April 2021
Regenerating regional towns and their rural hinterlands
Tim Crabtree from 'Raise the Roof', an innovative partnership of locally rooted organisations will present how they have been regenerating regional towns and their rural hinterlands.
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It’s not black and white! Understanding the knowledge requirements of dairy-bred beef calf rearers
Emily Bull: It’s not black and white! Understanding the knowledge requirements of dairy-bred beef calf rearers Follow Emily on Twitter: @Emily__Bull UK livestock systems are complex, they are influenced by many political and social factors as well as biophysical complexities. With increasing pressure to change from NGO campaigns, company commitments to welfare, consumer attitudes and societal license to operate the dairy-bred calf rearing sector sits at the epicentre of these concerns. It currently contributes 60% of the net 0.8 million…
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Automated transcription for qualitative research
CCRI PhD student Caitlin Hafferty details her experiences of using automated transcription apps.
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Urban Sustainability: Nature-based solutions and ecosystem services
Over the last few decades, the school of thought surrounding the urban ecosystem has increasingly become in vogue among researchers worldwide. This talk addresses concepts and metaphors such as nature-based solutions and wellbeing, ecosystem services, nature-based thinking, urban regeneration, urban agriculture, urban-rural interface, rewilding.
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The Benefits of Enterprise Hubs as a Mechanism for Supporting Rural Businesses
Dr Ian Merrell, ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for Rural Economy (CRE) and National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise (NICRE) at Newcastle University will discuss how rural enterprise hubs are interventions designed to help aid the entrepreneurial process and overcome the challenges of operating in a low proximity environment.
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