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<p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Dear BERGers,</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Happy New Year to you all and welcome to the Spring Semester of BERG meetings. For your shiny new 2019 diaries - our weekly meetings will run from 16<sup>th</sup> January to 10<sup>th</sup> April 2019, except for 20<sup>th</sup>
February (mid-Semester). As always, our gatherings are on Wednesday evenings (5.30 p.m.) in the department Common Room (3A94), drinks and nibbles included.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Meetings will commence on <strong>16</strong><strong><sup>th</sup></strong><strong> January</strong> (a week Wednesday) with an external speaker,
<strong>Dr Ally Palmer</strong>, from the University of Oxford, giving a presentation entitled
<em>“Ethical questions in orangutan rehabilitation”</em>. Prior to her talk we shall have a
<strong>discussion about “voluntary participation of animals in research”</strong>, and will be meeting at
<strong>4pm in the common room</strong>. If you are interested in joining us, please let Hannah know. Ally is doing this work as a postdoctoral researcher working with Dr Beth Greenhough and Dr Reuben Message on the Species and Spaces project at the School
of Geography and Environment, Oxford. Ally is studying those animals used in research in Places Other than Licensed Establishments (POLES). This work considers how transposing animal research to POLES – such as farms, fisheries, conservation sites, zoos, and
veterinary clinics – poses new questions and challenges for <strong>human-animal relationships</strong>.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Although we have a few speakers already lined up, there are still plenty of opportunities to present at BERG</span><strong style="font-size: 11pt;">.
</strong><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Giving a talk at BERG is a great way to practice a talk , fine-tune your presentation skills, or receive valuable feedback on your research, and all in a friendly environment. If you’d like to share your work with us
this semester, lead a discussion, or can suggest an external speaker (local) willing to come along, please sign up for an available date using our Doodle Poll at:</span><strong style="font-size: 11pt;">
</strong><a href="https://doodle.com/poll/shw5nppymad8e8b7"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">https://doodle.com/poll/shw5nppymad8e8b7</span></a></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">If you have new students who might wish to be on the BERG mailing list, please send them this e-mail. To sign up to the BERG mailing list please use the following link:
</span><a href="http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/berg"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/berg</span></a><br style="font-size: 11pt;">
<span style="font-size: 11pt;">(You can also use this link to unsubscribe)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">For a regularly updated BERG schedule, follow this link:
</span><a href="https://stir.box.com/s/rwzik2tsai3kausdtekqvgayv34otmgt"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">https://stir.box.com/s/rwzik2tsai3kausdtekqvgayv34otmgt</span></a></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Here’s to a prosperous and exciting BERG 2019!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Best wishes,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Deborah Bruce</span></p>
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