The Gordon Duncan Memorial Trust - A National Treasure II (Saturday 27 September 2008)

A National Treasure II - a celebration of the music of Gordon Duncan Sat 27 September 2008 7.30pm PERTH CONCERT HALL featuring Tunes For Gordon, new music specially written by:

Ross Ainslie border pipes/whistle/cittern

Jarlath Henderson uilleann pipes/whistles Mairearad Green accordion John Somerville accordion and performed with: Mike Bryan guitar Dougie Hudson percussion Conrad Ivitsky bass Hamish Napier piano special guests: Andrew Carlisle Highland pipes Brian Finnegan flute Hannah Fisher fiddle Kyle Howie Highland pipes Tangi Josset bombarde Anxo Lorenzo gaita Cathy Ann MacPhee vocals Yannick Martin biniou Sheila Stewart vocals Vale Veterans Pipe Band 01738 621 031 www.horsecross.co.uk

BooksFromScotland.com

Here's a useful website run by Publishing Scotland - BooksFromScotland.com

Early Clarsach Recital in Glasgow, 13 August 2008, 3.30 pm

Piping Live is an international Piping festival in Glasgow. You can hear a clarsach (traditional Scottish harp) recital at an art exhibition in Hutcheson's Hall, Glasgow, on the afternoon of Wednesday 13th August 2008.

Sibelius Student Composer of the Year (up to 18 years)

You can enter this competition so long as you're no older than 18. Not had your birthday yet? Then get composing! Visit the website.

GRADBritain Summer 08

The latest issue of the e-magazine for postgraduate researchers - GRADBritain Summer 08. Worth a read.

Graduate Junction - postgraduate networking

Graduate Junction -

"Welcome to the Global Graduate Research Network The Graduate Junction is a brand new website for Masters, Doctoral and Postdoctoral researchers working in any field all over the world. The Graduate Junction is the first website to give graduate researchers an easy way of making contact and communicating with other researchers who share their research interests no matter which department, institution or country they work in." Interested? Why not give it a try. Although the network is very new, it is already yielding potentially useful contacts worldwide.

Mind the skills gap! Information handling training for researchers

The Research Information Network has this month published a report suggesting that not all researchers are up to speed with the new technologies. Read it here.

You've got a degree - now what?

Here's another helpful posting from jobs.ac.uk. For anyone jobseeking:-

Hunter and Hunted by Gill Sharp Are you looking for a new job? Where do you start? Many people fondly imagine that the answer is to place their CV with a recruitment agency and wait for the interview offers to start rolling in. The reality is actually quite different, so before starting your job search consult these top ten tips for success... Read the full article by visiting the link below. http://go.jobs.ac.uk/link/hunt/