The UK has a special place in the history of science. From Isaac Newton to Charles Darwin, Rosalind Franklin and Stephen Hawking, we’ve been globally recognised for our discoveries since the very earliest days of science. We’ve also been one of the most innovative countries in the world in applying discoveries to every aspect of our lives, pioneering new ideas and technologies from the factory to the home. It is no surprise then that our research is world-leading. We produce the third highest amount of scientific research in the world, in fact 91 Nobel Prize-winners have been British over the years, and many others have chosen to study here. Our universities are currently home to plenty of future candidates.
University of Southampton: Changing Environment, Changing Lives: Assessing Risk from Climate Change in South East Asia
Date: Tuesday, 23 November 2021
Time:
Country |
UK (GMT) |
Indonesia (WIB), Thailand, Vietnam |
Mainland China, Hong Kong SAR, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Taiwan |
South Korea, Japan |
Time |
08:30 to 09:45 |
15:30 to 16:45 |
16:30 to 17:45 |
17:30 to 18:45 |
Presenter: Prof. Craig Hutton, Professor of Sustainability Science, School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton
Masterclass brief:
With populations and economic activities concentrated along coastlines, and high dependence on agriculture and supporting water resources, ASEAN countries are highly vulnerable to climate change. To cope with sea level rise and greater frequency and severity of extreme weather events, development planning must strengthen adaptive capacity. Data may exist on a regional and local level, yet it has not been integrated into a robust framework of systemic risk where risk is based upon hazards and the vulnerability of the population. The School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southam leads a team of UK, Vietnamese and Thai researchers, funded by the British Council, exploring how to build within-country capacity, and identify the data, modelling and workflow needs required, to effectively quantify water resource and flood management risks in two diverse ASEAN regions: The Mekong Delta, Vietnam and Thailand’s Chao Phraya basin - recognised as some of the most vulnerable areas to sea level rise in the world. By establishing what data sets and models are required and designing analyses that bring these together we can assess climate risk in an optimal, accessible and policy-relevant way. This ongoing work will be enabled the development of gender- and equity-sensitive flood and water resource risk maps and will constitute contribution to COP26.
University of Warwick: Introduction to Integrated Science – an interdisciplinary approach to the natural sciences
Date: Wednesday, 24 November 2021
Time:
Country |
UK (GMT) |
Indonesia (WIB), Thailand, Vietnam |
Mainland China, Hong Kong SAR, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Taiwan |
South Korea, Japan |
Time |
08:30 to 09:45 |
15:30 to 16:45 |
16:30 to 17:45 |
17:30 to 18:45 |
Presenter: Robert Cross, Professor of Mechanochemical Cell Biology, University of Warwick
Masterclass brief:
Integrated Science is a new approach to the natural sciences, aiming to train you to draw freely on the techniques and mindsets of a range of disciplines, including Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics and Computing. Right from the outset, students are guided by expert scientists to address scientific problems by experiment. Computing, predominantly using Python, threads through the course. In this talk Professor Cross aims to explain what this innovative new course offers to students. The pioneering students have just completed their first year and the masterclass will describe what they have learned during the year.