Thursday 11th March

19:30

Lecture Theatre 2, Ground Floor, Ken Edwards Building

This is your opportunity to vote for a new Medsin Leicester committee and to hear about all the exciting Medsin activity during the last year including projects and campaigns!

Click to view/download the manifesto booklet and the voting forms. If you cannot make it to the AGM for some reason, then please submit your vote by email (deadline: 7pm on Thursday 11th; any email votes submitted after this time will not be valid). You must place your membership number and name in the subject box.

Membership will be available on the night for £5, and you must be a member to vote at the AGM. However, you do not need to be a member to attend the AGM and support your friends. If you would like membership, please try and get to the AGM a few moments early as we will be pushed for time!

Our constitution is also available to view.

Hope to see you all there!

The next committee meeting is on Tuesday 9th March at 19:00, in the Ken Edwards Building (Lower Ground Floor SR 214).

Committee members can check their emails for the minutes.

Saturday 10th – Sunday 11th April

University College London

Another training weekend for UK medical students to become international actors in Climate Change & Global Health.

Over the weekend you will be taught the physical science, global health, economics and policies of climate change. You will learn how to work with the NHS Sustainability Development Unit to advance sustainability in the NHS, reducing carbon emissions, protecting health and saving money. In the role, you will also network with medical students and countries internationally to support similar programmes and establish an international movement of medical students on climate change.

You do not need any prior knowledge of climate change and health or of project management. All we ask is that you are eager to learn, excited to get stuck in, and put the skills we give you to use. Do not worry – we will give you full support! Students in this year’s cohort will also have the opportunity to improve and lead the project next year.

We are able to offer accommodation in London and pay for your travel expenses. All remaining money will go towards  the weekend and for your personal expenses over the year.

Fill in an application form here, before March 19th. To find out more information, click here or email the project director. Alternatively, he can also be contacted by phone (07999 434 377) or through Skype (mustafa.abbas4).

The next committee meeting is on Tuesday 2nd March at 17:00, in the Ken Edwards Building (Second Floor SR 215).

Committee members can check their emails for the minutes.

Saturday 27th – Sunday 28th March

Newcastle University

Experts on each topic will build a sense of the world as it could be in 2050, with three plenaries discussing health in growing populations, changing environment and reduced resources, within the complex restraints of international politics and economic and global governance.

The final plenary will discuss how we can prepare for a healthy future. Practical, sensible and empowering knowledge will explain what powers such as the World Bank, IMF and our own Government must do to prepare for the inevitable changes to the health of the nation.

A wide range of workshops will focus on smaller, more digestible issues in a directly engaging way, with anything from fierce debates to immediate, practical action.

So if you want to be able to repeat statistics ad verbatim, sit at home and make your own PowerPoint. But if you want to engage with a huge number of exciting people, learn whether 2050 can be our healthy future and awaken your proactive side, then clear your calendar for Medsin GHC 2010.

Registration opens Monday 1st March. But feel free to visit the GHC 2010 website or email Medsin Leicester for more details!