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Events in February 2012

World Day of Social Justice

20 February 2012, 16:38 - 16:38 World Day of Social Justice "Social justice is more than an ethical imperative, it is a foundation for national stability and global prosperity. Equal opportunity, solidarity and respect for human rights -- these are essential to unlocking the full productive potential of nations and peoples.." Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Message for the 2011 World Day of Social Justice 20 February 2011

Training programme on achieving impact from your research

22 February - 09 May 2012 Training programme on achieving impact from your research Achieving impact from your research - new ACES/CSID training workshop series starts this month. Do you want your research to have a greater beneficial impact than it currently does? If so, you may be interested in a new series of training workshops on impact The focus is on building the knowledge, skills and capacity we need to design, do and disseminate research that brings social/economic benefits. The workshops will not address the measurement of impact (this is being done separately for REF2014 by Research & Innovation), but will hopefully enable us all to generate more impact that can be recorded for the next REF period. It will tackle common challenges experienced by researchers who work with the end users of their research to generate impact, drawing on experience from all three University colleges, and will draw on the latest research into knowledge exchange, participation and impact. Workshops last two hours on Wednesday afternoons to allow participants to discuss the issues and learn from each other, as well as from the speakers.

Cross College seminar on Research from Nepal

29 February 2012, 14:00 - 16:00 Cross College seminar on Research from Nepal Speakers: Mr Bruce Anderson (Chair: Scot- Nepal friendly society) ‘Nepal A country in Transition’ Mr Dilip Upreti (PhD Student: Aberdeen University; Public Health Nutrition Research Group) ‘Diet and HIV in Nepal’ Mr Dev Raj Acharya (PhD Student: Aberystwyth University; Wales) ‘Measuring the effectiveness of teaching sexual and reproductive health education in Nepalese secondary school’ Mr Kamal Prasad Adhikari (PhD student: University of Aberdeen; Department of Divinity, History and Philosophy) ‘Scale, socio-ecological networks, corruption and patronage: factors affecting sustainability of plant resources in Nepal.’