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MIGRATION AND LABOUR MARKETS
The Centre for Population Change (CPC), in conjunction with The Centre for Applied Social Surveys, organised the second conference on Migration and Labour Markets. Academics from the China Academy of Social Sciences joined the CPC team in providing presentations on migration and labour market integration, measuring and monitoring migration flows as well as the impact of migration on those ‘left behind’.
www.cpc.ac.uk/latest_ news/?action=story&id=37
IMMUNITY FROM RECESSION Unemployment has risen, total working hours have declined and earnings have stagnated. At a public seminar on 2 September the Centre for Learning and Life Changes in Knowledge Economies and Societies presented findings on a project aimed at updating and extending studies in the light of the economic downturn. Discussions on how workplace training and learning activities have fared during the recession have been promoted.
www.llakes.org
UK SOCIAL COGNITION NETWORK AND TRAINING SCHEME
GLOBAL COMMUNITY MEET ON INNOVATION
The UK Innovation Research Centre supported the Danish Research Unit for Industrial Dynamics (DRUID) international Summer Conference. The event brought together a global community of 300 researchers on innovation and industrial dynamics. Researchers from over 30 countries presented their latest findings on innovation management and strategy, entrepreneurship and the economics of innovation.
www.ukirc.ac.uk/ newsandevents/news/article/?objid=3329
TOMORROW’S GIANTS Professor Robin Williams, Co- Director at the ESRC Innogen Centre, ran a Summer session on research careers. Tomorrow’s Giants was a one-day conference on the future of science co-hosted by the Royal Society and Nature. It brought together scientists and policymakers to collect professionals’ visions of the next 50 years. The day focussed on three major themes: Data, Careers, and the Measuring and Assessment of research.
www.genomicsnetwork.ac.uk/ innogen/news/title,23694,
en.html
Postgraduate students and postdoctoral researchers from the areas of social cognition and social neuroscience attended the second SCONET consultation seminar on 12-15 September. The project supports the training and networking of early career researchers and doctoral students in social cognition in the UK. Participants presented and discussed their work with seven experts.
www.kent.ac.uk/ graduateschool/community/
sconet.html
NEW COHORT STUDIES WEBSITE Cohort studies provide information about life trajectories, helping to understand the links between social and economic change and the impact of policy interventions. Launched in September 2010, Our Changing Lives is a website funded by the ESRC, MRC and Wellcome Trust. The aim is to promote the visibility of cohort studies as a collective resource for research across the biomedical and social sciences and to highlight the outputs and impacts that stem from the data collected.
www.ourchanginglives.net
GREEN LIGHT FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP
The Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship and Research and Knowledge Transfer Fund, sponsored by the ESRC, Barclays and National Council Graduate Entrepreneurship, has announced the funding of four new research projects exploring the challenges posed by contemporary economic conditions. These projects
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will focus on the importance of entrepreneurship to regenerate and renew economic growth. Results will be presented at regional workshops in 2011.
www.isbe.org.uk/RAKEFund
GLOBAL UNCERTAINTIES WEBSITE The RCUK Global Uncertainties research programme, led by the ESRC, has launched a new website with an extensive outline of core research areas and related projects, news and funding opportunities. Additional resources including publications, external links, facts and figures are also available. Global Uncertainties brings together the activities of the UK’s Research Councils in response to global security challenges.
www.globaluncertainties.org.uk
NEW LAND USE PROJECTS Successful projects in the Rural Economy and Land Use fourth and final round Adapting Rural Living and Land Use to Environmental Change – a joint call with the Living With Environmental Change Programme – were announced in June. Nine projects were launched to assist the building of networks for creative knowledge exchange to help communities adapt to environmental change.
www.relu.ac.uk www.lwec.org.uk
SAFE RESEARCHER COURSE Training by the Administrative Data Liaison Service, Office for National Statistics and the Secure Data Service in Manchester on 14 September helped researchers develop the skills and knowledge needed to use data resources responsibly for analysis and research purposes. Delegates took away a better understanding of the legal and security frameworks of administrative data research and how to create safe settings.
www.adls.ac.uk/research-themes
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