May 2008

An interactive museum exhibit , based upon recent research conducted by Paul Longley, Pablo Mateos and Alex Singleton, has gone on display as part of the ‘Inside DNA’ exhibition currently featured in the ‘At Bristol’ science museum‘. The exhibit allows users to profile the GB geography of their family names over a 100 year period, and to profile the cultural, ethnic and linguistic composition of their home neighbourhoods. The exhibit will be on display ‘At Bristol’ until August, when it moves to the Centre for Life museum in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Thereafter there are plans for it to feature in exhibitions in four other UK museums, which will include Liverpool and Glasgow. The picture shows Paul Longley at the exhibition in Bristol

April 2008

Paul Longley was one of four invited speakers in the Presidential Plenary of the Boston Association of American Geographers meeting on 18 April 2008. The special session was organised by AAG President Tom Baerwald and addressed ‘Opportunities and Challenges for Interdisciplinary Research”. Paul’s presentation focused upon links with other fields engaged in geographic information science, and showcased relevant recent research in CASA and the Department of Geography. The session attracted over 500 attendees.

April 2008

Celebrate Leicester Day - Saturday 26 April 2008

Visitors to the Celebrate Leicester Day at the University of Leicester were invited to take a tour through the Virtual Realities of Geography. They were able to experience SPLINT's 160 degree Virtual Reality Theatre and fly through some wonderful landscapes and environments.

Annual CETL Network Conference 17-18 April 2008

The annual CETL Network Conference was co-hosted this year by the Higher Education Academy and the East Midlands CETLSs Network.

The Conference was held at the University of Leicester, on Thursday 17th and Friday 18th April, 2008. 

If you have any questions about the Conference please contact either Annette Cashmore at GENIE geniemeeting@le.ac.uk, or Sally-Ann Brassington at the Academy sallyann.brassington@heacademy.ac.uk

February 2008

Developing issues associated with Taught Postgraduate level education within the GEES disciplines 26 February 2008

This one day FREE conference will be held at the Univesity of Leicester. For further details see link above.

February 2008

Digital Geography in a Web 2.0 World - 20 February 2008

The Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University College London, in association with The National Centre for E-Social Science (NCeSS) proudly presents Digital Geography in a Web 2.0 World. This one day seminar will be held at The Barbican Centre, London. For further details follow link above.

November 2007

Fellowships to work at one or more of the SPLINT sites are now available.

August 2007

Following a 3 month SPLINT fellowship in 2007 Prof Dick LeGates' working paper "Achieving the promise of UK urban spatial planning education" is near completion. Dick LeGates is a professor or Urban Studies at San Francisco State University and a lecturer in urban planning at U.C. Berkeley, U.S.A.

July 2007

Interim Evaluation Report HEFCE - July 2007
This report is a formative self-evaluation of the first 2 years of the SPLINT CETL’s activities (academic years in the period 2005 – 2007).  It reflects on progress to date and provides information and data to inform future development and identify areas of priority for the remaining 3 years of HEFCE funding. The report also serves to inform others, such as HEFCE and their central evaluation team of SPLINT’s progress.