Photo-responsive Functional Surfaces for Bio-Nano Applications in Healthcare UK-India seminar is designed to generate new international collaborations to explore responsive surface molecular systems. Surfaces play a crucial role in biomedical applications including antibacterial surfaces, biosensing, tissue engineering to the controlled release of drugs. Modifying surfaces properties through the use of organic films is a well-developed...
The Leeds Doctoral College Showcase 2014 took place at the 5th annual University of Leeds Postgraduate Research Conference on Thursday 4th December 2014. Please visit https://www.leeds.ac.uk/research-leeds-doctoral-college for more information on the Leeds Doctoral College. 3 minute thesis presentations are available to view on the conference’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/Ldspgrconference/videos The all-day conference celebrated the significant contribution that Leeds...
Reframing Disaster is a major project based in Leeds that seeks to consider, commemorate, and support recovery for global disasters. It includes an exhibition, conference, film screenings, public discussions and schools workshops.
EXPO14 took place on Wed 22 October 2014 Expo14 is an extravaganza of a careers fair, workshops, one-to-one career advice surgeries, alumni & expert panels, all rolled into one hectic & informative day. EXPO Panels 1-5pm, Michael Sadler LG Rooms EXPO14 After show party with “Bettakultcha” presentations, informal mingling with the speakers and drinks...
The conference brought together those interested in the history of birth, fertility, sexuality, demography and family life, from the medieval period to the present day, and in cultures across the world. The conference aimed to situate birth in the contexts of family and society, evaluate the attitudes of individuals, groups and governments to birth, explore the impact...
This conference, chaired by Animesh Jha (University of Leeds) and Stephen Sweeney (University of Surrey), hosted a special Young Scientist Forum (YSF) session as well as an international programme promoting new discoveries in emerging physics, optoelectronics, materials and devices.
Keynote presentations will be given by John Eacott and Renee Timmers. Renee will give a talk about her research into cross-modal associations with music and applications in visual feedback on performance, and will discuss evidence of cross-domain mappings using a number of different experimental paradigms, before presenting applications of such mappings in the design of visual...
Programme 10.00 Welcome and Introduction (Lecture Theatre) 10.10 Dr. Emma Marsden, Senior Lecturer at The University of York: How do learners perceive and process the input? Making grammar matter more. 11.00 Learning to learn in HE: an e-learning portfolio approach. Innovative technology and its benefits on oral skills. Iria Vázquez Mariño: Innovation in language learning...
This conference was the culmination of a one year project that sought to synthesise new forms of evidence on third sector organisations. A collaboration between Timescapes at the University of Leeds (Kahryn Hughes and Bren Neale), the Third Sector Research Centre at the University of Birmingham (Rob Macmillan: ‘Real Times’) and the National Council for Voluntary...