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Submissions for Issue 8 - Autumn 201230 April 2012
The submission deadlines and themes for Issue 8 to be published in early October are online here.
We are looking forward to receiving your articles!
Panel discussion onCyber Security: From Bombs to Bots - Security in the Cyber Sphere
1 March 2012
March 21st at 6pm, Lecture Theatre 1 (LT1), IC Business School
An important and growing issue, cyber-crime and attack represents a threat in many varied guises not least due to the increasing dependence of national infrastructure on ICT. Chaired by Jay Abbott, the panel will be composed of Prof. Chris Hankin, Judy Baker, David Livingstone MBE and Henry Harrison.
Please see here for more details and registration. Limited space only!
3 February 2012
Do you have the skills to run a policy and international affairs focused journal?
Can you commit time and energy to the continued success of A Global Village?
If so, A Global Village is recruiting for it's new Editorial Leadership Programme to begin end February — and we are looking for you!
For more information see here.
We look forward to receiving your application.
16 January 2012
January 23th at 6.30pm, V&A Reading Rooms, South Kensington.
Contributors - past, current and future - and potential new team members, and supporters, are invited to join the team in admiring a shiny new copy of issue 6 over a glass of wine in the very stylish V&A Reading Rooms!
10 January 2012
The submission deadlines and themes for Issue 7 to be published in early May are online here.
We are looking forward to receiving your articles!
Look out for issue 6 hot off the press now!
Panel discussion onNation Building: The Role of the West in African Health, Development and Governance
3 October 2011
October 20th at 6pm, Lecture Theatre 2 (LT2), IC Business School
The panel discussion will focus on the role of the developed world, including both governments and NGOs, in African health ranging from the building of primary healthcare systems to administering mass vaccination and treatment programmes and trauma care. Chaired by Prof. Alan Fenwick OBE, the panel will be composed of Prof. David Heymann CBE, Prof. Moses Bockarie and Andrew Jack.
Please see here for more details and registration.
Freshers' Event & Launch of New Issue1 October 2010
October 13th at 6pm, LT 311, Huxley Building
Please come along to our Launch-Freshers event on October 13th. Contributors, potential team members and AGV supporters are invited to join us for a few short presentations from past contributors on their work and the importance of communicating it to a broader community. There will also be an opportunity to learn about how the journal operates, and we will celebrate the launch of the new issue over a few drinks.
Global Health Short Course10 March 2011
The Schistosomiasis Control Initiative at Imperial College will run a short course on Global Health from 27 June - 1 July 2011, open to Imperial and non-Imperial medical students. Experts in global health as well as guest speakers such as Paul Mason (BBC Newsnight) will cover topics ranging from international health care and the role of pharma to working with the media!
Please sign up early by registering with Isobel Blake at imb02@imperial.ac.uk.
Panel discussion onBig Pharma and Global Health: The Role of Intellectual Property
23 February 2011
March 7th at 6pm, Lower Ground Square LT (LGS), IC Business School
A Global Village will host a panel discussion to address the issues surrounding the role of intellectual property rights and the pharmaceutical industry in global health with representatives from GlaxoSmithKline, DfID, Wellcome Trust and Médecins Sans Frontières.
Please see here for more details.
Panel debate on Is the Future Nuclear?1 February 2011
Feb 17th at 6pm, Lower Ground Square LT (LGS), IC Business School
A Global Village will host a panel discussion on Is the Future Nuclear? with a panel composed of Prof. Jim Skea OBE, Director of UK Energy Research Centre, Prof. Gordon MacKerron, Chair of UK Committee on Radioactive Waste Management and Prof. James Marrow, Co-director of the Programme in Nuclear & Energy Materials, Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford, chaired by Neil Hirst, Senior Policy Fellow in Energy Mitigation and Climate Change at the Grantham Institute for Climate Change. Come and join the debate!
Exclusive Interview with Dr. Fatih Birol, Chief Economist at the International Energy Agency20 January 2011
Neave O'Clery asked Dr. Birol about the impact of rising oil prices on the global economy, the effect of subsidies on fuel demand and the crucial role of the US and China in combating climate change.
Launch of Issue 314 January 2011
The team at A Global Village would like to invite you to come to the launch of the third issue on Tuesday, January 25th at 6pm in the main foyer of the IC Business School. Come along for drinks, a copy of the next issue hot off the press and hear from some of our contributors about their articles!
16 November 2010
Prof. Don Bundy, World Bank, and Caroline Hurford, WFP UK, emphasise school feeding programmes.
Top right:
Prof. Peter Smith, Professor of Health Policy at Imperial College London, dicusses the impact of agricultural subsidies on the developing world.
Bottom left:
Tanya Green, Department for International Development UK (DFID), comments on the importance of the 'first 1000 days'.
22 October 2010
Thanks to everyone who came to our Global Food Crisis panel debate last Wednesday. I think we can all agree that it was a success with 150 students and staff attending, including representatives from DfID and a journalist from the Guardian's new Global Development section tweeting in real-time about the panel: check out their site at guardian.co.uk/global-development.
For those of you who could not make it, there will be some short film clips for you to watch online soon!
15 October 2010
Prof. Don Bundy of the World Bank will join the panel debate this Wednesday at 6pm in the Read Theatre at Imperial! Don Bundy is the World Bank's leading specialist on school health, nutrition, HIV/AIDS and education. He will join Dr. Martin Bloem, Chief for Nutrition and HIV/AIDS Policy at the UN World Food Programme in Rome and Professor Peter Smith, Professor of Health Policy at Imperial College.
The panel discussion will specifically focus on the role of the scientific community and international organisations such as WFP in tackling global food shortages particularly in areas such as nutrition and catering for the millions affected by chronic disease.
We hope to see you there!
11 October 2010
International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell is announcing £25 million for Imperial's Schistosomiasis Control Initiative, which he says will help eradicate the damaging effects of the neglected disease in two African countries and enable more children to stay in school.
Read more on guardian.co.uk.
1 October 2010
Oct 20th Panel Debate at Imperial College with the World Food Programme
A Global Village and the World Food Programme will host a panel discussion on the Global Food Crisis on Wednesday, October 20th at 6pm in the Read Lecture Theatre, Sherfield. Chaired by Prof. Alan Fenwick OBE, the panel will be composed of Prof. Peter Smith, Prof. Helen Ward and Dr. Martin Bloem, Chief for Nutrition and HIV/AIDS Policy at the UN World Food Programme in Rome. Can science and innovation help tackle global food shortages? Come and join in the debate!
This event is supported by the IC Energy Group, Fairtrade Society, Model United Nations, i,Science and Medsin Imperial.
Read more here.