Hi All,
Please note the dates and times of the compulsory progress tutorials...you each have a half hour slot with me in my office (E411):
ALLEN ALEXANDRIAL AINA MISS 6906 Tuesday 7th February 2012 10am - 10:30am
BARRETT LUCY JAYNE MISS 6906 Tuesday 7th February 2012 10:30am - 11am
BENDE MELINDA MISS 6906 Tuesday 7th February 2012 11am - 11:30am
BODSWORTH STUART ANDREW MR 6906 Tuesday 7th February 2012 11:30am - 12pm
DOWNES STACEY MISS 6906 Tuesday 7th February 2012 12pm - 12:30pm
FREEMAN SARAH JOANNE MISS 6906 Tuesday 7th February 2012 12:30pm - 1pm
HAMEED ADBULRAZAK AYODELE MR 6906 Tuesday 7th February 2012 1pm - 1:30pm
INKO-TARIAH LESLIE TONYE IBISO MR 6906 Tuesday 7th February 2012 1:30pm - 2pm
KANTSADIS THEOFYLAKTOS MR 6906 Thursday 9th February 2012 10am - 10:30am
KIZILDAGLI SELINA SEMA MISS 6906 Thursday 9th February 2012 10:30am - 11am
MIRFIN SAMUEL DAVID KANE MR 6906 Thursday 9th February 2012 11am - 11:30am
OPREA MARIAN MR 6906 Thursday 9th February 2012 11:30am - 12pm
ROWLEY-NEALE SAMUEL MR 6906 Thursday 9th February 2012 12pm - 12:30pm
SAEEDHA FATHIMATH MRS 6906 Thursday 9th February 2012 12:30pm - 1pm
ANDERSON FERGUS MR 6902 Thursday 9th February 2012 1pm - 1:30pm
HOUSE JODIE SAMANTHA MISS 694J Thursday 9th February 2012 1:30pm - 2pm
KHUDADAD EMAN ABDULREDHA MISS 694J Thursday 9th February 2012 2pm - 2:30pm
This tutorial will review course engagement, attendance, marks received so far, attendance at research seminars and any general issues. Confirmation of eligibility for a placement will also be on the agenda.
Please arrive on time as I only have half an hour per student for each tutorial
Thanks
Mark
Wednesday, 25 January 2012
Sunday, 22 January 2012
EGS Seminar – Tuesday 24th January 2012
Tuesday 24th January, E34, John Dalton East Building, from 1.00-2.00 pm.
Policy initiatives to manage carbon are increasingly linking climate change mitigation and adaptation with efforts to reduce poverty. This presentation analyses the challenges and opportunities faced by national policymakers and other key stakeholders in achieving these multiple wins in Malawi and Zambia. Multi-stakeholder partnerships are increasingly required in integrated carbon management-poverty reduction activities stemming from international level policy agreements and voluntary carbon market initiatives. We critically reflect upon these partnerships and the challenges and opportunities linked to building and mobilizing capacity to translate policy rhetoric into on-the-ground action at national and local levels. Situating the progress made in Malawi to date within the regional context through a comparison with neighbouring Zambia, we outline the opportunities for, and barriers to, future initiatives in the region that aim to enhance carbon storage and reduce poverty through land management.
Sandwiches, coffee and tea are available from 12.30 pm in room *E324 (please note change)
If you would like to chat informally with the speaker before the seminar, please contact this week’s host, Andrew Thomas.
Challenges and Opportunities for Carbon Management in Malawi and ZambiaDr Lindsay Stringer, University of Leeds
Monday, 16 January 2012
Classes THIS WEEK !
Dear all,
The Sustainable City class will be 1.00-3.00pm just for this week, as Steve Millington is leading the Mancunian Way walking tour, and we need daylight. Meet in E422. We will be back for the coffee break (E324) though we may be back a bit later than 3.00.
The class for Air, Water and Land will now take place 4.00 - 6.00pm, just for this week, again in E422.
I hope this doesn't cause anyone any problems.
Regards,
Ros
MMU Task Leader for Education for Sustainable Development
The Sustainable City class will be 1.00-3.00pm just for this week, as Steve Millington is leading the Mancunian Way walking tour, and we need daylight. Meet in E422. We will be back for the coffee break (E324) though we may be back a bit later than 3.00.
The class for Air, Water and Land will now take place 4.00 - 6.00pm, just for this week, again in E422.
I hope this doesn't cause anyone any problems.
Regards,
Ros
Ros Howell
Senior Lecturer in Ecological Economics and SustainabilityMMU Task Leader for Education for Sustainable Development
Sunday, 15 January 2012
Support Sessions Available
The Faculty study skills workshop schedule is now available at http://www.sci-eng.mmu.ac.uk/student_support/officer.asp. I have also attached a poster which you may wish to use.
Also, a reminder that I am available for one-to-one appointments with students. Please do not hesitate to refer students who you feel may benefit.
Best wishes
Emma
Also, a reminder that I am available for one-to-one appointments with students. Please do not hesitate to refer students who you feel may benefit.
Best wishes
Emma
Emma Rayner
Faculty Student Support Officer
Wednesday, 7 December 2011
3-4pm Coffee - Change of Room
Hi All
The Dean has arranged for E402 to be refurbished and has advised that the room may be out of use for up to two months from Jan 2011. The Wednesday 3-4pm MSc coffee slot will therefore move to E324 for the whole of Jan and Feb 2012.
There is however one week where we cannot use E324 either, because of an existing booking: Wednesday 15th February. For this week, we will be in E433. We should get back use of E402 at the end of February/beginning of March (fingers crossed !).
Mark
Tuesday, 6 December 2011
REMINDER: Library Infoskills session
REMINDER
Hi all,
If you did NOT attend the original Library Infoskills session during the induction day back in September then you MUST attend the duplicate session running THIS WEEK. It is compulsory for all PG students to attend such a session and will greatly improve the quality of your literature searching and citation.
The session will run on WEDNESDAY 7th December from 11am – 12pm in room C1.02.
The session is being presented by Mrs Liz Peet - Library Staff
Those of you who attended the original session back in September (on the original day of induction) are also welcome to attend if you need a refresher...but for you it is optional.
Thanks
Mark
Hi all,
If you did NOT attend the original Library Infoskills session during the induction day back in September then you MUST attend the duplicate session running THIS WEEK. It is compulsory for all PG students to attend such a session and will greatly improve the quality of your literature searching and citation.
The session will run on WEDNESDAY 7th December from 11am – 12pm in room C1.02.
The session is being presented by Mrs Liz Peet - Library Staff
Those of you who attended the original session back in September (on the original day of induction) are also welcome to attend if you need a refresher...but for you it is optional.
Thanks
Mark
Thursday, 1 December 2011
EGS Seminar: Tuesday, 6th December 2011
Tuesday 06th December, E34, John Dalton East Building, from 1.00-2.00 pm.
Sandwiches, coffee and tea are available from 12.30 pm in room E402.
If you would like to chat informally with the speaker before the seminar, please contact this week’s host, Cathy Delaney.
Glacial Sediments under the Microscope: A Small Method for Big Questions
Dr Simon Carr
Queen Mary, University of London
In the past 30 years, it has become evident that deformable materials beneath glaciers and ice sheets have exerted a fundamental control over their extent, behaviour and dynamics. Within a wider context in which we increasingly view glaciers as an unstable and highly sensitive component of the global climate system, the deformable bed model has defined a paradigm in which glaciers are seen as complex, rapidly evolving systems. Although the deforming bed model of glacier dynamics has been generally accepted, and often invoked to explain key glacier flow and dynamic behaviour, the evidence used to illustrate processes operating at the glacier bed is incredibly sparse and ambiguous. This is because many of the sediments deformed and deposited beneath glaciers look structureless at the macroscopic scale. As such, application of the deforming bed model of glacier dynamics is often built on speculative and somewhat tenuous interpretations of limited sediment data.
Whilst many glacial sediments look structureless at a macroscopic scale, when examined at relatively low magnifications using optical or electron microscopes, they preserve a wide range of structures and characteristics. These structures reflect that all subglacially-transported sediments preserve a host of evidence of different forms of deformation. In this seminar, I will demonstrate the way in which micro-scale approaches have been applied to understand the nature and significance of glacial sediments in two and three (and perhaps even four) dimensions. I will argue that micro-scale methods such as these are currently the only way in which key questions of the stability and sensitivity of glaciers to climate change may be adequately answered.
Sandwiches, coffee and tea are available from 12.30 pm in room E402.
If you would like to chat informally with the speaker before the seminar, please contact this week’s host, Cathy Delaney.
Glacial Sediments under the Microscope: A Small Method for Big Questions
Dr Simon Carr
Queen Mary, University of London
In the past 30 years, it has become evident that deformable materials beneath glaciers and ice sheets have exerted a fundamental control over their extent, behaviour and dynamics. Within a wider context in which we increasingly view glaciers as an unstable and highly sensitive component of the global climate system, the deformable bed model has defined a paradigm in which glaciers are seen as complex, rapidly evolving systems. Although the deforming bed model of glacier dynamics has been generally accepted, and often invoked to explain key glacier flow and dynamic behaviour, the evidence used to illustrate processes operating at the glacier bed is incredibly sparse and ambiguous. This is because many of the sediments deformed and deposited beneath glaciers look structureless at the macroscopic scale. As such, application of the deforming bed model of glacier dynamics is often built on speculative and somewhat tenuous interpretations of limited sediment data.
Whilst many glacial sediments look structureless at a macroscopic scale, when examined at relatively low magnifications using optical or electron microscopes, they preserve a wide range of structures and characteristics. These structures reflect that all subglacially-transported sediments preserve a host of evidence of different forms of deformation. In this seminar, I will demonstrate the way in which micro-scale approaches have been applied to understand the nature and significance of glacial sediments in two and three (and perhaps even four) dimensions. I will argue that micro-scale methods such as these are currently the only way in which key questions of the stability and sensitivity of glaciers to climate change may be adequately answered.
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