CCRI is the largest specialist rural research centre in the UK, having expertise in all aspects of research in policy and planning for the countryside and the environment of the UK, Europe and further afield.
A new study of LEADER, commissioned by DG AGRI, is currently underway, led by a partnership of the CCRI in the UK, ÖIR (Austria) and ADE (Belgium). An online survey is available to collect experiences of those involved in LEADER.
The Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) has launched a ‘Rural Wales Manifesto’ as part of a vision for a renewed rural economy. CCRI’s Bryonny Goodwin-Hawkins was part of the research team that helped inform the vision.
Three researchers from CCRI will be presenting at an online seminar on 26th January at the Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research and Data.
The latest edition of the journal ‘Eurochoices’ is a Special Issue that focusses on the EU Horizon 2020 project ‘SURE-Farm’ (Towards SUstainable and REsilient EU FARMing systems).
The SPRINT project is an EU-funded Horizon 2020 project which started at the beginning of September.
We are pleased to recognise promotions to existing colleagues and welcome new ones to the team.
This month, Julie Urquhart will take part in an online festival that re-visits and celebrates an event that took place in 1995 – the first International Children’s Conference on the Environment.
Back in 2016, the University of Gloucestershire won a bid to be part of a jointly funded £3.16 million National Lottery /European Social Fund Building Better Opportunities (BBO) project known as GEM (Going the Extra Mile). This inclusive employment project was set up with the aim of engaging with and supporting individuals experiencing barriers to work due to a range of circumstances, and moving them closer to education, training or employment.
The University of Gloucestershire is pleased to announce its role in securing £3.8 million from the national research funding agency, Research England, for the creation of a new national centre to support innovation and unlock the potential of rural economies.
Chris Short is co-author of a new article arising from the PEGASUS project published in Landscape and Urban Planning and available as an open access article.