http://www.hilaryburrage.com/ Knowledge Economy : Science : Regeneration : Environment : Strategic Policy : Culture : Diversity : Education : Liverpool : Fringe en Copyright 2008 Sun, 07 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss The 2008 Elegant Music Carol Concert at Sudley House, by Mossley Hill Church, Liverpool, is on Sunday 7 December, from 2 - 3.30 pm. Join us after your lunch, all prepared to sing at 2.30. It's free and everyone's welcome! And do leave time to explore Sudley House, too. It's one of the great treasures of Liverpool, with wonderful art, plus a cosy tearoom open daily, 10 am till 4.30 pm. ]]> http://www.hilaryburrage.com/2008/12/carols_round_the_christmas_tre_1.php http://www.hilaryburrage.com/2008/12/carols_round_the_christmas_tre_1.php Elegant Music Sun, 07 Dec 2008 14:00:00 +0000 Research Forum has this week, 5 November 2008, carried an analysis (including an article by me) of A Vision for Science and Society, which DIUS, the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills launched on 18 July and closed on 17 October. The debate is by no means closed. This is a conversation which has as yet a way to run.]]> http://www.hilaryburrage.com/2008/11/if_only_scientists_could_remem.php http://www.hilaryburrage.com/2008/11/if_only_scientists_could_remem.php Hilary's Publications, Lectures & Talks Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:40:59 +0000 We were delighted this evening to attend the Private View of Joel Phelan's JoelBird paintings (acrylic on canvas) in the Coach House of Calderstones Park, Liverpool. Joel, a locally-born artist, is also a talented musician (JubJub / Eto The Band). He has created wonderfully life-like yet 'designed' impressions of birds which we see in our local parks. It would be great if these works inspired other younger people in the city to observe more closely the natural world around them. ]]> http://www.hilaryburrage.com/2008/11/joelbird_joel_phelan_private_v.php http://www.hilaryburrage.com/2008/11/joelbird_joel_phelan_private_v.php Liverpool, European Capital Of Culture 2008 Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:42:38 +0000 This spider, set against the austere statue of Lord Nelson and a backdrop of Liverpool's historic Town Hall, has so much more to offer than the monster mechanical arachnid which scoured our streets a short while ago. La Princesse was piece of engineering; this spider is a work of art. It trusts us to see in it what we will - it's magical, creative and beautiful all at the same time, leaving the imagination to work its fancies. ]]> http://www.hilaryburrage.com/2008/11/the_liverpool_biennial_spider_hovers_over_exhange_flags.php http://www.hilaryburrage.com/2008/11/the_liverpool_biennial_spider_hovers_over_exhange_flags.php Camera & Calendar Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:33:36 +0000 After much debate the Government has finally announced that Personal, Health and Social Education (PHSE) will be compulsory in schools at a level appropriate to each child's age. This decision has been widely welcomed - though strangely not quite by everyone. All children need to understand their own bodies and relationships. But only a few years ago some of us, as educators, were still battling to save this entitlement and embed it into the curriculum. ]]> http://www.hilaryburrage.com/2008/10/phse_becomes_core_curriculum_a.php http://www.hilaryburrage.com/2008/10/phse_becomes_core_curriculum_a.php Education & Life-Long Learning Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:29:17 +0000 This is the day and date when the clocks go 'back'. We have an extra hour in bed on Sunday morning, and then... darkness an hour earlier until next Spring. And most of us will miss the dawning of the day as well, since the majority of people in the UK no longer keep agrarian hours. So let's do something about using daylight in the best way, in the modern world: Sign the No 10 Petition for 'better use of sun'. ]]> http://www.hilaryburrage.com/2008/10/see_the_dawn_enjoy_the_sunset.php http://www.hilaryburrage.com/2008/10/see_the_dawn_enjoy_the_sunset.php BST: British Summer Time & 'Daylight Saving' (The Clocks Go Back & Forward) Sun, 26 Oct 2008 02:00:00 +0000 The current financial chaos is producing a lot of debate about regulation. On one hand we're told that very tight scrutiny, emboldened by severe legislation, is a must; whilst others say more 'good, moral people' from the City are the answer. Both positions have merit. But urgent action to widen the pool from which Board Directors is drawn is one essential and immediate option, insisting that many more women become directors of the most influential companies.]]> http://www.hilaryburrage.com/2008/10/financial_regulation_is_streng.php http://www.hilaryburrage.com/2008/10/financial_regulation_is_streng.php Business & (sometimes Social) Enterprise Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:02:39 +0000 The UK Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills has just conducted a consultation on Science and Society. What follows is a version of my submission to DIUS on this subject, covering issues such as the role of scientists in the service of government, the use of social science, the need to develop regional science strategies, engagement and stakeholding, the iterative way science evolves in its inevitably social context/s, and how different sorts of people feel about and become active (or not) in this process.]]> http://www.hilaryburrage.com/2008/10/dius_science_and_society_consu.php http://www.hilaryburrage.com/2008/10/dius_science_and_society_consu.php Science Policy Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:05:56 +0000 Regeneration has been headline news in Liverpool these past few weeks, as the debate continues about Dr. Tim Leunig and his Policy Exchange report, Cities Unlimited, in which it is suggested that Liverpool's time is over. This evening Prof. David Robertson of Liverpool John Moores University and Dr Leunig of the London School of Economics presented their opposing views on Liverpool's future in Liverpool Cathedral. ]]> http://www.hilaryburrage.com/2008/10/making_liverpool_prosper_beyon.php http://www.hilaryburrage.com/2008/10/making_liverpool_prosper_beyon.php The Future Of Liverpool Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:59:24 +0000 Monday Women (Liverpool) has been going for more than five years now, so it was really encouraging to see such a good turn out for the first meeting of Autumn '08. There's clearly a continuing enthusiasm for a (free, open access) 'space' for women in our city to meet friends old and new, and just to catch up on the news. It's fun; so come! Please note: future meetings venue now changed, see below.]]> http://www.hilaryburrage.com/2008/10/monday_women_meet_at_heart_sou.php http://www.hilaryburrage.com/2008/10/monday_women_meet_at_heart_sou.php Monday Women Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:14:14 +0000 Recent advice is that, to 'save' the planet, we in the developed nations should eat meat at most four times a week; but we should also recognise the current fundamental economic centrality of meat in many parts of the developing world. Discussion of these recommendations has produced some very interesting ideas about what might constitute almost zero carbon food and even zero carbon meat. Hill grazing sheep, jellied eels and the new crab aquaculture are amongst the food items and techniques coming to mind.]]> http://www.hilaryburrage.com/2008/10/can_meat_be_eco_or_even_carbon.php http://www.hilaryburrage.com/2008/10/can_meat_be_eco_or_even_carbon.php Food Sat, 04 Oct 2008 14:23:45 +0000 Is it Merlin, or is it some other mystical creature, whose likeness arose silent and unannounced from the lone long-topped tree trunk in the heart of Sefton Park? One August morning, in the midst of the more expected park renovations of 2008, there 'he' was, the beautifully sculpted Sage of Sefton Park, the beginning, we can only hope, of a serendipitous array of creations in the park, for us to enjoy and create further in our imaginations as we wish. ]]> http://www.hilaryburrage.com/2008/10/liverpools_sefton_park_sage.php http://www.hilaryburrage.com/2008/10/liverpools_sefton_park_sage.php Camera & Calendar Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:00:22 +0000 John Willman is UK Business Editor of the Financial Times, so his take on the UK economy was an important contribution to the NWDA 2008 Annual Conference in Liverpool. His message, whilst analytically cautious in the present market chaos, came over as generally upbeat. Would that Tim Leunig, the academic who advised the economic emphasis should Go South, had seen things in the same light. Better surely for the North and the South of England, if we face the UK's regional (and centralist) challenges, than if we run away? ]]> http://www.hilaryburrage.com/2008/09/john_willman_tim_leunig_and_no.php http://www.hilaryburrage.com/2008/09/john_willman_tim_leunig_and_no.php Regions, Sub-Regions & City Regions Fri, 26 Sep 2008 23:06:57 +0000 High Infant Mortality Rates (IMR) are a distressing measure, but they tell us a lot about the nation's health. In the UK today the risk of infant death is about one in two hundred live births. But still seven times as many babies die in some working class Northern towns as do in the wealthiest parts of the South East. The Sure Start programme, alongside the Government's IMR health inequalities initiative, shows promise in addressing these massive inequalities; but the next step must be to strengthen Sure Start's interdisciplinary framework.]]> http://www.hilaryburrage.com/2008/09/sure_starts_approach_to_health_inequalities_does_work.php http://www.hilaryburrage.com/2008/09/sure_starts_approach_to_health_inequalities_does_work.php Children & Families Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:25:39 +0000 HOTFOOT 2008, in Liverpool's Philharmonic Hall on Sunday 7 September [NB: 7 pm], is the twelfth such annual concert. Promoted as ever by HOPES: The Hope Street Association, the theme for the city's 2008 European Capital of Culture year is 'Cafe Europe', with music devised by local children working alongside professional musicians from HOPES. ]]> http://www.hilaryburrage.com/2008/09/hotfoot_concert_2008_cafe_europe.php http://www.hilaryburrage.com/2008/09/hotfoot_concert_2008_cafe_europe.php HOTFOOT On Hope Street (The Concert) Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:00:00 +0000