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<p>Dear BERGers,<br>
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<font face="Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">I am excited to let you know that Spring semester BERG meetings will begin next week, </font><font face="Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong>Wednesday 20th January,
at 5:30pm in the Psychology Common Room (</strong></span></font><font face="Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong>Room 3A94</strong></span></font><font face="Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><strong>).</strong></span></font><font face="Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 16px;"> At
our first </span></font><font face="Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">meeting we will hold an informal </font><font face="Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">introduction and discuss any BERG news (</font><font face="Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">new
publications, grants, upcoming conferences, etc.). </font></div>
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<font face="Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">I will circulate our program for the semester shortly but there are still a few more slots available. BERG meetings are a great opportunity to practice conference presentations, to receive feedback on data/methods/grant
applications, or to lead discussions on interesting or controversial topics/articles. W</font><font face="Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">e still have slots available on the follo</font><font face="Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">wing dates</font><font face="Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">:</font></div>
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<font face="Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><strong>27th January</strong></font><br>
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<font face="Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">If you would like to use one of these slots, please go to the following poll and choose a date (only one please): </font><a href="http://doodle.com/poll/837n6q6cxcid98zh" target="_blank"><font face="Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">http://doodle.com/poll/837n6q6cxcid98zh</font></a><br>
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<font face="Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">If there is anyone who you would like to invite please let me know, however, we can only cover basic travel expenses so local speakers only. </font></div>
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<font face="Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">These meetings are </font><font face="Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 16px;">generously sponsored by the Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW), and if you are not
already a member please consider joining </span></font><font face="Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 16px;">(</span></font><a href="http://www.ufaw.org.uk/" target="_blank"><font face="Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2" color="#1155CC"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><font face="Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">http://www.ufaw.org.uk/</font></span></font></a><font face="Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 16px;"> ).
It is still on<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">ly £</span></span></font><font face="Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">10</span></span></font><font face="Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> for
students (£</span></span></font><font face="Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">3</span></span></font><font face="Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">0
others). By joining UFAW you can help make real, practical and lasting advances to a</span>nimal welfare throughout the world - for companion animals, farm animals, animals used in research, captive wild animals and those living in the wild that are affected
by human activities. Please do join to thank them for their continued support of us in </span></font><font face="Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 16px;">BERG</span></font><font face="Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><span style="font-size: 16px;"> and
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Early Career Fellow <br>
Psychology, School of Natural Sciences<br>
Behaviour and Evolution Research Group<br>
University of Stirling<br>
FK9 4LA<br>
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