Student News - Summer Conference Special

May 2011

Tickets now sale
Student Landscape Institute Council Summer Conference:
BIG LANDSCAPE 2020

Tickets are now on sale for BIG LANDSCAPE 2020.

Focusing on the Future of UK Landscape the conference will commence on the evening of Friday the 1st of July with a seminar and reception open to all Landscape Institute members. The programme on Saturday looks at a wide range of themes affecting students over the next twenty years. Sunday is devoted to a street-wide event in conjunction with Living Streets.

The conference will be held at the LI’s conference centre in Charles Darwin House, London and will run from the evening of Friday July 1st to Sunday 3rd 2011.

The LI have set up a special interactive conference website which will entitle you to priority ticketing, update you on speakers, areas of debate and much more. Click here to sign up now.

The Future of Water: Student Film Competition

There are only two weeks left to enter the 2011 SLIC short-film competition. Entry couldn't be simpler: simply create a short film, no more than 3 minutes long, outling how landscape architects, planners, scientists or managers can deal with issues surrounding the Future of Water.

Be as broad as you like, you might want to look at coastal erosion in 100 years time, current trends in sustainable urban drainage, the changing use of waterways or anything else about the future of water that pops into your head.

Entering couldn't be simpler, simply upload your film to You Tube under the heading 'Landscape and the Future of Water' and email the link to Steve Cole.

The winner will receive £500 and feature in a range of LI publications, 2 runners up will receive £100. The closing date for entries is the 31st of May 2011. Winner will be announced shortly afterwards.

If you want to get an idea of the sort of films which have been entered in previous years please see the 'Featured Videos' section here.