23.02.07
Top climate change experts in public lecture at Tremough

Climate Change and Global Challenges: Shaping the Future Lecture, Tremough Campus, Penryn, 7pm, 6 March 2007

The University of Exeter and the Met Office will bring some of the UK's leading experts on climate change to the Tremough Campus, Penryn, for a free public event on 6 March. Professor John Mitchell, OBE, Chief Scientist at the Met Office, will reveal the key findings about climate change and the challenges we face in tackling it. A panel discussion featuring academics from the University of Exeter will follow before the debate is opened up to the audience.

"Cornwall is setting an example to the rest of the country in establishing more sustainable ways of living," said Professor Keith Atkinson, Provost of the University of Exeter's Cornwall campus. "Here at Tremough, the University of Exeter offers a range of degree courses that tackle these issues, including the UK's first undergraduate degree in Renewable Energy and a Masters degree in Climate Change and Risk Management. We are delighted to be welcoming John Mitchell OBE and other distinguished guests to the Tremough campus and hope that local people will join us for what promises to be a fascinating evening."

This lecture is part of the 'Shaping the Future' series, which is organised by the University of Exeter to bring people together to discuss topical issues. Usually held at the University’s Streatham Campus, Exeter, this is the first event to be held at the Tremough Campus. The University hopes to bring more events to its Cornwall Campus in the future.

This event is free, but booking is essential and limited spaces are now available. To reserve your place, please email Liz Hull: e.a.hull@exeter.ac.uk or call 01392 262359.

The £100 million Tremough campus is a Combined Universities in Cornwall initiative of which the University of Exeter and University College Falmouth are two of the founding partners. It is funded mainly by the European Union (Objective One), the South West Regional Development Agency, and the Higher Education Funding Council for England, with support from Cornwall County Council. Set in 70 acres of countryside, but close to the waterside towns of Penryn and Falmouth, the campus offers a lively student community. The University of Exeter is expanding its courses at the Tremough Campus to include Politics, Law and History to its existing degrees in Mining Engineering, Geology, Biology, Geography, English and Renewable Energy.

For further information contact Sarah Hoyle of the University of Exeter on 01392 262062 or email S.Hoyle@exeter.ac.uk.

The Objective One Programme for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly has invested in the Combined Universities in Cornwall (CUC) project, both Phase 1 and Phase 2, through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the European Social Fund (ESF). The University of Exeter is a partner of the CUC.

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