Great to be at the launch of Joanne Coates new exhibition 'middle of somewhere' at Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art with Sally Shortall

Irish GRASS CEILING living lab in full flow! What is networking? GRASS CEILING Project Centre for Rural Economy Social Science SETU Waterford Dr Muireann Prendergast Bettina Bock Sciences at Newcastle Policy@NewcastleUni

What affects people in rural areas going to their GP about bowel cancer symptoms? Find out more in this short video from colleagues Newcastle University (youtube.com)

Delighted at the high level of interest in our showcasing event highlighting our research on farming, Food, environment and Rural Centre for Rural Economy Mary van Erp Bythell Faculty of Science, Agriculture & Engineering Sciences at Newcastle Policy@NewcastleUni

📢There're only a few days left to apply to join us as a Project Development Manager - deadline Friday (8 March).
▶️The role is to further advance our role nationally by fostering existing collaborations & developing new projects & funding partnerships.
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Join us on March 20th to discuss food, farming, environment and rural issues. Register at bit.ly/CRENetworkLunch

Today Sally Shortall shared our research on mental health in agriculture EU CAP Network thematic group. Grateful for the fruitful discussion with experts across Europe! #RuralMentalHealth

We at Climate Change Committee are looking for a new (paid) Adaptation Committee member with expertise in farming / agriculture and climate change! 🚜

We realise this a big gap in the current Committee membership so are now trying to rectify it 👩‍🌾

Please share far and wide with your networks!

Do you work on a farm? Would you be interested in helping with research exploring nutrition and food choice in farm settings? We'd love to hear from you

We're delighted to be advertising for a new artist research commission with Maltings Visual Arts CreativeArts@NCLUni on the Wellbeing of Rural Communities. More information can be found here: tinyurl.com/4ahkurzr

Join us on January 25th to discuss different perspectives on farm animal welfare. We have some great speakers and panelists lined up

Labour should make UK leader in wellbeing-informed policy, says peer. ⁦Carnegie UK⁩ has shown how a wellbeing approach can include social, economic, environmental and democratic measures of progress towards collective wellbeing. theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

We're thrilled to be delivering this £2.5m programme on behalf of Defra UK which is backing #ACRENetwork Rural Housing Enablers who will work with #rural communities to secure small scale #affordablehousing schemes that fit in with the local area

READ: acre.org.uk/shared-press-r…

Very interesting analysis of increase in working from home (WFH) post-Covid. Highest increases in London and areas around cities; lowest increases in more rural areas. Strong social gradient, as might be expected. Worth a read.

“it appears that the least deprived and most urbanised LADs across England were those to experience the greatest uplift in WFH, whilst those more deprived and mainly rural LADs were those that experienced the smallest. “

10 years ago this month we submitted final report of Rural Economy and Land Use Programme -see relu.ac.uk/news/Annual%20… Relu Landbridge link Centre for Rural Economy Economic and Social Research Council Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Natural Environment Research Council UK Research and Innovation Defra UK Scottish Government

A great chance to have your say on the future of UK agriculture.

To mark International Day of Rural Women on Sunday, we're showcasing GRASS CEILING Project which aims to empower #ruralwomen
We're working with Centre for Rural Economy Scottish Crofting Federation to deliver the UK Living Lab in Scotland.
bit.ly/3M1oYgd
Sally Shortall Scottish Government UN Women #IRWD2023

Want to study in Centre for Rural Economy and Sciences at Newcastle? Check out this great PhD opportunity on the social sustainability in livestock supply chains
ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/f…

❔How do we best support our #Farmers and land managers?
We put forward recommendations relating to the policy uncertainty on the transitions in agriculture and land management.
See 'Rural Policy Revisited':
ncl.ac.uk/cre/news/item/…
Defra UK National Farmers' Union @NFUnortheast CLA North