Post on 11-Jun-2018
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Leicester Medical School, University
of Leicester, George Davies Centre,
University Road, Leicester, LE1 7RH
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Dear Member
The 2018 Spring Scientific Meeting is being held at the University of Leicester on 12th and 13th April 2018.
Inside is the programme and some information about the University of Leicester and its’ history. Dr Steve Jacques and colleagues are planning an excellent meeting and your support will be greatly welcomed at this prestigious event.
On the evening of 12th April there will be a Medieval Dinner and entertainment at the King Richard III Visitor Centre.
I am looking forward to seeing you all at the Spring 2-day conference to be held in Leicester. Best wishes Stephen Franey IAS Meetings Coordinator
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Thursday 12th April 2018 Registration will take place from 10.30am in the Atrium of the George Davies Centre.
Refreshments and lunch will also be served in this location.
Chairperson for Day 1: Dr Steve Jacques
Programme of events
Venue: Chetwode Lecture Theatre, Ground Floor, George Davies Centre
Time Subject Speaker 10:30 Registration and Refreshments Atrium, George Davies Centre
11.35 Introduction and Welcome to the University of Leicester
Dr Steve Jacques, Associate Professor & Head of Anatomy, University of Leicester
12.00 Dissecting the Criminal Corpse – Becoming Really Dead & Dying by Degrees in the Midlands of the 18th and 19th Centuries
Dr Elizabeth Hurren, Reader in History and the Medical Humanities
12.30 Lunch Atrium, George Davies Centre
13:30 Technology Enhanced Teaching: Pros and Pitfalls Dr Lisa Quinn, Lecturer, University of Leicester
14:10 Dissection at Leicester Mr Ian White, Dissection Room Manager, University of Leicester
14:40 IAS AGM
The evening will be spent at the King Richard III Visitor Centre in Leicester, where
we will have a canapes and wine reception. A private tour of Leicester Cathedral
to see the tomb of King Richard III will also take place. A medieval dinner and
entertainment will follow at the King Richard III Visitor Centre, with a talk from a
guide about finding the famous ‘skeleton in the car park’
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Friday 13 April 2018
Refreshments and lunch will be served in the Atrium of the George Davies Centre.
Location: The Bina Popat Lecture Theatre, First Floor, GDC
Chairpersons for Day 2: Mr Steve Gaze & Miss Michelle Lawrence
Programme of events Venue: Bina Popat Lecture Theatre, First Floor, George Davies Centre
Time Subject Speaker 09:30 Welcome to Day 2 Mr Steve Gaze, University of
Bristol
09:35 Horses Inside Out Dr Gillian Higgins
10:00 “The Technician Commitment: Ensuring Status, Profile & Opportunity for Technicians in Higher Education & Research”
Mrs Kelly Vere, Higher Education Engagement Manager, Science Council, London
10:40 HTA Update Dr Chitvan Amin, Human Tissue Authority
11.00 Refreshments Atrium, George Davies Centre
11.30 Round table discussion for bequests managers/secretaries/officers
Chaired by Miss Michelle Lawrence, Body Donation Programme Manager, University of Leicester
12:50 Vote of Thanks and Prizegiving
13:00 Lunch Atrium, George Davies Centre
14:00 Tour of Leicester Dissection Room Dr Steve Jacques/Mr Ian White
15:00 Close of Meeting
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How to find us
The University of Leicester is a leading UK university committed to international excellence through the
creation of world-changing research and high quality, inspirational teaching. Leicester is consistently one of the
most socially inclusive of the UK’s leading universities with a long-standing commitment to providing fairer and
equal access to higher education.
The University was founded in 1921 (the Fielding Johnson Building was used as a military hospital during the
First World War), in order to create a living memorial for all local people who made sacrifices during the First
World War. This is reflected in the University's motto Ut vitam habeant – 'so that they may have life'.
The University has a significant legacy with the use of DNA in forensic science, pioneered by Sir Alec Jeffries in
1986. The most recent event was finding and identifying the mortal remains of King Richard III in a Leicester
Car Park.
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Travel Details
The Venue
From September 2016, medical students at Leicester study in our brand new, state-of-the-art George Davies Centre
(formerly the Centre for Medicine). The centre represents a unique opportunity to bring together world-leading
medical research and medical education under one roof and to produce doctors who are able to deliver high quality
care in an effective and compassionate manner in a rapidly changing environment.
Designed to minimise environmental impact while providing a pleasant space in which to teach, learn and work,
the George Davies Centre is the largest non-residential building in the UK to meet the exacting ‘Passivhaus’ standard.
The George Davies Centre is located at the junction of University Road and Lancaster Road. Please see the following
travel information for further details.
By Car There is a link on the University of Leicester’s webpage for directions on how to reach the University. This can be
found at https://www.le.ac.uk/maps/#
By Rail
The Railway Station is located on London Road, Leicester. Leicester is just 69 minutes direct from London by train. There are also direct rail links to Birmingham, Sheffield, Nottingham, Derby, East Midlands Parkway (for East Midlands Airport), Peterborough, Luton and Stansted Airport.
Leicester is on a direct line into St Pancras International. North-South train services through Leicester are run by East Midlands Trains, who also manage Leicester Station; East-West services are run by Cross-Country Trains. Leicester Railway Station is within walking distance of the University (15 minutes). From the station entrance, turn left onto London Road, walk up the hill for about 400m, then turn right onto University Road.
By Foot
Leicester Railway Station is within walking distance of the University (15 minutes). From the station
entrance, turn left onto London Road, walk up the hill for about 400m, then turn right onto University
Road. The venue for the Meeting is the George Davies Centre, which is on the corner of University Road
and Lancaster Road (see map below).
Accommodation There is no accommodation provided for this conference. The nearest
hotel is the Premier Inn, Leicester City Centre Hotel, St. Georges Tower,
1A St. Georges Way, Leicester, LE1 1AA https://www.premierinn.com/gb/en/hotels/england/leicestershire/leicester. The
hotel is approximately 5 minutes from Leicester Railway Station.
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professionals dedicated to sharing knowledge, techniques and practices to ensure informed intellectual
and technical expertise in the Anatomical Sciences.
We have an educational programme including anatomical techniques workshops, skeletal preparations,
embalming, dissection/prosection and several other techniques/skills unique to our profession. A formal
educational qualification, the IAS Diploma provides and ensures a gold standard of expertise expected by
Higher Educational Institutions and is accompanied by a Certificate in Anatomical Technology and Science.
In addition to holding two Scientific Meetings a year in the UK and Ireland to update and educate our
general membership, there is a journal and a newsletter, which serves to keep the members informed.
The benefits of membership of the IAS include:
• Networking with colleagues from other Institutions in both Medical & Veterinary Schools. Gaining insight
into new developments in teaching methods and specimen preparations. Sharing ideas and information for
courses (programmes run/cost comparisons)
• Staff development: Training program for staff through the IAS Diploma and Foundation Certificate,
supported by IAS workshops. Opportunity to give presentations at scientific meetings developing
communication skills.
• Opportunity to enhance the reputation of your Institution through presentations, the winning of awards
(dissection/museum competition and open awards), and hosting IAS Scientific meetings.
• Links with other professional bodies, The Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, The British
Association of Clinical Anatomists and the Human Tissue Authority through the ‘Professional Guidelines
and Practices(Anatomy) committee.
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