Forest products on the Handmade podcast
The Handmade podcast (previously known as ‘rial talk) has covered wood and wood-based materials a few times from different perspectives. March 23rd 2018 “Wood” with […]
CPD and degrees
beX wins award for employer engagement
We were thrilled to hear that the Built Environment Exchange won the “Outstanding employer engagement in universities” prize at the Herald Higher Education Awards. The […]
New MSc in Timber Architectural Design and Technology
Edinburgh Napier University has introduced an MSc on Timber Architectural Design and Technology – the first programme of its kind in the UK. (info: Full […]
Carnegie Trust’s Caledonian PhD Scholarship Scheme 2018/19
The Carnegie Trust is again running the Caledonian PhD Scholarship Scheme. Each University has a maximum number of applications they are allowed to put forward to […]
Forestry career route map (survey)
The Forest and Timber Technologies ILG Skills Group are currently undertaking a review of the Forestry Career Route Map website in order to update the […]
British timber in construction
Dan Ridley-Ellis will speak about grading of British-grown timber at this event hosted by BRE, which launches Grown in Britain week, 2016 10 October 2016 […]
Structural timber engineering seminar
We are holding a seminar, jointly with the Centre for Offsite Construction + Innovative Structures, for the Scottish Regional Group of the Institution of Structural Engineers. […]
ICF national conference 2016
The Institute of Chartered Foresters is holding their annual conference on 27-28 April at the Newcastle Marriott Hotel, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. The programme aims to challenge conventional thinking on the cascading […]
Wood MusICK training school – reminder
The COST Action Wood MusICK, has a Training School on Organology which will take place at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam on 12-15 April 2016. The aim of […]
Future of wood science at Hamburg?
There is a petition on change.org to save the (well respected) BSc and MSc programs of Wood Science and Technology at the University of Hamburg. The closing down […]