The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

The RCSEd has announced that, following negotiations between the College's Trainees' Committee and HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), the College has been successful in obtaining agreement for trainees in the ten surgical specialties to claim tax relief on the examination fee for the Specialty Fellowship Examinations (FRCS).

Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK)

FGDP(UK)'s Selection criteria for dental radiography, a leading text on indications for radiographic investigation in dentistry, is to be updated in light of updated regulations on the use of ionising radiation.

The current third (2013) edition will be amended to take into account the recently-published Ionising Radiation Regulations 2017 (IRR17), and the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2018 (IRMER18), and the changes will be reflected in both the online and book versions of the guidance.

IRR17 replaced IRR99 on 1 January 2018, and IRMER18 replaced boththe original IRMER 2000 and the amendments from 2006 and 2011 on 6 February 2018. Both apply in England, Scotland and Wales, and separate regulations will be produced later for Northern Ireland.

British Society for Oral and Dental Research

The BSODR is hosting another Early Career Researchers Workshop which will be held on Wednesday 28 March 2018 at the Dental School, University of Glasgow, from 10 am to 4 pm.

The workshop is entitled 'How to obtain research grant funding' and will consider various aspects and perspectives of the process of writing research grants and obtaining funding.

Registration is free and open to all IADR/BSODR members only, and will open soon. Lunch and refreshments will be provided. http://www.bsodr.org.uk.