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BERG - Wednesday 29th September
by Hannah Buchanan-Smith 28 Sep '10

28 Sep '10

Dear all Tomorrow Betsy Herrelko will give a short presentation entitled: Assessing welfare: A new cognitive research programme for the chimpanzees of Budongo Trail, RZSS. I look forward to seeing you there (3A94 in Cottrell, at 5.30pm as usual). Hannah The schedule is here: http://www.psychology.stir.ac.uk/research/BERGmeetings.php Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith Behaviour and Evolution Research Group Department of Psychology University of Stirling Stirling FK9 4LA Scotland Tel: 01786 467674 Fax: 01786 467641 E-mail: h.m.buchanan-smith(a)stir.ac.uk http://www.psychology.stir.ac.uk/staff/hbuchanan/index.php -- The Sunday Times Scottish University of the Year 2009/2010 The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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See you tomorrow!
by Hannah Buchanan-Smith 25 Sep '10

25 Sep '10

The provisional BERG meeting schedule is now on our website: http://www.psychology.stir.ac.uk/research/BERGmeetings.php It looks great and thanks to all those who have already offered to present. There are three slots that need to be filled - any of you Kyoto goers fancy re-running your talks? Dates available are: 29th Sept., 17th Nov., and 15th Dec. Hope to see you tomorrow at 5.30pm in 3A94....those absent may find themselves allocated to one of the slots.... ; ) Hannah PS Please make sure new folk know about this. Anyone new who has not signed up to the BERG mailing list should do so directly through the link above. Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith Behaviour and Evolution Research Group Department of Psychology University of Stirling Stirling FK9 4LA Scotland Tel: 01786 467674 Fax: 01786 467641 E-mail: h.m.buchanan-smith(a)stir.ac.uk http://www.psychology.stir.ac.uk/staff/hbuchanan/index.php -- The Sunday Times Scottish University of the Year 2009/2010 The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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BERG schedule
by Hannah Buchanan-Smith 15 Sep '10

15 Sep '10

Dear BERGERS Our first meeting is a week today - Wednesday 22nd September at 5.30pm in the Psychology Common Room (drinks, nibbles, introductions and a catch up on summer news!). I am pleased that there has been a good response to my plea for presentations. We still have a few spaces though - as I write there is still availability on: 29th September, 3rd , 10th November and 15th December. Please consider signing up for one of those dates - http://www.doodle.com/i82m7hep72armu78 Many thanks, Hannah Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith Behaviour and Evolution Research Group Department of Psychology University of Stirling Stirling FK9 4LA Scotland Tel: 01786 467674 Fax: 01786 467641 E-mail: h.m.buchanan-smith(a)stir.ac.uk http://www.psychology.stir.ac.uk/staff/hbuchanan/index.php -- The Sunday Times Scottish University of the Year 2009/2010 The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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BERG meetings
by Hannah Buchanan-Smith 18 Aug '10

18 Aug '10

Dear all BERGers A special welcome to Craig and our new intake of MSc and PhD students! The BERG meetings will be on Wednesdays, at 5.30pm in the Psychology common room (3A94 Cottrell). The first meeting will be on Wednesday, 22nd September with a social get-together welcome, drinks, nibbles and report summer news. Please let me know if anyone wants to offer to entertain with fabulous photography, et. The success of these meetings relies upon us to contribute…. Please would you sign up for one of our meeting slots for this semester, using the online sign-up: http://www.doodle.com/i82m7hep72armu78 This will show you which slots are still available. Just sign up for one that is still free, and I will add you to our schedule and get in touch about your topic/title. The schedule will eventually be posted here: http://www.psychology.stir.ac.uk/research/BERGmeetings.php Remember we are happy to have talks, research proposals and paper discussions (you lead it). Thanks, and hope to see you on 22nd September for our introductory meeting! All the best, Hannah PS I have asked Linda to send this out to our new intake. Craig - note you will have to sign up here: http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/berg Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith Behaviour and Evolution Research Group Department of Psychology University of Stirling Stirling FK9 4LA Scotland Tel: 01786 467674 Fax: 01786 467641 E-mail: h.m.buchanan-smith(a)stir.ac.uk http://www.psychology.stir.ac.uk/staff/hbuchanan/index.php -- The Sunday Times Scottish University of the Year 2009/2010 The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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BERG meeting tomorrow: Wednesday 19th May
by Christine Anna Caldwell 18 Aug '10

18 Aug '10

Dear all, Just a reminder about tomorrow's BERG meeting. It will be our last meeting for the semester, and Lou Tasker will be presenting some of her PhD work on the welfare of laboratory macaques. We start at 5.30pm as per usual in the Psychology common room (3A94 Cottrell). Hope to see you there! Christine.

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FW: [african-elephant] "Echo - An Unforgettable Elephant" on BBC Aug 5/8
by Phyllis Lee 10 Aug '10

10 Aug '10

Dear all, Some of you may be interested.... Echo - An Unforgettable Elephant A celebration of the life and legacy of Echo, the world's most famous elephant, who was born in 1945 and died in 2009, and who Natural World followed for the last 20 years of her life. The timing of Echo's death could not be worse. The wise old matriarch had guided her family for half a century but the cruellest drought in living memory devastated her home under the shadow of Kilimanjaro. Will her 38-strong band of relatives and descendants overcome the loss of their leader, hunger and poachers to survive? Thu 5 Aug 2010 20:00 BBC Two (except Northern Ireland (Analogue), Wales (Analogue)) Sun 8 Aug 2010 18:00 BBC Two (England, Northern Ireland, Wales only) Article at the following link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tcf7z See also Mike Birkhead's wonderful commentary: http://www.mikebirkhead.com/ And they are apparently playing all the original series on BBC4 on the 4th of August! Best Phyllis P.C. Lee Professor & Head of Department Department of Psychology University of Stirling Stirling, Scotland FK9 4LA +44 (0) 1786 467656 Fax: 01786 467641 phyllis.lee(a)stir.ac.uk

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BERG meeting tomorrow: Wednedsday 12 May
by Christine Anna Caldwell 11 May '10

11 May '10

Dear all, Just a reminder about this tomorrow's BERG meeting. Sophia Daoudi, one of our current final year students, will be presenting research that she carried out on the capuchins and squirrel monkeys at the Living Links facility at Edinburgh Zoo last summer as a bursary project, working with Hannah Buchanan-Smith. The meeting starts at 5.30pm as per usual, in the Psychology common room (3A94 Cottrell). Drinks and nibbles will be provided. Hope to see you there. Christine.

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No BERG meeting this week
by Christine Anna Caldwell 03 May '10

03 May '10

Dear all, Unfortunately, Lou Tasker has had to cancel her talk for BERG, which was originally scheduled for tomorrow (Wed 28 April) so we have no meeting this week. Lou has rescheduled for 19 May instead. We have another change to the schedule for next week too, because Darren McGarry from RZSS has also had to cancel. However, Darren has arranged for someone else to come along from the zoo in his place. So next week we will have a talk from Simon Girling, the Head Veterinary Surgeon at RZSS. Simon will be giving a talk on veterinary medicine in conservation. The revised schedule is available at: http://www.psychology.stir.ac.uk/research/BERGmeetings.php Christine.

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New Course and Workshop at Howletts and Port Lympne
by Mark Kingston Jones 02 May '10

02 May '10

Dear All, Apologies for any cross posting but I would be very grateful if you could pass on the information to any parties that may be interested in the following events being held at Howletts and Port Lympne later this year: The Third Student Environmental Enrichment Course (SEEC): July 26th - 29th Due to the continued success and high demand the third SEEC will be running at Howletts and Port Lympne this July. This course is designed specifically for college and university students (past or present) who do not currently work within a zoo setting, but are looking to do so as a career. The course aim is to provide valuable experience and an overview of additional useful skills to a would-be keeper's CV. Please note you must be 18 or over to attend this course. The Second UK ‘The Shape of Enrichment' Workshop: Sept 6th - 9th Howletts and Port Lympne hosted the 1st UK Shape workshop in March 2009 and is very pleased to announce that Valerie Hare is returning in Sept to run a second 4 day workshop aimed at keepers, managers, supervisors, curators, and veterinarians working in this field. Places for both are limited so please register early to avoid disappointment. For more information please visit: http://www.aspinallfoundation.org/portlympne/keepers-and-rangers/view/241 Many thanks and best wishes, Mark Kingston Jones

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Tomorrow's BERG meeting
by Christine Anna Caldwell 20 Apr '10

20 Apr '10

Just some extra information about the BERG meeting tomorrow - Blake Morton's presentation will be on "Asian Ape Resource Cognition: Cross-Species Comparison in Use and Visitation to Food Trees". Christine.

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