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Green for Health Research across Yorkshire and the North East - 6 Dec

6 December, 09:30 to 16:00, Priory Street Centre, York

This collaborative event is brought to you by Humber NHS Teaching Foundation Trust, Tees Esk and Wear Valley NHS Teaching Foundation Trust, the York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI), and the Institute for Mental Health Research (IMRY) at the University of York. It is designed to bring together individuals involved in or interested in clinical and academic research.

Yorkshire and the North East are renowned for their national parks, stunning coastlines, and areas of outstanding natural beauty. These regions offer tremendous diversity, from bustling urban centres to underserved communities, each with its own unique health challenges and disparities. Numerous studies have shown that connecting with nature and spending time outdoors can have a profound impact on health and well-being. Our event serves as a celebration of ongoing research initiatives that explore the connections between health and green/blue spaces. It also presents an exciting opportunity to foster future collaborations in this vital field.

To view the full agenda, list of speakers and to reserve your spot at the Green for Health Research event, please click this link.

Department Staff Monthly Meeting (Oct) - Links and Recording

Thank you all for joining our Dept Staff Monthly Meeting on Tuesday for October, and thank you to Anika and Bryce for their presentations. Below are highlights and useful links from this month's meeting:

Changes to Environment and Geography Leadership Team (EGLT)

• Piran White has now taken over from Nic Carslaw as Director of Research
• Karen Parkhill will take over from Samarthia Thankappan as Director for Students in Jan 2024
• Truzaar Dordi will take over from Bryce Stewart as Director for Engagements and Partnerships in Jan 2024

Agenda Items

• Bryce Stewart - Engagement and Partnerships Annual Report
• Anika Haque - Slides for REF 2028 Initial Briefing 

Meeting Recording

Click here to watch the full recording of the Dept Staff Monthly Meeting (Oct).

The next meeting will be held on Thurs 30 November, 11:05-12:00. If you have an item you would like to present, please email environment-pa@york.ac.uk.

Departmental seminars taking place next week 🎓

All are welcome to attend so please do join us and offer your support!

The Curious Mind: A Lord James Lecture - 26 Oct

Join Ruth Vassilas and Professor Robin Wooffitt for a double bill of talks on the anomalous and bizarre. From near death experiences to everyday telepathy, come along to the Ron Cook Hub at 18:30 on Thursday, 26th October where Ruth and Robin will be attempting to explain the seemingly unexplainable.

The talk is open to students, staff, and the public and all proceeds will go to Door 84. Tickets for The Curious Mind are available here.

Langwith College - University of York

Open Research Faculty of Sciences Survey

The Open Research team (Library, Archives and Learning Services) are interested in assessing the current levels of understanding and engagement with open research practices across the University and would be grateful if all staff and PGRs could fill out this short survey on Open Research. 

This survey is being shared with all departments and schools within the Faculty of Sciences, and similar surveys are being shared with the other faculties to gain an understanding of differences regarding adoption of open research practices. Following the survey, we intend to develop workshops and training activities appropriately for each faculty / department.

Kirralise Hansford - PhD Student in Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging / Graduate Engagement Lead for Open Research (Faculty of Sciences)

Lindemann Trust Fellowships 2024-2026 Open for Applications

The Lindemann Trust, in partnership with the English-Speaking Union, offers up to three 2-year fellowships, each worth $130,000, for post-doctoral scientists to carry out research in the USA. 

The Lindemann Trust Fellowships are designed as an early post-doctoral opportunity, and are awarded to graduates of exceptional promise in both the pure and applied physical sciences who have shown capacity for producing original research. These Fellowships enable post-doctoral scientists to pursue research in the USA without financial difficulty, and without being obliged to take up paid employment.

The subject areas eligible are defined broadly to include all areas of the physical sciences and mathematics, as well as their interfaces with the life sciences. 

To be eligible to apply, candidates must meet the following criteria:

• Hold British, Irish or Commonwealth citizenship (or have UK settled status) AND be normally resident in the UK
• Either be in the final stages of their doctoral studies at a UK university, or have completed their doctorate at a UK university and have no more than three years of actual research experience since completion
• Career breaks and part-time working will be taken into consideration, e.g. time away due to personal reasons such as maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoptive leave or other caring responsibilities; ill-health or working in a non-research environment/role such as industry.

The deadline for applications is Monday 5th February 2024. Please visit the Lindemann Trust's website for more information and contact Research Support (environment-research@york.ac.uk) if you wish to make an application.

EPSRC Interim Executive Chair – Request for Reviewing Support

Prof Miles Padgett, Interim Executive Chair for EPSRC has reached out to seek support with EPSRC peer review activities. This would be a great opportunity for any colleagues in department who are keen to be more involved in the peer review process to self-nominate to join the EPSRC peer review college. Undertaking peer review activities provides an opportunity for exposure to a wider pool of applications which can prove beneficial when developing your own applications. Please see the letter received from Prof Miles Padgett for further information.

ICURe Engage - Opportunity for post-grad research students

The Midlands Innovation group of universities deliver the Innovate UK ICURe family of programmes, aimed at getting UK University research outputs into use in society. One of the main parts of the programme is developing research student’s capability to have impact in society. The group have recently developed ICURe Engage as a starter programme to the ICURe family. The goal of the Engage to give participants the tools to think who their research could benefit and how those benefits could be sustainably achieved. It is aimed at early-stage postgraduate research students ( 1st/2nd year Master/PhD) and helps them engage with the key stakeholders and broader communities associated with their research.

Training is provided and help is given to find and engage with these contacts and support them with mentors through the process. This is a part-time on-line programme that can be done concurrently with their studies, requiring a two-day bootcamp and 8 hours own study over 4 weeks. The application process is straightforward, and the group expect to able to accommodate the majority of those who apply. Click here for full details on the ICURe Engage Programme..

Yorkshire Paleo Group Meeting - 15th Nov

The next Yorkshire Palaeogroup (YPG) meeting will be hosted in the Northwest via the University of Salford and Simon Hutchinson. It will be a hybrid meeting (if there is enough interest in an in-person dimension to the event) or online only (via Teams) and held from 14:00 to 17:00 on 15th November 2023.  As usual, we aim to offer a friendly and open environment to discuss all things palaeo welcoming short presentations (10 or 20 minutes) by research postgraduates, academics, professionals, retirees and others. Please click this link and fill out the MS Form for the YPG event if you would like to offer something, want to come along or want the link to attend online. 

Contact Simon Hutchinson for further information / questions (s.m.hutchinson@salford.ac.uk) and here is the link to new YPG website.

Virtual Visit to the UoY by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) - 27 Nov

On the 27th November York will be hosting the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). The JSPS will be presenting their funding schemes and providing insight for prospective applicants. The JSPS fund a broad range of research and all colleagues are welcome to join.

The provisional agenda is as follows:

• 1315: Welcome (Matthias Ruth/Ambrose Field)
• 1325: Introductory remarks (JSPS Director)
• 1335: UoY academic perspective on working with JSPS (Andy Pratt/Takashi Yamagata)
• 1350: JSPS funding schemes
• 1415: Q&A
• 1430: Close

Please complete the Google form if you wish to attend the JSPS visit and a Zoom link will be shared with you.