congress of Biometeorology (ICB), which has been hosted by the University of Auckland. It has been an interesting, exciting and busy week. I attended the conference for a number of reasons; firstly in my capacity as the Chair of the Students and New Professionals Group …

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My final day in Westminster

Yesterday was my final day in Westminster on the Royal Society Pairing Scheme. There is no sitting in the House of Commons this Friday and I also had to return to Nottingham for my lecturing commitments, which included a 9am lecture on Friday morning. Otherwise I would have certainly attended Parliamentary Karaoke in the Sports …

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A Week in Westminster for Simon Gosling… Day 3

Yesterday was my busiest day in Westminster so far. The day kicked off with an Environment and Climate Change (ECC) Select Committee Meeting in one of the Committee rooms of Portcullis House. The Committee posed questions to the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Chris Huhne. The main questions were centred around the …

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A Week in Westminster for Simon Gosling… Day 2

I spent half of yesterday attending seminars/talks that had been organised by the Royal Society and the other half shadowing Mr Barry Gardiner. In the morning, Sir John Beddington, gave a stimulating talk about the role of the Government Office for Science (GoS), and his role within. He introduced us to Foresight, which is the …

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