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The article presents information about the University of Brighton's third annual conference on Human Resource Management (HRM) in the Hospitality Industry, held in London, England on February 10, 1994. The focus of the conference was "Changing Structures and Changing Responsibilities." Gill Maxwell of Glasgow Caledonian University talked of "Competitiveness and Human Resource Management in the UK Hotel Industry." Her paper examined the case for a central role for HRM in the industry against the background of the general organisational status and structure of HRM. It discussed the structures and responsibilities of the HRM function in two units of international hotel chains where HRM is, untypically for the industry as a whole, viewed as centrally important. Sandra Watson and Norma D'Annunzio-Green of Napier University, Edinburgh, in their paper, "The Influence of Organisational Structure on Personnel Management: A Move to Human Resource Management," investigated the implications of organisational restructuring on labour management within the industry.

The article discusses the highlights of the international conference on Melodrama hosted by the British Film Institute in London, England from July 6-10, 1992. Discussions covered the history of melodrama, gender issues in the genre, the relationship between critics and readers/consumers and the relationship between theory and practice. Issues that the conference reportedly did not address more forcefully were concerns on the dominance of western legacy on studies of melodrama and how theorists' ideas can be applied.

Information about the annual general meeting of the British Ecological Society held at the University College in London on January 6-7, 1949 and its thirty-fourth annual meeting held at Bristol University in London on January 9, 1948 are presented. Various woods and rare plants in Great Britain were discussed in the 1949 event accompanied by exhibits of various photographs of species while the 1948 meeting was about hydrography and ecology.

Information about the topics discussed during the Institute of Physics conference held at 76 Portland Place in London, England on June 2009 is presented. It states that the event was held in association with the publication of the British Nutrition Foundation's (BNF) Briefing Paper entitled "Satiation, satiety and their effects on eating behaviour." It notes the objective of the conference which is to emphasize the research on how satiation and satiety can affect eating behavior.

Discusses a conference held in London, England to observe the centenary of the death of England's Queen Victoria and the 150th anniversary of the Great Exhibition. Conference's engagement of the discipline of the history of science to a greater degree than other Victorian studies conferences; Papers that illustrated the contested range of meanings given to the term 'Victorian.'

The article offers information about the annual meeting of the British Ecological Society at the University College in London, England, on January 5-6, 1939. Professor Tansley explained how pressure of work had made him unable to prepare a speech, and how the Council had made arrangements for it to be read at a meeting at Easter. Resignation of Mrs. Hand was accepted and Elflyn Hughes was elected as a new member of the society.

The article presents information about papers that were presented at the conference "Opportunities for Meeting the Environmental Challenge of Growth in Aviation" (OMEGA) on Project Icarus, held in London, England in February 2008. Omega is said to be a so-called Knowledge Transfer Network funded by the government of Great Britain. The one-day conference focused on how the aviation industry can mitigate carbon dioxide emissions without affecting profits. Noted speakers included Cranfield University's Keith Mason, Tim Johnson of the Aviation Environment Federation, and Paul Tilstone of the Institute of Travel Management.

The article provides information on the topics discussed at the meeting of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) Council held in London, England on June 4, 2009. Topics include the proposal to reform the disciplinary process and the structure of the RCVS Council, withdraw the proposals for reform of the Veterinary Surgeons Act, and new composition for RCVS Council. The meeting featured several veterinary leaders including Stuart Reid, Roger Eddy, and Quintin McKellar.

Information is offered on a seminar held November 12, 2010 by the Joint Nautical Archaeology Policy Committee at Burlington House, London, England. Experts in nautical archaeology discussed the 2001 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage and whether or not the British government should ratify the convention.

The article presents news briefs in the field of learning disabilities in Great Britain compiled as of November 2005. A conference involving speakers from Australia and the United States is slated on November 30 in London, England entitled "Building Community Networks: An International Perspective on Best Practice." In other news, it was reported that over 100,000 people responded to a call from the Department of Health for responses to its vision for the social care of adults in England.

Presents information about the second international colloquium organized by the Society for the Study of Labour History, that was held in June 1968 at Birkbeck College in London, England. Similarities of language at the colloquium; Fits among the pairs of British and American papers presented at the colloquium; Juxtaposition of the descriptions of the different influences exerted on labor and on the labor movement in the U.S. and Great Britain.

The article discusses the highlights of the annual general meeting of the British Ecological Society on May 23, 1914 held in the Botanical Lecture Theatre at University College in London, England. Several officers were elected including professor F. W. Oliver, W. B. Crump and O. V. Darbishire. A general statement of the financial position of the Society up to December 31, 1913 was presented by the treasurer. Society president, A. G. Tansley, delivered an address citing the Society's achievements.

This article discusses various developments related to the field of accounting. In Great Britain, the Association of University Teachers of Accounting held its 1950 conference at Manchester University in September. The secretary of the Association is David Solomons of the London School of Economics. In the George Washington University, Ralph Dale Kennedy, currently head of the department of business administration, has been named head of the newly created department of accounting. In Catholic University of America, District of Columbia, Richard J. Bannon has been appointed instructor in accounting. In University of Alabama, Alabama, Richard Brewer is on leave for the current year teaching at the University of Hawaii. Lee Glover from Hawaii is teaching here on an exchange basis. At University of San Francisco, California, A. D. McNeil, director of CPA training, addressed the California Society of CPA's on the impact of accounting on government and business, at their annual meeting in San Francisco in June.

The article presents news related to substance abuse. The first United Kingdom National Smoking Cessation Conference (UKNSCC) took place in London, England from June 9-10, 2005. A conference programme was developed that took into account the learning requirements of Great Britain treatment providers and the emphasis was on putting research into practice. The first UKNSCC was a great success and received extremely positive feedback from delegates and speakers. For 2006 the UKNSCC will move north from London to Gateshead, England. The June 2005 issue of the journal "Alcoologie et Addictologie," presents an English language version of eight original articles first published in French during 2004. The articles cover the full range of psychoactive substances, including tobacco, alcohol, opioids and other drugs. They range from descriptive clinical studies to hypothesis driven evaluations of basic psychosocial theory. The British government's Foresight project, has published its output at http://www.foresight.gov.uk.

The article offers information on the conference on the role and function of exhibitions which was organized by the Museums Sub-Committee of the Association of Art Historians which took place at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, England on November 21, 1987. The topic of the conference focused on three exhibitions which are on display in Great Britain.

The author discusses a conference entitled "The Poverty of Punishment," that was organized by the Crime and Conflict Research Centre at the Middlesex University in London, England on March 30, 2012. He provides information that the penal policies of Great Britain which directs at punishing the poor were discussed in the conference. He reflects that topics relating to rehabilitation, impulses of revenge, and social defence and deterrence were also presented

The article presents information on the Annual Meeting of the Standing Conference on Studies in Education that was held in the New Lecture Theatre, at King's College London, England on December 17, 1971. Its theme, introduced by Professor J.R. Webster, of the University College of North Wales, Bangor, was based on the role of education as an undergraduate study. In opening the discussion one of the speakers suggested that the traditional concern of UDEs, the postgraduate certificate course, did not provide a basis for either a rigorous study of education or a training for research workers. The PGCE course was too brief, the backgrounds of the students taking it too varied and, most problematic of all, when training teachers it was necessary to show a direct and immediate relationship between theory and practice. It was sometimes suggested that UDEs should abandon teacher training altogether and concentrate on research. A more fruitful approach was the introduction of undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses so that UDEs became ordinary university departments who were also involved in the initial and in-service training of teachers.