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Wood MusICK training school – reminder

6 March 2016 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

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?

19 February 2016 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

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 […]

CTI timber supply chain skills survey

26 January 2016 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

The Confederation of Timber Industry (CTI) has published an employer skills questionnaire for the UK’s Timber Industry Supply Chain. The views of businesses on skills […]

Tree breeding & forest products event

25 January 2016 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

This free event is being organised by Forest Research in conjunction with Partners and the Forestry Commission and will take place at Newbattle Abbey College (Dalkeith) […]

SIRT grading seminar – update

22 January 2016 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

We have had a lot of interest in the timber grading seminar we are holding in Glasgow on 3rd February.  We’ve now reached the number of […]

Timber Grading Seminar – SIRT Event

11 January 2016 Steven Adams 0

Notice (22/1/2016): Due to the high level of interest we have had to activate the “waiting list”. We are currently looking at how we might be […]

PhD opportunity at Linnaeus University

12 May 2015 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

The project deals with advanced numerical modelling to study different types of wooden structures that are exposed to variations in both mechanical load and cyclic […]

Scholarships for MSc in Timber Engineering

20 March 2015 Dan Ridley-Ellis 1

There are industry-funded places available for Napier University’s MSc course in timber engineering. Timber is, in many respects, the ideal construction material, particularly in terms […]

Trussed rafter online course relaunched

1 November 2014 Dan Ridley-Ellis 0

We are pleased to announce that our online training course for the Trussed Rafter Association has been refreshed and relaunched.  The course provides an introduction to […]

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The Centres for Timber Engineering at Edinburgh Napier University are “Wood Science & Technology (CWST)”, and “Offsite Construction and Innovative Structures (COCIS)”.

They are part of the Institute for Sustainable Construction at Edinburgh Napier University, UK.

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