Job opportunity: School Outreach Officer, Education Through Expeditions

Dear UKPN,

First off—hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season and the polar climate that set across the UK this week! 

Secondly—Education through Expeditions are (again!) advertising for a School Outreach Officer. The ideal candidate for this position should have a passion for the Polar Regions and come from either an adventure or science background and wish to share their Polar experience with young people. Is flexible in terms of working hours and efficient in communication with the outreach co-ordinator. This role might also include the further development of educational resources for schools.

Please contact info@etehome.org to apply or for additional enquiries. 

Additional information is attached in the document below.

A merry New Year's Eve to you all,

TJ

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TJ Young

Vice-President (2016 - 2017), UK Polar Network
PhD Candidate (SPRI), University of Cambridge

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Email: tj.young@polarnetwork.org
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Systematics Research Fund

The Councils of the Linnean Society (https://www.linnean.org/) and the Systematics Association (http://www.systass.org/) jointly administer the Systematics Research Fund (SRF) that provides grants annually for small-scale research projects in the field of systematics.

Typical activities supported include contributions to fieldwork expenditure, the purchase of scientific equipment or expertise (e.g. buying time on analytical equipment), specimen preparation (including the cost of temporary technical assistance), and contributions to publication costs. However, please note that it is unable to fund the cost of article publication charges. Projects of a more general or educational nature will also be considered, provided that they include a strong systematics component. Typical activities not supported include attendance at scientific meetings and contributions to student maintenance or tuition fees. The fund does not provide payments for Bench Fees. Projects already substantially funded by other bodies may be disadvantaged.

Applications of all nationalities are welcome but applicants must be a member of the Systematics Association or Linnean Society of London.

Successful projects are selected by a panel of systematists who represent a wide range of conceptual interests and taxonomic groups. Generally, applications in the range of £500-£1,000 are preferred, the value of any single award will not exceed £1500.

Deadline: 15 February 2017

More information on SRF on the Systematics Association webpage: http://www.systass.org/awards/srf.shtml

Questions about the application procedure can also be sent to the SRF Administrator (srf@systass.org<mailto:srf@systass.org>)


Best wishes,

Anne


Dr. Anne D. Jungblut
Research Scientist
Life Sciences Department
The Natural History Museum
Cromwell Road
London SW7 5BD

Tel: +44 (0) 20 7942 5285

Re: Funded PhD studentship on Snow-albedo climate feedbacks in boreal forests

Dear UKPN,

 
A competitive, fully-funded PhD studentship is currently being advertised on Snow-albedo climate feedbacks in boreal forests, at Northumbria University, UK.
 
Application deadline is 20 January 2017 (PhD start date is 2 October 2017). Full details and online application form can be found via: https://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=81590
 
This is an exciting opportunity for students interested in climate modelling and geospatial analysis. We are looking for applicants to have a strong scientific background in either geophysics, atmospheric sciences, physical geography or oceanography. It is desirable that applicants have strong numerical skills, including computer programming and data manipulation, although full training will be provided throughout the studentship to develop relevant skills. Depending on the interests of the candidate, opportunities to participate in fieldwork will be made possible to enhance the process-based understanding of energy and snow fluxes in forests.
 
Any enquiries, please email me at nick.rutter@northumbria.ac.uk
 
Cheers,
Nick
 
Dr Nick Rutter
Department of Geography
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 8ST
United Kingdom
 
Tel: +44 (0) 191 227 4735
e-mail: nick.rutter@northumbria.ac.uk

https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/our-staff/r/nick-rutter/

PhD in Arctic storm risk at the University of Reading

Dear Colleagues,

we are advertising a PhD project on Arctic storm risk with Insurance industry partner XL Catlin, in the Meteorology department in Reading: http://www.met.reading.ac.uk/nercdtp/home/available/

A 4 year stipend is available for UK nationals and fees paid for EU nationals. 

Cheers,

Jonny

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Dr. Jonathan Day

AXA Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

NCAS-Climate

Department of Meteorology

University of Reading

web page: http://www.met.reading.ac.uk/userpages/jonny.php

Fwd: Job/PhD postings

Dear All,

Please see below for opportunities in Edinburgh that may be of interest.

Best wishes,

Sian

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Date: 8 December 2016 09:59:36 GMT
To: Marine Alliance for Science and Technology Scotland <masts@st-andrews.ac.uk>
Subject: Job/PhD postings

Dear All

1) Please see PhD studentship opportunity attached - The project would be based at mat HW in the lab of Dr Guttierez to investigate the formation of Marine Oil Snow (MOS) in NE Atlantic waters and to study the microbial communities associated with MOS particles.

2) University of Edinburgh are currently advertising a 3-year postdoctoral position and two fully-funded 3-year PhD studentships to work on the European ATLAS project (http://www.eu-atlas.org/). Please do pass these links to candidates you may know and distribute to your wider networks. Details below.

Many thanks, Emma


Postdoctoral research associate in deep-sea biodiversity

We are looking for a PDRA to create new explanatory models of environmental drivers of biodiversity trends in the deep North Atlantic Ocean, and assess Good Environmental Status (GES) as part of the European ATLAS project (www.eu-atlas.org). The project will progress research on the biodiversity of Scotland?s seamounts, banks, continental slope and shelf but also at a site in the High Seas. The project will analyse both video/stills and faunal samples to create explanatory and spatially explicit statistical models that explain trends in deep ocean biodiversity across gradients in oceanography, bathymetry, geology and carbon flux. ATLAS is a multidisciplinary trans-Atlantic collaboration between Europe, Canada and the USA, and aims to develop an adaptive ecosystem-based approach to marine spatial management in the deep North Atlantic. This post is full time, fixed term for 36 months and is available from 1 February 2017; or as soon as possible thereafter.

Further details can be found here:

https://www.vacancies.ed.ac.uk/pls/corehrrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=038244



PhD project: Biogeographical patterns in the deep ocean: environmental, biological, and historical drivers in the North Atlantic?

The goal of the PhD project is to create a dynamic new deep ocean biogeographic classification tool depicting biogeographic patterns over space and time under present-day and under future climate change scenarios. This will be conducted through validation and refinement of the existing marine biogeography classification system for the deep ocean, GOODS (Global Open Oceans and Deep Seabed) tool developed by IOC-UNESCO (UNESCO, 2009), working closely with colleagues at the University of the Azores.

A special emphasis of the PhD project will be placed on the biogeography of fauna from complex seabed habitats such as cold-water coral habitats, cold seeps, hydrothermal vents, sponge grounds and Vulnerable Marine Ecosystem (VME) indicator species to validate GOODS with respect to benthos. The candidate will also be given the flexibility to choose an additional group of marine fauna to validate and refine the GOODs model. This could include migratory or sessile species, pelagic or benthic, from sharks to sponges, allowing the PhD candidate to validate GOODS in either the pelagic open ocean or deep seabed and to model the environmental, biological, and historical factors that shape this biogeography.

Further details can be found here: https://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=81203&LID=468



PhD project: Physiology and carbon cycling of North Atlantic coral ecosystems in a changing ocean?

The goal of the PhD project is to assess the physiology and carbon cycling of key North Atlantic coral and sponge species under variable environmental conditions. This will be conducted through experimentation on live organisms in aquaria in Edinburgh, the Azores and Norway. Results will help inform how carbon cycling of these key habitat forming organisms changes under variable present day conditions and projected future conditions, to understand how carbon cycling in the North Atlantic may change.

The project will have a large fieldwork abroad component (up to a year), with research being conducted in research stations in the Azores and Norway, with further research opportunities on cruises within the ATLAS program. The scholar will be expected to be self-sufficient working in field stations abroad, and have previous relevant technical experience ideally including experience of marine aquaria and of experimenting on marine organisms.

Further details can be found here: https://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=81204&LID=468

IAI Antarctic trip; Nov 17

Hi all, 

We have been made aware of the possible opportunity below which may be of use to some of you.

Best wishes,

Sammie

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Subject:	FW: IAI Antarctic trip; Nov 17
Date:	Wed, 07 Dec 2016 21:17:38 +0000
From:	Vicki Christoffersen <vicki.christoffersen@canterbury.ac.nz>

 

Dear IAI Colleagues,

 

As you will have seen in my meeting notes from the IAI annual meeting held at SCAR 2016 in KL, I have been working on a plan to use Gondwana Station in Terra Nova Bay as a base for an IAI expedition to Antarctica (details attached).

If you are in any way interested in having one or more of your post graduate students participate in the expedition to Gondwana Station in November 2017, please forward an expression of interest to me as soon as possible.  Please note the cost involved. 

 

Best regards

Bryan

 

Bryan C. Storey
Professor of Antarctic Studies
Director Gateway Antarctica
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch
New Zealand
Tel; +64-3-364 2368
Fax; +64-3-364 2197
Email; bryan.storey@canterbury.ac.nz
Website; www.anta.canterbury.ac.nz

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Two PhDs in Physical Geography at Newcastle University

Dear Colleagues,

 

We have a number of studentships available in Physical Geography at Newcastle University through our cross-institutional NERC IAPETUS Doctoral Training Partnership, which has funds to award up to 12-15 studentships per year across 7 partner institutions. The deadline for applications is the 20^th JANUARY 2017 for PhD students starting in September 2017. The available projects under this scheme are:

 

Holocene climate evolution in Alaska: gaining new insights from high-resolution isotope records (Ref: IAP-16-03) CASE Award with BGS

 

Timing and magnitude of late glacial and Holocene climate change in the tropical Andes, Peru (Ref: IAP-16-16) CASE Award with BGS

 

Iron Age palaeoenvironments of NW Scotland (Ref: IAP-16-10) CASE Award with AOC Archaeology

 

Glacial history of the tropical Andes, Peru (Ref: IAP-16-17)

 

Controls on the large-scale sedimentary architecture of Icelandic Sandar (Ref: IAP-16-02)

 

Interaction between proglacial lake development and Icelandic glacier dynamics (Ref: IAP-16-33) CASE Award with BGS

 

Response of the north-western Greenland Ice Sheet to recent and future climate change (Ref: IAP-16-65) CASE Award with BAS

 

Any queries should be addressed to the supervisors of the project as advertised. Details of how to apply can be found at:http://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/

 

In addition, we will also have a number of opportunities available through the Research Excellence Academy, which has guaranteed funding for 2 PhD students in Physical Geography.

 

Many thanks,

 

Rachel

 

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Dr Rachel Carr
Lecturer in Physical Geography

School of Geography, Politics and Sociology

Newcastle University

Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK

NE1 7RU

 

Email: rachel.carr@newcastle.ac.uk

Phone: +44 (0) 191 208 6436

Web profile: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/gps/staff/profile/rachel.carr

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Sammie Buzzard
PhD Student- Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling
UKPN Vice President
www.met.reading.ac.uk/~zb000439
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School visit - St South East London

Hi UKPN,

 

We have a request for a school visit to St. Winifred’s school in South East London for January time for two Year 1 classes learning about the polar regions.

 

If anyone would like to volunteer to do this, please let me know as soon as possible and I will put you in touch with the school. We have a lot of resources and outreach activities that can be provided for the visit such as talks and worksheets, if you should need them.

 

Many thanks

Michelle

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michelle McCrystall

PhD Student

British Antarctic Survey and University of Cambridge

michmcr@bas.ac.uk

mrm52@cam.ac.k

 

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L'Oreal-UNESCO for Women in Science Awards 2017

Dear UKPN ladies,

 

The 2017 L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science UK & Ireland Fellowships Awards Programme is now open for applications.

 

The Programme is open to any female early-career researchers working in the fields of life and physical sciences, engineering, mathematics and computer sciences. This unique award is designed to provide practical help to aid female post-doctoral in continuing their cutting-edge research. The fellowship can be spent as the fellow wishes; it could buy a piece of scientific equipment, help to cover child care costs or be used to fund conference travel.

 

For an application please visit www.womeninscience.co.uk by the deadline of 25th January 2017. If you have any questions or feedback relating to the For Women in Science Fellowship Programme please contact Karina O'Gorman, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility, L'Oreal UK & Ireland on Karina.ogorman@loreal.com .

Best of luck, and happy holidays,

TJ

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TJ Young

Vice-President (2016 - 2017), UK Polar Network
PhD Candidate (SPRI), University of Cambridge

Web: http://polarnetwork.org/committee/young/
Email: tj.young@polarnetwork.org
Phone: +44 (0)1223 336574

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