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University of Lincoln, UK
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LIAT’s Professor Simon Pearson was pleased to join the second UK Farm to Fork Summit at 10 Downing Street, recognising the crucial importance of the farming and food sector to our nation and exploring further opportunities to turbo-charge the sector as an engine for growth.
Thank you to everyone who joined our final breakfast briefing of the season last week. If you couldn’t attend or would like to watch again, the livestream can be watched on YouTube via the link below.
youtube.com/watch?v=oO4kPJ5r…
There is still time to register for this month's breakfast briefing, for full details and to sign up please visit the link below:
The topic this time is 'Accelerating development of robotics for agriculture: Agri-Open Core project.'
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We are hosting our next LIAT Breakfast Briefing on Friday 15th March. The topic this time is 'Accelerating development of robotics for agriculture: Agri-Open Core project.' Join us in person or online - register your place here
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Lincoln Institute for Agri-Food Technology (LIAT) retweeted
Staff and students have attended Buckingham Palace to receive the @QAPrizes. Hear from Professor Simon Pearson, Founding Director of the @LIATLincoln, on why the award has been bestowed upon Lincoln.
Find out more: lncn.ac/QAP
There is still time to join our next Breakfast Briefing which will be held on Friday 23 February at the Springfields Events & Conference Centre in Spalding.
Join us to find out about 'Decarbonising the Cool Chain from Farm to Fork.'
Register here:
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MSc Agri-food Technology provides the opportunity to undertake the module “Collaborative Research Project”. This module allows students to apply agri-food knowledge and laboratory skills within a commercial setting.
To find out more visit -
lincoln.ac.uk/course/agftppm…
MSc Agri-Food Technology is intentionally wide-ranging and is designed to prepare students for opportunities across the broad and fast-moving agri-food sector.
To find out more visit - lincoln.ac.uk/course/agrfdtm…
The LINCAM Ceres Agri-Tech cluster is pleased to announce that a new round of funding opportunities is now open for researchers from UK universities and EPSRC approved research technology organisations.
Find out more here ceresagritech.org/lincam-lin…
Closing date 02 April 2024
LIAT Breakfast Briefing Friday 23 Feb Springfields Conference and Events Centre Spalding
Topic 'Decarbonising the Cool Chain from Farm to Fork.'
Speakers:
Dr Graham Purnell NCFM Holbeach
Eirinn Rusbridge NFU Energy
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Join us tomorrow morning from 8:30am at the Lincolnshire Farming Conference for the "Practical steps to building farm resilience" workshop. This workshop is delivered in partnership with Anglian Water and our own Iain Gould.
Join Prof Elizabeth Sklar and Craig Leadley, Campden BRI for the next LIAT Breakfast Briefing on Friday 26 January as they explore 'AI for Sustainable Agriculture: What is it, how does it work and what's it good for?'
Register your place here:
eventbrite.co.uk/e/breakfast…
Greater Lincolnshire has been offered a devolution deal which would bring more direct funding for our area.
Find out more and have your say in the survey letstalk.lincolnshire.gov.uk…
You can also find out more by attending one of the drop-in sessions
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Thinking about undertaking a Masters degree? Did you know LIAT offers a range of Masters courses in agri-tech, robotics, data science, agri-food and sustainability? Take a look at our courses here: lnkd.in/ezSWKkRM
Lincoln Institute for Agri-Food Technology (LIAT) retweeted
There have been many papers about the opportunities for cultured meat but little has been done to ask how it might affect farming. A team of farmers, researchers, and start-ups - led by the RAU and funded by the BBSRC - is changing that:
bit.ly/3RKxkuJ #CMandFarmers
On Tuesday 16th May, LIAT’s own Professor Simon Pearson was invited to attend 10 Downing Street for the UK Farm to Fork Summit. LIAT is proud to have a voice in the ever-changing challenge of supporting the UK food industry.
Check out the link below to see our fantastic new LIAT Agri-Robotics overview video, highlighting some of the amazing work that is being carried out by the team and the wider opportunities to get involved.
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Yesterday, the Rt Hon Mark Spencer MP, Minister of State for Food, Farming and Fisheries, visited LIAT and Barclays Eagle Labs to learn about agri-tech research being conducted alongside industry partners.
LIAT is partner in Agri-OpenCore to deliver an accelerated programme of robotic crop harvesting for horticulture through funding from the DEFRAs’ Farming Innovation Programme .
To read more about this new project, please use the link below -
news.lincoln.ac.uk/2023/03/2…
Graduate Teaching Fellowships combine PhD study with teaching duties. You can find a full list of the opportunities currently available in LIAT and the wider university below.
👉Graduate Teaching Fellowships
lincoln.ac.uk/studywithus/po…
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