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Lecture at Leeds
Leeds graduate and Nobel Prize-winning playwright
and novelist Wole Soyinka will return to the
University to present the fourth of this year’s
BBC Reith Lectures, at 7pm on March 25. Soyinka
will give a lecture entitled A Quest for
Dignity as part of his Climate of
Fear theme. Soyinka is noted as a fearless
advocate for democracy and human rights in
Nigeria and has had more than 40 works published
during his career. A number of guest places
are still available for the event in the conference
auditorium, which begins with a reception
at 6.15pm. Please email pressoffice@leeds.ac.uk
Online
art
Works
of art by current and past staff and students
at Leeds can now be bought online through
a new University spin-out company at www.luarto.co.uk
Prints and original are for sale on the site,
which has works ranging in price from less
than £100 to more than £5,000.
High
culture at Bretton Hall
Bretton Hall campus will host the 17th International
Festival of Mountaineering Literature on March
27. The festival will see mountaineering writers
from all over the world address the audience.
Tickets are £25. Linda Smith ext 39022.
Reducing
carbon dionxide emissions
Dr Garry Felgate, Director of Action Energy
from the Carbon Trust will give a lecture
on climate change in the School of Music lecture
theatre on 8 March at 5pm. The University
is working with the Carbon Trust to reduce
carbon dioxide emissions. Contact k.f.pitcher@leeds.ac.uk
Contacts
in Kenya
Lecturer Angie Hulley of exercise and sport
psychology would like to know if there is
anybody in the University who has contacts
in Kenya. She needs to get in touch with schools,
colleges or workplaces prior to a visit to
recruit control participants for a study into
eating disorders in female distance runners.
Contact a.j.hulley@leeds.ac.uk or ext 35085
Media
guide
If Paxman wants an interview on your latest
research or the Today programme hopes you’ll
shred someone else’s findings you can
now find a guide to dealing with the media
on Campusweb. Produced by the press office,
the guide aims to help you get the most from
going public and avoid the major pitfalls.
It doesn’t replace media training provided
by SDDU but it does explain why academics
and journalists need each other and provides
practical advice on dealing with the media.
The press office is here to help if you are
contacted by a journalist and need advice,
if the enquiry isn’t in your area of
expertise, if they want to know about University
policy or use our facilities. The media guide
can be found at here.
Leeds
selected for science training event
The University has been selected to host one
of the largest training events for science
teachers in the world, providing an opportunity
for scientific, medical and engineering departments
to showcase their teaching and research. The
annual Association for Science Education (ASE)
meeting will take place at Leeds on January
6-8 2005. For further details contact Dr Jim
Ryder j.ryder@education.leeds.ac.uk
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