General News
CIOB: Tom Baldwin from Kingerlee and Laing O’Rourke’s Steven Sanzone have been named as the 2008/09 Sir Ian Dixon Scholars. The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), in conjunction with the Worshipful Company of Constructors, has run the Sir Ian Dixon Scholarship since 1998, covering a wide range of subjects.
The scholarship, which is awarded annually, involves a twelve month study of a Construction Management topic which is of mutual interest to the individual's host company, the Worshipful Company of Constructors, the CIOB and the individuals themselves.
Tom Baldwin from Kingerlee is investigating the economical & environmental impact of site waste management plans, and Laing O’Rourke’s Steven Sanzone is researching the impact of an organisation’s culture upon musculoskeletal disorders within the UK construction industry.
For the first time the CIOB’s Faculty of Architecture and Surveying is awarding a scholarship to support research in the field of architecture & surveying. Lisa Gould from Wates and Taylor Woodrow’s Robert Thompson are named as this years Scholars and will both be researching design management issues.
Press release ~ CIOB - Sir Ian Dixon Scholarship ~ Worshipful Company of Constructors ~ CIOB’s Faculty of Architecture and Surveying
TfL: London Underground will commemorate the 90th anniversary of the signing of the Armistice in 1918 with a set of poems arising from recent wars. The new series will be displayed on Tube trains across London.
The collection includes poems such as ‘On Receiving News of the War’ by Isaac Rosenberg, who was killed in action just before the end of the first World War, ‘Parting in Wartime’ by Frances Cornford, whose son John was killed in the Spanish Civil War and a poem by an Afghani poet, Partaw Naderi, who has returned to Kabul after many years in exile following the decades-long turmoil in his country.
The Armistice anniversary will also be marked by a concert on Thursday 13 November, ‘the pity of war’ at St Johns Wood Church, with guest poet George Szirtes and music by Barber, Shostakovich, Takemitsu and Strauss performed by the Apollo Chamber Orchestra, conducted by David Chernaik. The concert is supported by the European Commission in the U.K. as part of the International Year of Cultural Dialogue - Click HERE for booking details
Press release ~ London Underground (Art on the Underground) ~ Poems on the Underground ~
OS: Ordnance Survey’s site-centred mapping, OS Select, is getting a refresh: boasting a new look, better packaging and an improved finish. The new OS Select series still allows anyone to ‘site-centre’ Ordnance Survey mapping anywhere they like across Britain, but now features freshly designed, thinner packaging and enhanced print and paper quality.
OS Select helps avoid a life on the edge, allowing the user to decide what goes in the centre of the map. It could be any location that's important – someone's home, their town, or favourite walk. The maps are specially printed to order, including the customers' own personal title, like ‘Our Family Holiday’ for example, as well as a choice of selected cover photographs.
LDA: Londoners are set to reap the benefits of healthy and local food thanks to more than forty good food events currently being held across the capital. The events and projects are funded by the London Development Agency’s London Food Small Grants for Sustainable Food for London and are managed by the capital’s leading organisation working for sustainable food, London Food Link.
Projects funded by the scheme will reach Londoners where they live, work and play. Events include small, community harvest-time celebrations, sustainable seafood training for foodservice professionals and meet-the-producer exhibitions hosted by some of London’s award-winning and green-minded food businesses.
The programme, devised as part of London’s Food Strategy, helps Londoners host local events that communicate the importance of issues such as healthy eating and buying seasonal, local, Fairtrade & organic food.
Press release ~ London Food ~ London Food Small Grants for Sustainable Food for London ~ London Food Link ~ London’s Food Strategy ~ Delicious Dalston ~ Hackney Co-operative Developments ~ Food Events in London for September 2008
YF: Screen Yorkshire is hoping to attract upcoming talent with fresh & exciting approaches to filmmaking as it launches a scheme (closes 12.00pm, Friday 24 October 2008) aimed at developing the next generation of writers, directors and producers. The Digital Shorts scheme, run in partnership with The UK Film Council, brings together individuals from across the region to form creative teams and has played a vital role in progressing filmmakers’ careers since its launch in 2003.
Screen Yorkshire is also holding a Find a Filmmaker networking event on 2 October 2008at Chilli White, Leeds from 6 - 8pm for individuals who are looking for other filmmakers to make up their creative team.
Press release ~ Screen Yorkshire ~ Digital Shorts scheme ~ Digital Shorts from 2007 ~ The UK Film Council ~ Regional Screen Agencies ~ Find a Filmmaker ~ Regional Development Agency Yorkshire Forward
TfL: Transport for London has become the first transport authority in the UK to achieve a Level 5 rating for equality standards. The award was achieved by demonstrating real equality improvements in the delivery of its passenger services as well as its employment practices.
Improvements to the transport system include the operation of an entire fleet of low floor buses and the continued investment in step free access for Tube stations. TfL has also introduced dedicated equality training for all its employees and staff network groups have developed a more active support & development role.
STFC: The weather. It’s the one topic of conversation that unites Britain – umbrella or sun cream? Developed over 10 years, Cloud Radar can take a complete & accurate profile of cloud or fog up to 5 miles overhead. Operating at 94 GHz - 50 times higher in frequency than most mobile phones - the radar measures the cloud base height, its thickness, density and internal structure, as well as providing similar information on cloud layers at higher altitudes.
The Cloud Radar will not only allow forecasters to predict the weather more precisely, the information gathered will also enable aircraft pilots to judge more accurately whether it is safe to take off & land in diverse weather conditions, offering a powerful safety capability for civil airports and military air bases.
Press release ~ STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory ~ Central Laboratory Innovation and Knowledge Transfer Limited (‘CLIK’)
MO: The Met Office forecast for the coming winter suggests it is, once again, likely to be milder than average, but with the risk of colder spells at times. It is also likely that it will be drier than last year. The forecast of another mild winter across the UK has been welcomed by Help the Aged who work with other agencies to support older people.
Dr. James Goodwin, Head of Research at Help the Aged said: "The onset of winter causes significant anxiety among many older people. This forecast will assist policy makers to adapt their strategies to ensure that the negative effects of winter weather are reduced as far as possible."
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