FW: STEM Job Opportunity - Cambridge Science Centre -Apply Now-closing 8th Dec

Hello UKPN,

 

Here's a job opportunity for those of you interested in Outreach.

 

Cheers,

Amélie

 

From: STEM Team East [mailto:news@ihmailer.co.uk]
Sent: 27 November 2014 15:04
To: amelie.kirchgaessner@bas.ac.uk
Subject: STEM Job Opportunity - Cambridge Science Centre -Apply Now-closing 8th Dec

 

READ THIS EMAIL IN YOUR BROWSER Job Application for Outreach Manager with Cambridge Science Centre Closing Date 8th Dec               Dear Ambassadors You may know someone who would be interested in this paid management position at the Cambridge Science Centre   Cambridge Science Centre is recruiting a manager for the On The Road Outreach programme.              The successful applicant will lead the scaling up of the On The Road programme (piloted in 2014). The post holder will be responsible for hiring staff, evaluation and reporting, ensuring the further development and future funding of the programme.         Salary between £22-27,000, depending on experience.              Passionate and organised Science Communicators should apply. See more details and how to apply in the links below.   Changing the world: with the Cambridge Science Centre which has the mission of teaching children about Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) through interactive play. Tens of thousands of children (and adults)  have visited this new centre and many more have experienced the  exhibits as they toured schools in East Anglia. The Centre staff are constantly delighted with the great feedback they get and are seeking a special individual to join the expanding team.   The On The Road Programme Manager The On The Road (OTR) programme is an integral part of the mission to ensure the exhibitions and activities reach audiences who would not normally be able to make a dedicated trip to Cambridge. The new manager will be responsible for scaling up and delivering the On The Road Programme, taking hands-on   exhibits and activities into schools. By summer 2015, it is expected that  the On The Road team will have grown to include a second staff member travelling with the exhibition and a dedicated administrator. Both will report  to this new outreach manager.            Full Job Description - Click Here   Contact Cambridge Science Centre - Click Here   UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS EMAIL STEM Team East | Charity Number 291332  | 01223 244240

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Cryospheric PhD projects Oct 2015 start

Hi All, 

See below for two PhD projects set to start October 2015:

I'd like to highlight a couple of cryospheric-themed Ph.D. projects starting in October 2015.  Both of these are available for UK and other European Union students who have resided in the UK for 3 years or more.

1) Sea ice and climate feedbacks in the Southern Ocean (supervisor Prof. Danny Feltham, University of Reading)
<http://www.met.reading.ac.uk/nercdtp/home/available/desc/SC201502_Feltham.pdf>

2) Marine ice control over ice-shelf stability (supervisor Dr. Jerome Neufeld, University of Cambridge)
<http://essdtp.esc.cam.ac.uk/programme/solid-earth-theme/e126-marine-ice-control-over-ice-shelf-stability>

Thanks,

Paul

Dr. Paul Holland
British Antarctic Survey
p.holland@bas.ac.uk
+44 (0) 1223 221444
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/profile/paul

Get help to improve your research software

Dear UKPN,

If you write code as part of your research, then you can get help to
improve it - free of charge, through the Software Sustainability Institute's Open Call for Projects (closes 5 December 2014).

Apply at http://bit.ly/ssi-open-call

You can ask for our help to improve your research software, your development practices, or your community of users and contributors (or all three!). You may want to improve the sustainability or reproducibility of your software, and need an assessment to see what to do next. Perhaps you need guidance or development effort to help improve specific aspects or make better use of infrastructure. We want applications from any discipline in relation to software at any level of maturity.

The Software Sustainability Institute is a national facility funded by the EPSRC. Since 2010, the Institute's Research Software Group[1] has assisted over 40 projects across all the UK Research Councils. In a recent survey, 93% of our previous collaborators indicated they were "very satisfied" with the results of the work. To see how we've helped others, you can check out our portfolio of past and current projects[2].

A typical Open Call project runs between one and six months, during which time we work with successful applicants to create and implement a tailored work plan. You can submit an application to the Open Call at any time, which only takes a few minutes, at http://bit.ly/ssi-open-call.

We're also interested in partnering on proposals. If you would like to know more about the Open Call, or explore options for partnership, please get in touch with us at info@software.ac.uk.

Best Regards,

Steve Crouch
Research Software Group Leader
Software Sustainability Institute

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Cambridge Earth System Science NERC DTP Studentships Available with BAS & The University of Cambridge

The Cambridge Earth System Sciences (ESS) DTP provides PhD training across NERC science. Embedded in the outstanding research environment of the University of Cambridge and the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), it is organised around three major research themes: Solid Earth, Climate, and Biology. Students in the DTP cohort engage in research projects of global significance across the physical, chemical and biological sciences, and graduate with strong numerical and modelling skills. A network of links within national and international science, industry and government prepares students to become leaders in their chosen fields.

 

Please see this link for the “Climate” theme projects on offer:

 

http://essdtp.esc.cam.ac.uk/programme/climate-theme

 

Dr. Ailsa K. Benton

 

Ice Core Analytical Scientist

Chemistry and Past Climate Programme

 

British Antarctic Survey

High Cross, Madingley Road
Cambridge, CB3 0ET
United Kingdom

Email: aibe@bas.ac.uk

Tel: +44 (0)1223 221426

Fax: +44 (0)1223 362616

 

 

 

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School visit request Essex

Hi UKPN 

I've had another email from a year 5/6 teacher at Boxted St Peter's Primary, Essex. Her class are 'learning about the ice age and how to survive in the Artic or polar regions they will be writing explanation texts and learning about the harsh conditions.  I think the children would really benefit from meeting a real polar explorer!' 

If anyone is keen to visit the school and available to do so within the next 7 weeks please reply to this email. The school will cover expenses and it is possible that the visitor could give two talks. One for this class and one for another year 6 class whose request I sent out last week.

Many thanks 

Maddie 

PhD student Natural History Museum and University of Liverpool 

UKPN Education and Outreach