Date and venue:   16 May 2026 13-15:00, Winchester In May, author and originator of the Green Stories project Denise Baden will be running a writing workshop for the Hampshire Writers’ Society (open to non-members) in the Tower Room at The Arc, Winchester SO23 8SB. In this session Denise will share …
EBNet has been commenting for some time now about the difficulty of arranging visits to water and wastewater treatment facilities, even for organised groups. Several factors may account for this, from pressure on staff time to concerns about health and safety and awareness of the sector’s poor public image. It’s …
The Green Stories Project has published winning stories from its flash fiction competition in an anthology The Last Plastic Fork and Other Green Epiphanies. Copies of paper and ebook versions are available from Habitat Press. For more information on the Green Stories competition see here. Meanwhile Habitat Press author Laura …
Don’t miss two outstanding new training opportunities: Introduction to Quarto, 22 April 2026, Online workshop, ÂŁ75/ÂŁ50  – FLYER here Metatranscriptomics, 11-22 May 2026, Online workshop, Free  – FLYER here These workshops are organised by the UKRI Digital Research Skills Catalyst (DRSC), an initiative to promote materials and activities by Cloud-SPAN …
Date: Tue 17 Feb 2026, 14-15:00 UK This webinar will provide a clear, accessible overview of intellectual property (IP), including key benefits, common pitfalls, and why IP awareness is valuable even at early research stages. The content is broad and relevant to anyone interested in sustainable bioproducts, innovation or research …
Date: Tue 10 Feb 2026, 13-17:00 Location: Spark York, 17–21 Piccadilly, York, YO1 9PB The ELEMENTAL Hub is running a hands-on introduction to RNA-sequencing data analysis, free to members and open to others at a cost of ÂŁ100. The session will provide a walk through the complete RNA-seq workflow, from …
The next AquaEnviro one-day online training events begin in March 2026 and include the following courses: 10 Mar 2026 Wastewater Treatment 17 Mar 2026 Optimising Activated Sludge plants 24 Mar 2026 Optimising Anaerobic digesters: Sewage sludge For more information follow the links above, or for the overall programme see here. …
Date: 18 Nov or 8 Dec 2025, online The Biofilm Alliance is funding a free training course on Fundamentals of Metrology. The course is intended for those involved in biofilm analysis and control who want a deeper understanding of how to ensure the quality, reliability, and comparability of measurement data. …
A recurring request from our ECRs is for workshops, webinars and other forms of guidance on writing – whether it is research proposals, reports or journal papers. The same is true in other NIBBs. We sometimes manage to put on something topic-specific, but we also remind people there is a …
EBNet is one of many groups highlighting the importance of scale-up issues in the design and implementation of Industrial Biotechnology (processes: see the outputs from our joint  workshop with Carbon Recycling Network. So a big welcome to three events organised by the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC), for which booking …
Date: 15 Oct 2025, 14-15:00 UK IBioIC is hosting an online session on Reducing Risk in Process Scale-up with Modelling and Simulation. Scaling up from lab to industrial production is one of the most challenging steps in process development. Equipment at industrial scale often behaves very differently to laboratory systems, …
Application deadline: Sun 21 Sept 2025 23:00 UK Dates: 09:00 on 20 Nov to 17:00 on 21 Nov 2025 Venue: Radisson Hotel York (day 1) & Biorenewables Development Centre, York (day 2) IB scale-up course: From concept to kilos: scaling-up in biorefining The Biomass & Biorefinery Network (BBNet) is accepting …
Deadline: 22 Sept 2025 Innovate UK is inviting UK SMEs working in the engineering biology sector the chance to apply for expert investment pitch training, receive tailored support, and pitch to investors at a dedicated Investor Showcase Event. For more details see Engineering Biology Investor Pitch Training Programme – Innovate …
Date: Mon 6 Oct 2025 16-17:00 UK, online A new episode in the Happy Scientist Live podcast series looks at When Experiments Don’t Go as Planned: How to Stay Curious Instead of Frustrated Bitesize Bio, the makers of the series, note that in science, things rarely go exactly as planned. An …
The next series of AquaEnviro one-day online training courses begins in September and includes the following: 9 Sept 2025 Wastewater Treatment 16 Sept 2025 Optimising Activated Sludge plants 24 Sept 2023 Optimising Anaerobic digesters: Sewage sludge For more information follow the links above, or for the overall programme see here. …
