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Let’s construct Europe’s future with innovative buildings and infrastructures: Construction and societal challenges. Warsaw, 4-5 October 2011
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This 5th Conference of the European Construction Technology Platform, combined with a Conference of the Era-Net Eracobuild, was held to show how the construction sector contributes to the EU’s Europe 2020 initiative, a strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. Issues covered included: sustainable construction, European Recovery Plan, energy efficient buildings, efficient infrastructures, cultural heritage, materials, ICT, innovation, business, and smalls and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The participation of programme owners and managers from the Member States involved in the Era-Net Eracobuild also illustrated the wish of building up a European Research Area in the sector. Presentations are available online.
Bioenergy planning in European regions. Brussels, 5 October 2011
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This event provided an opportunity to signal the completion of three bioenergy projects BEn, BioEnerGIS and MAKE-IT-BE. After three years of developing guidance material, creating tools, stimulating and implementing regional and local partnerships in bioenergy, the three Intelligent Energy Europe co-funded projects mentioned above have concluded their work. Together, they present a wealth of support for bioenergy planning and implementation in Europe. The projects have documented innovative case studies, outlined a methodology for biomass planning and developed tools to assess the energy potential from biomass resources – mostly waste from forestry, agriculture and livestock as a resource. These results can help to drive and support the green economy agenda in Europe, by rolling out more bioenergy actions across the continent. Presentations and other resources from the event are available online.
Medical tourism: Treatments, markets and health system implications. A scoping review
Posted on: 4 October 2011
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This review, published by the OECD, identifies the key emerging policy issues relating to the rise of ‗medical tourism‘. The review details what is currently known about the flow of medical tourists between countries and discusses the interaction of the demand for, and supply of, medical tourism services. It highlights the different organisations and groups involved in the industry, including the range of intermediaries and ancillary services that have grown up to service the industry. Treatment processes (including consideration of quality, safety and risk) and system-level implications for countries of origin and destination (financial issues; equity; and the impact on providers and professionals of medical tourism) are highlighted. The review examines harm, liability and redress in medical tourism services with a particular focus on the legal, ethical and quality-of-care considerations. In light of this, the review outlines key health policy considerations, and draws attention to significant gaps in the research evidence.
2012 legacies for learning
Posted on: 4 October 2011
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The HLST (Health, Leisure, Sport and Tourism) Subject Network was recently awarded funds for the development of Open Educational Resources (OER) by JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee) within a twelve month project. Open Educational Resources are digital learning materials which are placed in repositories for open access, normally under licence, to be used, improved and re-used. The aim of the project is to identify, develop as necessary, make accessible and promote resources which can support higher education programmes in engaging students in learning through opportunities afforded by the Olympic and Paralympic Games and their legacy.
Planning and localism: too much too soon?
Posted on: 4 October 2011
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Developers are unconvinced of the benefits of the Localism Bill, according to law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner. A survey of 100 of BLP’s real estate developer clients found that just 9% understand the benefits of the localism agenda. The survey also found that 93% of developers remain unconvinced that localism will make planning decisions more predictable, despite this being a clear government objective. Against a backdrop of continuing debate about the National Planning Policy Framework, the report highlights the need for further clarity from the government on claims of how localism can improve the planning process.
New Pedagogic Research and Development Project Final Reports
Posted on: 4 October 2011
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Final reports and resources from various HLST-funded Pedagogic Research and Development Round 11 projects are now available. The latest reports are:
Minding the gap: Developing the commercial awareness of hospitality, leisure, sport and tourism studies
‘Minding the Gap’ is aimed at developing useful practices for addressing a concerning employability skills gap recognised in Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism [HLST] students – namely, their lack of commercial awareness.
Motivational vulnerability in first year undergraduates: A self-determination perspective
This research project aims to identify the motivational profiles of first year students in terms of motives for enrolling on their degree programme and examine whether these groups differ in terms of satisfaction with university, perceived academic ability, emotional experience at university (anxiety, enjoyment, boredom), performance (overall first year grade) and engagement (attendance and number of times online materials are accessed).
Learning for Sustainability
Posted on: 4 October 2011
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The Learning for Sustainability (LfS) website highlights the wide range of social skills and processes that are needed to support constructive collaboration, and indicates how these skills and processes can be interwoven to achieve more integrated and effective outcomes. It brings links to several hundred annotated on-line resources from different sectors and geographic areas together in one easy to access place, and it concentrates on providing links to open access materials. New papers available on the site look at complexity, engagement, adaptation and social capital. One particular paper, Forests and climate change: Linking adaptation and mitigation, explores the linkages between the two options of adaptation and mitigation in order to understand their trade-offs and synergies. This paper explores this issue using Latin American examples.
Hidden heat. Communicating climate change in Uganda: Challenges and opportunities
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Through a series of 30 interviews with key climate change communicators, this report identifies some of the challenges and opportunities of communicating climate change in Uganda. The findings represent the views of a wide range of climate change communication stakeholders – from civil society organisations, the media and government representatives. The report aims to amplify these voices, to summarise the expertise that exists in Uganda on climate change communication, and to disseminate this as widely as possible.
gender, climate change and health
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has released a report on gender, climate change and health, which is based on the recognition that the effects of climate on human society, and our ability to mitigate and adapt to them, are mediated by social factors, including gender.
A new reality: Dissolving borders through cross-border integration
Posted on: 3 October 2011
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Ernst & Young’s annual publication presents a concise overview of the traditional markets in addition to consolidating its global market knowledge and experience to unveil what it believes are opportunities waiting. Countries covered include: India, Africa, Mauritius, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Singapore, the UAE, UK and USA.
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