And a very warm welcome to a new episode in the life of one of the
world?s biggest and best national committees for early career polar
scientists! On behalf of the new committee and the whole UK Polar
Network, I would like to thank all members of the outgoing committee
for their great work over the last year and as Jen quite rightly said,
taking the UKPN from strength to strength.
I?d also like to welcome in the new committee and say how much I?m
looking forward to working with you all. The coming year promises to
be another fantastic one and I hope you?re all as excited as I am!
2011/12 will see the UKPN extending the wonderful Education and
Outreach work that it already does. We will be organising outreach and
public engagement events alongside big polar science conferences, to
inspire the next generation of polar scientists, explorers and
enthusiasts, as well as putting on a show at the British Association
Science Festival. This year, we will also be encouraging UKPN members
to organise their own Education and Outreach events, in schools and
science centres in their local area. First and foremost, these events
are great fun, but they?re also an opportunity to get involved with
the local community and highly beneficial to us as early career
scientists for our professional development and the all-important CV.
To get involved in any Education and Outreach initiatives, email us at
education@polarnetwork.org ? we look forward to hearing from you!
There are also a whole host of workshops, mentoring panels and
networking events coming up and more in the pipeline: These events are
free and fabulous, so look out for details on the website
(www.polarnetwork.org) and in your inbox and don?t miss out! If you
would like the reward, satisfaction and employability-boost of
organising an event like this, don?t hesitate to get in touch and
we?ll help you all the way.
Suffice to say it?s going to be another marvellous year for the UK
Polar Network, I hope you?ll join us and invite (forward this email
to) your friends and colleagues to this vibrant, varied and
forward-looking community!
For more information, check out the UKPN website www.polarnetwork.org
or email us at com@polarnetwork.org.
I look forward to seeing you all soon?
Sian Henley
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President, UK Polar Network
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PhD Student
Edinburgh University
Diatom Ecology and Biogeochemistry of the Antarctic sea ice zone
Supervisor: Dr Raja Ganeshram
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