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Business skills and the low Carbon economy07 September 2010 - 09 September 2010

Event overview

Designed for both early career researchers (PGRs and Research Staff), our 3 day residential bespoke programme ‘Business Skills and the Low Carbon Economy' offers you the chance to build on your career portfolio.  The programme will equip you with:

  • an awareness of the current climate change debate
  • an understanding of the low carbon economy
  • the implications for business of international and UK policies and regulations for reducing carbon emissions
  • business basics - markets and customers, finance, project management
  • an awareness of the implications of the LCE for your research

A linking theme throughout will be the ‘Build Your Own Company' exercise where you will work in groups to develop a business case with carbon reduction as a key element.

The programme will incorporate a visit to Adnams in Southwold, Suffolk.  Adnams is an award-winning brewery that is successfully integrating its business into the low-carbon economy, including a new low-energy low -environmental impact distribution centre and the launch of the UK's first carbon-neutral beer ‘East Green' and so makes an ideal business study case.

The programme  will take place at the University of East Anglia, home to one of the world's premier Environmental Science Schools which was recently ranked 5th in the world for geosciences (Thomson Reuters' Essential Science Indicators database ).  Dr Kevan Williams, UEA Norwich Business School, will lead the course with input from staff from the UEA School of Environmental Sciences and the Norwich Business School.  Kevan is the inaugural Course Director of UEA's MBA Strategic Carbon Management and Director of Norwich Management Development Centre and has a wealth of business experience.  Dr Sue Jickells, UEA Centre for Staff and Educational Development and ex Senior Lecturer King's College London, is the Programme Manager and will be on hand during the programme to offer expertise and advice. 

The programme is funded under the Vitae Innovate Scheme.  The scheme is designed to encourage innovation in the personal, professional and career development of researchers.  Our programme ‘Business Skills and the Low Carbon Economy' was one of only seven proposals selected for funding from 190 bids submitted to the scheme in 2009.  The panel clearly recognised our innovative programme and the importance of raising researcher awareness of the low carbon economy.

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University of East Anglia

Audience:
Postgraduate researchers.
Research staff
Supervisors
Research managers
Region:
East of England
Organisation:
University of East Anglia  
Contact:
s.payne@uea.ac.uk  
Location:
University of East Anglia  

Venue information

University of East Anglia,

Norwich

Norfolk

NR4 7TJ

Directions

By Train
Norwich is less than two hours from London by train and there is an InterCity rail links with the Midlands, the North of England and Scotland via Peterborough. National Express trains run from London Liverpool Street station approximately every half hour. The easiest way to reach UEA from the railway station is by taxi, which costs about £10 and takes approximately 15 minutes. There are also regular Norwich city buses direct to the University from the railway station forecourt (numbers 25 and 35). Rail enquiries: (+44) (0) 8457 484950.

By Bus and Coach 
National Express coaches run from all major airports and cities in Great Britain to the Surrey Street Bus Station in the city centre.  Some services also run to the campus.  Norwich city buses 25 and 35 run regularly from Castle Meadow and St Stephens Street close to the Surrey Street Bus Station in Norwich city centre to the university campus. Bus and coach enquiries (traveline): (+44) (0) 871 200 2233. National Express enquiries: (+44) (0) 8705 808080.

By Car 
From London take the M11/A11 north; just outside Norwich take the A47 (Southern Bypass) in the direction of Swaffham; the University is signposted off at the next exit (B1108). If you are driving from the North or the Midlands, you can use the A47 via King's Lynn, or the new A14 as far as Newmarket and then take the A11 to Norwich. UEA is situated on the outskirts of Norwich, around two and a half miles west of the city centre, just off the Earlham Road (B1108) which is one of the main roads out of the city.

By Air
Norwich Airport has regular flights to and from Aberdeen (daily), Edinburgh (daily), Manchester (daily excl., Sat.) and Exeter (Tues/Thurs/Sun). The campus is within easy reach from the airport by taxi, taking only 10-15 minutes.

Entry requirements/cost

This pilot programme, which is funded under the Vitae Innovate Scheme, is FREE to researchers (PGR or Research Staff) at any UK university but participants will need to fund their own travel costs.  Accommodation at the University will be provided at no cost to participants and all meals are included.  Participants will need to fund their own bar bills!

The number of places is limited to 20.  As we anticipate competition for places, applicants will be asked to submit a 250 word max summary on ‘How attending the programme will benefit my future career plans.'

To apply for a place on the programme or find out more, please contact Ms Sarah Payne (s.payne@uea.ac.uk).  Please put ‘Business Skills and the Low Carbon Economy' in the subject line of your email.

Additional information

The programme deliberately encourages researchers from all subject disciplines to participate in recognition that addressing the low carbon economy will require multidisciplinary solutions from research and business.