Any member can attend any event and places are filled on a first come, first served basis. Non members are also welcome to attend events, but members will be given priority if places are short.
Click the box in the top right of the page to search on Keyword, Branch or event type e.g. talk(s), day or longer trips etc.
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| Location: | Chesterfield |
| Event Title: | Stony Edge Cupola and Water flow monitoring |
| Date: | July 2009 |
| Event Type: | Day Trip (organising Branch: emi) |
| Summary: | A follow on trip from last year's Hydrogeology day. Lead mining remains and hands-on exercise in water monitoring. Date to be confirmed |
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| Location: | Derbyshire Peak District UK |
| Event Title: | Carboniferous Deltas in the Peak District |
| Date: | Jul 03, 2009 - Jul 04, 2009 |
| Event Type: | Day Trip (organising Branch: wha) |
| Summary: | A one-day visit to the Chatsworth and Kinderscout Deltas at Stanage and Mam Tor, to look at landform, structures, bedforms and fossils in the Namurian rocks. |
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| Location: | Sychnant Pass North Wales |
| Event Title: | The geology of Sychnant Pass and Deganwy |
| Date: | Jul 05, 2009 - Jul 05, 2009 |
| Event Type: | Day Trip (organising Branch: gcy) |
| Summary: | Leader Jonathan Wilkins. We will visit Sychnant Pass in the morning and Deganwy in the afternoon |
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| Location: | Widemouth Bay, Cornwall UK |
| Event Title: | Widemouth Bay, Cornwall |
| Date: | Jul 05, 2009 |
| Event Type: | Day Trip (organising Branch: swe) |
| Summary: | Carboniferous sedimentary rocks and associated structures. |
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| Location: | Roseberry Topping UK |
| Event Title: | Cleveland Dyke & Jurassic of Cleveland Hills, joint with Northumberland |
| Date: | Jul 05, 2009 |
| Event Type: | Day Trip (organising Branch: yor) |
| Summary: | Leader Geoff Hopkins |
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| Location: | Powys Wales |
| Event Title: | Geology Ancient and (nearly) Modern: |
| Date: | Jul 12, 2009 |
| Event Type: | Day Trip (organising Branch: ssi) |
| Summary: | Leader: Duncan Hawley
The Geology of the Llangorse Basin. Meet at Talgarth Car Park (SO 153 336), 10am. Bring a packed lunch
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| Location: | National Oceanography Centre Southampton UK |
| Event Title: | Oceanography Experience 2009 |
| Date: | Jul 16, 2009 - Jul 24, 2009 |
| Event Type: | Longer Trip (organising Branch: oxf) |
| Summary: | A unique two-day practical experience of Oceanography at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS). Due to demand we are running three courses this year. We have only a few places left, two on Session 1 (16/17 Jul), three on Session 2 (20/21 Jul) and nine on Session 3 (23/24 July). Participants will need to make their own travel and accommodation arrangements but advice on very affordable accommodation is available. |
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| Location: | Essex UK |
| Event Title: | Walton on the Naze Family day out led by Gerald Lucy |
| Date: | Jul 19, 2009 |
| Event Type: | Day Trip (organising Branch: lon) |
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| Location: | London |
| Event Title: | Evening Event on the Thames Foreshore at Hammersmith |
| Date: | Jul 20, 2009 |
| Event Type: | Day Trip (organising Branch: lon) |
| Summary: | Meet 18.45 for 19.00 ( details of place nearer the time). This will be a self-help amble up the foreshore with the aim of seeing small exposures of small exposures of London Clay with Septarian Nodules. John Jarvis will accompany us for information on archeological finds. |
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| Location: | See the NEW 'Society Events' pages for Symposium 2009 Leeds, UK |
| Event Title: | Symposium 2009 |
| Date: | Jul 31, 2009 - Aug 02, 2009 |
| Event Type: | Symposium (organising Branch: ouc) |
| Summary: | Venue:Trinity & All Saints, Horsforth, Leeds. LS18 5HD
The theme of Symposium 2009 is 'Yorkshire Rocks! As we have such a good range of rocks in the area and exciting research local Universities. You can be assured that it will be far from humdrum as we intend to provide you with a feast of information to stimulate you and leave you rocking and rolling with the diversity! For a brief synopsis of subjects and speakers see further information. For details of the venue and travel, programme, Saturday and Monday field trips see the NEW "Society Events" pages for Symposium. |
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| Location: | Leicestershire |
| Event Title: | Visit to Croft Quarry, Leicester |
| Date: | Aug 04, 2009 |
| Event Type: | Day Trip (organising Branch: emi) |
| Summary: | Visit to Croft Quarry, one of the largest igneous rock aggregate quarries in the UK. This will be during a working day, and numbers will be limited, at the request of the operators, so please book soon. |
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| Location: | Hindhead |
| Event Title: | Hindhead Tunnel and bypass |
| Date: | Aug 10, 2009 |
| Event Type: | Day Trip (organising Branch: wsx) |
| Summary: | S Chilton, Balfour Beatty will lead a trip to look at Hindhead Tunnel and bypass. As with the other trip to the tunnel and bypass the details need to be confirmed so keep checking here for updates. |
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| Location: | Northern Ireland |
| Event Title: | Wessex and DGAG joint trip to Northern Ireland |
| Date: | Aug 17, 2009 - Aug 24, 2009 |
| Event Type: | Longer Trip (organising Branch: wsx) |
| Summary: | A Wessex and DGAG residential week in Antrim and Donegal.
More detail to follow. |
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| Location: | Cumbria England |
| Event Title: | Borrowdale Volcanic Group rocks and Quaternary Glacial Features with Alan Smith |
| Date: | Aug 23, 2009 |
| Event Type: | Day Trip (organising Branch: nwe) |
| Summary: | Leader: Dr Alan Smith (author of several booklets about the geology of the Lake District). A valley floor walk approx 7 km long, with no significant climbing. |
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| Location: | Newhaven |
| Event Title: | Newhaven with Geoff Toye |
| Date: | Aug 29, 2009 |
| Event Type: | Day Trip (organising Branch: sea) |
| Summary: | Trip to look at the Tertiary beds overlaying the chalks at Castle Hill and walking the highly fossiliferous chalk of the Upper Santonian and Campanian on the foreshore between Newhaven and Peacehaven. |
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| Location: | OU Milton Keynes UK |
| Event Title: | Geodynamics of the African Rift |
| Date: | Sep 03, 2009 |
| Event Type: | Evening Talk (organising Branch: wha) |
| Summary: | Talk by Dr Nick Rogers, Head of Department of Earth and Environmental Science, The Open University |
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| Location: | Penrith UK |
| Event Title: | Penrith Earth Sciences Weekend |
| Date: | Sep 04, 2009 - Sep 06, 2009 |
| Event Type: | Weekend Trip (organising Branch: ouc) |
| Summary: | Intended for students of Earth Science courses such as S260, S278, S279 and S369 but other interested people are welcome. The weekend is organised by the OUGS, with Course Tutors and other university staff providing the academic input. See further details and download a booking form. |
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| Location: | Wiltshire |
| Event Title: | Chilmark Stone Mine & Lower Greensand Quarry |
| Date: | Sep 12, 2009 |
| Event Type: | Day Trip (organising Branch: lon) |
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| Location: | Peak District |
| Event Title: | Excursion to Mam Tor, Joint with Yorkshire Branch |
| Date: | Sep 13, 2009 |
| Event Type: | Day Trip (organising Branch: emi) |
| Summary: | Excursion to the Mam Tor area, Castleton, Derbyshire; led by OU Tutor Chris Arkwright. A joint event with the Yorkshire Branch. Date to be confirmed. |
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| Location: | South Wales UK |
| Event Title: | Barry, Vale of Glamorgan with Geriant Owen |
| Date: | Sep 13, 2009 |
| Event Type: | Day Trip (organising Branch: ssi) |
| Summary: | More info. later |
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| Location: | London |
| Event Title: | 'Darwin's bicentenary - just what happened? by Bob Bloomfield |
| Date: | Sep 17, 2009 |
| Event Type: | Talk(s) (organising Branch: lon) |
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| Location: | Somerset |
| Event Title: | Hinkley Point 'B' Power Station |
| Date: | Sep 18, 2009 |
| Event Type: | Day Trip (organising Branch: wsx) |
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- 1030 Meet at HinkleyPoint `B` Powerstation for a visit with Dave Stokes of of British Energy
- 1300 Depart Hinkley powerstation. Lunch (Eric says there`s a good pub in Kilve!) and proceed to Kilve Beach
- 1400 Meet with Eric Robinson for field trip to the beach
- 1630 End.
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| Location: | Reading University |
| Event Title: | Charles Darwin as a Geologist |
| Date: | Sep 22, 2009 |
| Event Type: | Evening Talk (organising Branch: oxf) |
| Summary: | John Souster Memorial lecture - Prof. Peter Worsley. A fascintating insight into the man and how geology led him to his revolutionary evolutionary theory. |
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| Location: | Lancashire England |
| Event Title: | Beacon Fell, Whitewell and Sykes with Neil Aitkenhead |
| Date: | Sep 26, 2009 |
| Event Type: | Day Trip (organising Branch: nwe) |
| Summary: | A repeat of a popular field trip from the Lancaster Symposium 2007, to see evidence for stratigraphy, sedimentation and structure in the Lower Carboniferous of the Craven Basin. |
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| Location: | Surrey UK |
| Event Title: | S260 Students Revision Day at RHUL Egham |
| Date: | Sep 27, 2009 |
| Event Type: | Revision Day (organising Branch: lon) |
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| Location: | Reading |
| Event Title: | Building Stones of Reading, Old and New |
| Date: | Sep 27, 2009 |
| Event Type: | Half Day Trip (organising Branch: oxf) |
| Summary: | Leader Jill Eyers |
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| Location: | North Shropshire |
| Event Title: | Geology in North Shropshire |
| Date: | Sep 27, 2009 |
| Event Type: | Day Trip (organising Branch: wmi) |
| Summary: | Glacial features of the Upper Severn Valley above Shrewsbury |
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| Location: | Peak District |
| Event Title: | Birchover Area Walk |
| Date: | October 2009 |
| Event Type: | Day of Talks (organising Branch: emi) |
| Summary: | A further look at the sedimentary rocks of Derbyshire, in the Dark Peak. Date to be confirmed |
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| Location: | Herefordshire UK |
| Event Title: | ?Hergest Croft and geophysics |
| Date: | October 2009 |
| Event Type: | Day Trip (organising Branch: ssi) |
| Summary: | More information later |
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| Location: | Atlas Mountains Morocco |
| Event Title: | Trip cancelled, hoping to replan for 2010 |
| Date: | October 2009 |
| Event Type: | Longer Trip (organising Branch: wha) |
| Summary: | Trip planned for Autumn 2009 7 - 10 days, staying in Berber villages, meeting local people. Touring - probably by mini bus, staying at 3-4 locations in the Atlas Mountains. Register your interest now, further details will be supplied as soon as they are available, if enough people are interested. |
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| Event Title: | To be confirmed |
| Date: | Oct 01, 2009 |
| Event Type: | Evening Talk (organising Branch: wha) |
| Summary: | Talk by Andy Tindle |
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| Location: | Melrose Scotland |
| Event Title: | Eildon Hills with Prof. Brian Upton |
| Date: | Oct 03, 2009 |
| Event Type: | Day Trip (organising Branch: esc) |
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| Location: | New Forest |
| Event Title: | New Forest geomorphology |
| Date: | Oct 04, 2009 |
| Event Type: | Day Trip (organising Branch: wsx) |
| Summary: | Geology, geomorphology and land use in the New Forest. Leader John Chaffey. |
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| Location: | Manchester England |
| Event Title: | University of Manchester Building Stones with Norma Rothwell |
| Date: | Oct 10, 2009 |
| Event Type: | Day Trip (organising Branch: nwe) |
| Summary: | Joint trip with MGA. |
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| Location: | London |
| Event Title: | Mantle Xenoliths from the Cape Verde Islands by Liz Evans |
| Date: | Oct 15, 2009 |
| Event Type: | Talk(s) (organising Branch: lon) |
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| Location: | Ashdown Forest, E.Sussex UK |
| Event Title: | Geowalk led by Brian Harvey |
| Date: | Oct 18, 2009 |
| Event Type: | Day Trip (organising Branch: lon) |
| Summary: | Visiting the Weald in the southern part of Ashdown Forest, to what was the iron making centre of the Weald. |
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| Location: | Dorset |
| Event Title: | Dorset led by Alan Holiday |
| Date: | Oct 23, 2009 - Oct 25, 2009 |
| Event Type: | Weekend Trip (organising Branch: lon) |
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| Location: | north yorkshire england |
| Event Title: | post exam weekend in whitby |
| Date: | Oct 23, 2009 - Oct 25, 2009 |
| Event Type: | Weekend Trip (organising Branch: nor) |
| Summary: | weekend trip led by Dr angela Coe. limited places please book early. |
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| Location: | Dorset UK |
| Event Title: | The Amazing Geology of Portland and Bridport, Dorset Coast |
| Date: | Oct 30, 2009 - Nov 01, 2009 |
| Event Type: | Weekend Trip (organising Branch: oxf) |
| Summary: | Under joint leadership of Alan Holiday and Ian West |
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| Location: | Lake District, Cumbria United Kingdom |
| Event Title: | Lake District Geology Trip |
| Date: | Oct 30, 2009 - Nov 01, 2009 |
| Event Type: | Weekend Trip (organising Branch: wmi) |
| Summary: |
Coniston and Morecombe Bay. Staying at the YHA in Coniston |
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| Location: | Arizona USA |
| Event Title: | Geological Highlights of Northern Arizona |
| Date: | Nov 03, 2009 - Nov 13, 2009 |
| Event Type: | Longer Trip (organising Branch: wsx) |
| Summary: | A chance to see those sites that are normally just pictures that you see in the textbooks. To include Grand Canyon, Meteor Crater, and the Petrified Forest etc. etc. Waiting list only now I'm afraid. |
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| Event Title: | To be confirmed |
| Date: | Nov 05, 2009 |
| Event Type: | Evening Talk (organising Branch: wha) |
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| Location: | Peak District |
| Event Title: | Snowflake Winter Weekend |
| Date: | Nov 06, 2009 - Nov 08, 2009 |
| Event Type: | Weekend Trip (organising Branch: emi) |
| Summary: | Staying in hotel accomodation in the Peak District, visiting Ecton Mine and Dovedale. Led by Tim Colman, BGS and Jim Plant, Ecton Mine. |
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| Location: | Newry, N. Ireland UK |
| Event Title: | OUGS Winter Weekend |
| Date: | Nov 13, 2009 - Nov 15, 2009 |
| Event Type: | Society Winter Weekend (organising Branch: ouc) |
| Summary: | A Society field and social weekend staying in Newry, Co Down, N Ireland. The weekend will include two field trips one on the Saturday and one on the Sunday to the Mourne Mountains area, with two relevant talks on Saturday afternoon. |
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| Location: | London |
| Event Title: | Members' Evening |
| Date: | Nov 19, 2009 |
| Event Type: | Talk(s) (organising Branch: lon) |
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| Location: | Dorset |
| Event Title: | A Dorset RIGS |
| Date: | Nov 29, 2009 |
| Event Type: | Day Trip (organising Branch: wsx) |
| Summary: | Conservation followed by a field trip. Exactly which RIGS will be confirmed closer to the time.
Leader Alan Holliday. More detail will follow. |
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| Event Title: | To be confirmed |
| Date: | Dec 03, 2009 |
| Event Type: | Evening Talk (organising Branch: wha) |
| Summary: | Speaker Angela Coe |
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| Location: | Cardiff Wales |
| Event Title: | Day of Lectures. Museum of Cardiff |
| Date: | Dec 06, 2009 |
| Event Type: | Day of Talks (organising Branch: ssi) |
| Summary: | 3 speakers tba |
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| Location: | Oxford Natural History Museum TBC |
| Event Title: | 'Soft-Bodied Sensations'- Christmas Lecture & Party |
| Date: | Dec 08, 2009 |
| Event Type: | Evening Talk (organising Branch: oxf) |
| Summary: | Lecturer Dr Derek Siveter - Oxford University |
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| Location: | London |
| Event Title: | Large Igneous Provinces, Meteorite Impacts & Mass Extinctions by Simon Kelley |
| Date: | Dec 10, 2009 |
| Event Type: | Talk(s) (organising Branch: lon) |
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| Location: | BGS Keyworth |
| Event Title: | Day of Talks |
| Date: | Dec 12, 2009 |
| Event Type: | Day of Talks (organising Branch: emi) |
| Summary: | Day of lectures at BGS Keyworth |
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| Location: | Lyme Regis, Dorset |
| Event Title: | Fossil hunting with Bob Christian |
| Date: | Dec 19, 2009 |
| Event Type: | Day Trip (organising Branch: wsx) |
| Summary: | World famous location and Bob Christian too. What more do you need? |
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| Location: | Aberystwyth Wales |
| Event Title: | Minerals and Microscopes, in the labs at Aberystwyth University |
| Date: | January 2010 |
| Event Type: | Weekend Trip (organising Branch: ssi) |
| Summary: | Under the supervision of Charlie Bendall and Bill Perkins. Crystallography and thins sections.
Accommodation ? ? |
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| Location: | Oxford |
| Event Title: | AGM and Lecture |
| Date: | Jan 23, 2010 |
| Event Type: | Annual General Meeting (organising Branch: oxf) |
| Summary: | Branch AGM and lecture at OU Boars Hill |
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| Location: | Hartland, North Devon UK |
| Event Title: | AGM Geoweekend |
| Date: | Jan 30, 2010 - Jan 31, 2010 |
| Event Type: | Annual General Meeting (organising Branch: swe) |
| Summary: | A provisional venue and weekend of geology |
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| Location: | Oxfordshire UK |
| Event Title: | Inside Diamond 2010 |
| Date: | April 2010 |
| Event Type: | Half Day Trip (organising Branch: oxf) |
| Summary: | Repeated by popular demand another visit to the Diamond Synchrotron, the largest UK-funded scientific facility to be built for over 40 years. Date to be confirmed. |
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| Location: | Derby (Prov) UK |
| Event Title: | Society AGM |
| Date: | Apr 24, 2010 |
| Event Type: | Annual General Meeting (organising Branch: ouc) |
| Summary: | AGM will be followed by the Geoff Brown Memorial Lecture. The Annual Dinner Dance will be in the evening. The Derby Conference Centre has been provisionally booked for this event. Click-on the 2009 AGM page on the "Society Events" page to see venue and pictures from 2009 AGM nad Dinner Dance. |
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| Location: | North Devon |
| Event Title: | North Devon Geology |
| Date: | May 14, 2010 - May 17, 2010 |
| Event Type: | Longer Trip (organising Branch: oxf) |
| Summary: | Weekend trip with extra day's geology available on the Monday led by John Mather and Jenny Bennett |
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| Location: | European country, TBC |
| Event Title: | Rocks of the Continent |
| Date: | July 2010 |
| Event Type: | Longer Trip (organising Branch: oxf) |
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| Location: | Swansea University UK |
| Event Title: | 2010 Symposium |
| Date: | Jul 09, 2010 - Jul 12, 2010 |
| Event Type: | Symposium (organising Branch: ouc) |
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| Event Title: | Spare Event Test |
| Date: | Dec 31, 2011 |
| Event Type: | Day Trip (organising Branch: ouc) |
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