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APGDI Newsletter: January 09
26/02/09 APGDI Newsletter: January 09
Newsletter
Issue 19
January 2009
Upcoming Events
Parliamentary Researchers’ Design and Innovation Briefing
20th 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)
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