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Research Excellence Framework: HEFCE's second consultation on the assessment and funding of research. Deadline 16 December 2009: http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/hefce/2009/09_38/

Call for papers: Sustainable Development in the Higher Education Classroom: Perspectives from Area Studies and Development Studies: http://www.llas.ac.uk/events/3282 (deadline extended)

One Road In, Many Roads Out: Education as a Catalyst for Regeneration, 2-4 June 2010, University of Limerick: http://tinyurl.com/limerick-regen

The Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies recently held a workshop, Teaching linguistic fieldwork and sustainability. One of the presentations can be found on this page: http://www.ling.ed.ac.uk/~bert/

How the University of Edinburgh is facing the 10:10 Challenge: http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2009/dec/08/green-revolution-edinburgh-university

The Open University in Scotland has launched a new course, Sustainable Scotland: http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/course/t123.htm

Internationalising the Curriculum online course from Oxford Brookes: http://www.medev.ac.uk/resources/events/display_single_event?event_num=5093

International Sustainability Conference 2010, 5-7 January, Cuenca, Ecuador: http://onsustainability.com/conference-2010/

Third World Universities Forum, 9-11 January 2010, Davos, Switzerland:
http://www.medev.ac.uk/resources/events/display_single_event?event_num=4709

1st International Conference on Interdisciplinary Research on Technology, Education and Communication, 25-27 May 2010, Kotrijk, Belgium: http://www.kuleuven-kortrijk.be/itec2010

The Open University has launched the Creative Climate website: http://www.open2.net/creativeclimate

What It Looks Like When a Local Authority REALLY Gets Transition: http://tinyurl.com/monteveglio

Vacancy: Diversity Project Coordinator for the Transition Network: http://transitionnetworknews.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/diversity-project-coordinator/

And to get you in a seasonal mood, Climate Change Christmas Carols: http://tinyurl.com/climatechangecarols

have a lovely weekend,
heather

Heather Luna
ESD Project Coordinator
HE Academy
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/esd

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