APGDI Newsletter: January 09

26/02/09 APGDI Newsletter: January 09

Newsletter
Issue 19
January 2009
 

Upcoming Events

Parliamentary Researchers’ Design and Innovation Briefing

20^th February 2009

A lunchtime briefing for researchers to learn more about the value of Design and Innovation to their constituencies and MP’s work in Parliament.

Food will be served 12-2pm in the Jubilee Room.

To enquire about attending APGDI events please email Oliver Coppard

Design and Innovation News

• £12 million in next wave of Sea Change grants for regeneration of coastal resorts
• British Fashion Designer Hussein Chalayan retrospective at design museum
• Royal Mint launches nationwide competition to design 2012 coin
• Seven new recruits bolster Design Council board
• Metropolitan Works opens new digital manufacturing facility in East London
• Three Waterloo Square concepts unveiled
• Architect Andrea Palladio quincentenary exhibition at Royal Academy
• Trump’s Scottish golf village to be designed by local architect Hoskins
   

In Parliament

• Intellectual Property ReviewClick here and here (Mr. Garnier)
• Economic Impact of University Research (Mr. Marsden)
• Research Standards (Mr. Hopkins)
• Bank Services to Small Businesses (Mr. Jackson)
• Funding for Arts Council Click here and here (Mr. Gerrard)
• Regeneration Plan for Coastal Areas (Mr. Ruane)
• BSF to include VIth Form Colleges (Mr. Laws)
• NHS Innovation Hubs (Mr. Pickles)
• Cost of the Cox Review (Mr. Hunt)
• Urban Areas: Research (Mr. Pickles)
• Olympic Games: Athletes’ Village Construction (Mr. Robertson)
• C&BINET November: Expenses (Mr. Hunt)
• Sustainable Development: Housing (Miss McIntosh)
• DCMS Support for Convergence Think Tank Click here and here (Mr. Hunt)
• CPD for Science Teachers (Mr. Bercrow)
• Public Transport in Rural Areas (Mr. Key)
• Health Hazards of Low Energy Bulbs (Mr. Ancram)
• Smart Meters (Mr. Rowen)
• DIUS and DCSF Interns (Mr. Willetts)
• Funding for Foundation Degrees (Mr. Wilson)