Dear BERGers,
Happy new year and welcome back! It's time to start planning our BERG seminars for the Spring semester. Please add the following seminar dates to your diary at the usual time of 5:30pm in the Psychology common room.
February: 4th and 11th
March: 11th, 18th and 25th
April: 1st, 8th and 15th
We already have some great speakers lined up, but have plenty of space for more, so please consider giving a seminar this semester. Presenting at BERG is an excellent way to practice talks, hone presentation skills, get feedback on grant application ideas, or lead discussion of a research paper. You can sign up by following this link to the doodle poll. https://doodle.com/5kc3zpst4bs2aty2
Please add your name and select a date that is vacant, then email me your presentation title (kristin.descovich(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:kristin.descovich@stir.ac.uk>).
You might also like to host a post-graduate student or colleague from a nearby University. We have some funds to support local travel and dinner for external speakers.
Also note the upcoming divisional seminars which are likely to be of interest to BERG members. These are held on Thursdays at 4pm in the Psychology common room.
January 22nd - Dr Susan Cheyne
January 29th - Dr Ian Peers
March 5th - Dr Jo Williams
Our BERG meetings are only as good as we make them, so please encourage any students or colleagues interested in behaviour and evolution to come along to a meeting, or sign up to the BERG mailing list at http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/berg.
You can also use this link to unsubscribe.
I look forward to seeing you all at BERG this semester!
Cheers and regards,
Kris
Dr Kris Descovich
Research Fellow in Animal Welfare
Psychology, School of Natural Sciences
University of Stirling
Stirling, FK9 4LA
Scotland
Tel: 01786 467643
E-mail: kristin.descovich(a)stir.ac.uk
Thank you to all those who have signed up.
We still have some space free, so please consider signing up via Doodle...
http://doodle.com/9z6r393yxa93v33r
Please remember you can also suggest external speakers who we might invite (local speakers only please - we reimburse basic expenses incurred).
Many thanks - Hannah
From: BERG [mailto:berg-bounces@lists.stir.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Hannah Buchanan-Smith
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Subject: [BERG] Please sign up to give a BERG talk
Dear BERGers
I am pleased to say that Hayley Ash will be assisting in the organisation of Behaviour and Evolution Research Group (BERG) seminar this coming semester. These seminars are held on Wednesdays at 5.30pm in 3A94, and are generously sponsored by the Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW). If you are not already a member please consider joining UFAW (http://www.ufaw.org.uk/ ). It is still only £10 for students (£30 others). By joining UFAW you can help make real, practical and lasting advances to animal 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 BERG and to enhance animal welfare.
We are looking for people to volunteer to present at our BERG meeting slots for this semester.
The first meeting is on Wednesday 16th September at 5.30pm in 3A94 (Psychology common room). We shall use this meeting for introductions, including I hope for our new MSc on Human Animal Interactions, and updates from the summer...please come prepared to share news of any grants awarded, papers published, exciting conferences attended etc.
I have set up a Doodle sign-up, so just fill it out one date to indicate the week that you would like to present. ONE person per week, please.
Presenting at BERG is an excellent way to practice talks, hone your presentation skills, get feedback on grant application ideas, lead a discussion of a controversial/interesting research paper etc.
You can also suggest external speakers who we might invite (local speakers only please - we reimburse basic expenses incurred).
The sign up is here: http://doodle.com/9z6r393yxa93v33r
When you sign up for a slot, please send Hayley a brief title BEFORE Friday 4th September so she can circulate the programme in advance. (hayley.ash(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:hayley.ash@stir.ac.uk>)
Supervisors - please encourage your students to present!
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 new folk must complete the form available here:
http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/berg
You can also use this link to unsubscribe.
We'll send round the schedule later, but please add the doddle poll dates to your dairy.
Many thanks, Hannah and Hayley
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Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith
Professor, Behaviour and Evolution Research Group
Director of Learning and Teaching in SNS
Psychology, School of Natural Sciences
University of Stirling
Stirling, FK9 4LA
Scotland
Tel: 01786 467674
Fax: 01786 467641
E-mail: h.m.buchanan-smith(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:h.m.buchanan-smith@stir.ac.uk>
Home page: https://rms.stir.ac.uk/converis-stirling/person/11925http://marmosetcare.com/http://www.247animalwelfare.eu/index.html
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