DiSSCo UK is a £155 million, 10-year programme to digitise natural science collections held in the UK
The Secretary for State for Science, Innovation and Technology has announced that the Natural History Museum will lead a major new project, DiSSCo UK, funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to digitise a critical mass of the UK’s natural science collections.
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GCG member (and former chair) Sarah King, writes from York:
This summer, there will be a series of free online talks to accompany the Yorkshire Museum’s ‘Mary Anning Rocks’ exhibition, which is now open. These will be delivered by a range of experts on themes connected with Mary Anning, palaeontology, and ground-breaking women in science.
Each talk will be broadcast live on the Yorkshire Museum’s YouTube page, with a chance to ask questions of the speaker at the end. A link to sign up will be made available a few days before, which will be visible on the exhibition page (https://www.yorkshiremuseum.
- 26 July 2023, 4.30pm – Tom Sharpe: Mary Anning, The Fossil Woman
- 10 August 2023, 4.30pm – Dr Anjana Khatwa: The Missing: Embracing equitable engagement for science and nature
- 7 September 2023, 4.30pm – Dr Liam Herringshaw: Fossils from Teesside to Spurn: Why Mary Anning would have loved the Yorkshire Coast
- 14 September 2023, 4pm – Dr Tori Herridge: The Adventures of Mary Anning and her Network of Trowelblazing Women
We were thrilled to learn that longstanding GCG member Roy Starkey has been awarded a British Empire Medal for ‘Services to Mineralogy’ in the King’s Birthday Honours List. Congratulations Roy!
We have enjoyed many of his talks at our AGMs over the past few years - if you are logged into this website as a GCG member, you can catch-up on some of the recordings, for instance at our 2022 AGM here or our 2021 AGM here.
You can also find Roy on Twitter at https://twitter.com/roy_mineral
XIth INTERNATIONAL PROGEO SYMPOSIUM
ProGEO: The International Association for the Conservation of Geological Heritage
On behalf of the Organising Committee, and the International Association for the Conservation of Geological Heritage (ProGEO), we are pleased to invite you to take part in the XIth International ProGEO Symposium. The meeting is being organised by the Charnwood Forest Geopark, and will take place in Loughborough, UK from 9th to 11th October 2023.
The symposium is an international event open to scientists, students, educators, professionals, decision-makers, and anyone involved in geoheritage and geoconservation. The meeting will promote communication and collaboration amongst attendees from all over the world, and provide a space to discuss new challenges and threats in geological conservation.
More information is at https://www.progeo2023.com/