Queen’s Anniversary Prize ceremony
HRH The Prince of Wales, with HRH The Duchess of Cornwall, presented Queen’s Anniversary Prizes to recipients of the award in the eleventh […]
Visiting researchers go visting
Visiting researcher, Filip Pantelić (left) and intern researcher Mélanie Libeau (right) took time from their lab work to visit Jonathan Santa Maria Bouquet (centre) – who is a […]
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 […]
Tree breeding and forest products
There was a good turn out to Forest Research’s seminar on Wednesday 17th February. Speakers covered a range of topics related to tree breeding and diversification […]
FP1302 WoodMusICK call for STSMs
COST Action FP1302 “Wooden Musical Instrument Conservation and Knowledge” has issued a call for Short Scientific Missions Deadline for submission of the applications: 29.02.2016 Deadline […]
CTI timber supply chain skills survey
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
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
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 […]
Confor conference – forestry in Scotland
Professor Sean Smith, Director of the Institute for Sustainable Construction, in which our Centre sits, will be speaking at the Confederation of Forest Industries’ conference […]
Voting on the revised EN14081-1
The European Standard EN14081-1 “Timber structures – Strength graded structural timber with rectangular cross section – Part 1 General requirements” is entering the final stages of revision, […]