Last Chance to have your say: UKPN members survey 2019 - reminder!

Happy frosty morning!

 

What better way to warm up than to fill in the  UKPN Members Survey 2019 over a cup of tea J

We really need to know what you guys want out of UKPN and , gives you the chance to find out more about helping with science festivals, school visits and polar pen pals. It just takes a few minutes – less time than to drink your tea J

 

Survey closes tomorrow, so do it now J

 

Thanks, and enjoy the snow this weekend!

 

Anna

 

 

Dr Anna Belcher | Ecological Biogeochemist| British Antarctic Survey

High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET

Email: annbel@bas.ac.uk |Tel: +44 (0)1223 221281

 

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From: UK Polar Network Mailing List <UKPN@JISCMAIL.AC.UK> On Behalf Of Ainsworth J.J.
Sent: 28 January 2019 09:27
To: UKPN@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
Subject: UKPN members survey 2019 - reminder!

 

Hi All,

 

Thank you to all of you who have taken the survey, we really appreciate your time!

 

The survey will be closing this Friday 1^st February at midnight so please have a look if you want to participate and find out about exciting opportunities and to give feedback and suggestions for future workshops or win some UKPN merchandise!

 

By completing this survey (link at the end of this email) you are agreeing for the UKPN to store your data in accordance with our privacy policy (http://polarnetwork.org/privacy-policy/).

 

Thank you for taking the time to fill out this survey and helping us to operate more effectively for Polar early career scientists.

 

Take the UKPN Members Survey 2019

 

Thank You!

Jo

 

From: Ainsworth J.J.
Sent: 14 January 2019 19:28
To: 'UKPN@JISCMAIL.AC.UK' <UKPN@JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
Subject: UKPN members survey 2019

 

Hello everyone,

 

The UKPN would like to collect data from its members to inform how we operate, what workshops we should run and the opportunities we advertise to our members.

 

By completing this survey (link at the end of this email) you are agreeing for the UKPN to store your data in accordance with our privacy policy (http://polarnetwork.org/privacy-policy/).

 

Thank you for taking the time to fill out this survey and helping us to operate more effectively for Polar early career scientists.

 

Take the UKPN Members Survey 2019

 

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Joanna Ainsworth

PhD student, Oceanography

University of Southampton

 

Co-secretary of the UKPN

 

National Oceanography Centre Southampton

University of Southampton Waterfront Campus

 

Room: 566/13

Email: jja1u16@soton.ac.uk

 

 

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School visit opportunity-Bedford and North east london - help needed

Hi everyone,

 

We're in desperate need of some willing volunteers to share some of their polar scientist stories and experiences with a couple of schools, one in Bedford and one in Newbury Park, East London. They've been patiently waiting for us to get back to them with a volunteer, as ideally they'd like someone feb/april. If anyone is keen to help out with these and get the chance to engage some school kids in polar science, then please get back to the education team at: education@polarnetwork.org.

Transport costs are covered, and usually it's only about an hour needed at the school. They're a lot of fun J

 

Beford one:

Bedford Girl's School

Ideally they'd like an assembly talk, and then a little workshop done with 3 smaller groups. But I think even an assembly talk would be great if people would rather do that than a workshop.

 

London (Newbury Park, East London):

Oaks Park High School

Our Y7 cohort is 300 so was thinking maybe an assembly style however we can easily pick smaller groups if necessary however would love to have all of them involved if possible. Topics wise again whatever is easiest - our unit covers glaciers as well as general physical geography stuff. 

 

Thanks everyone, we really do appreciate your support in helping us reach kids all over the UK and give them unique chances to meet and listen to polar scientists.

 

Best wishes

 

Anna

 

Dr Anna Belcher | Ecological Biogeochemist| British Antarctic Survey

High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET

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From: SCHOFIELD Mrs, Helena
Sent: 09 January 2019 14:55
To: education@polarnetwork.org
Subject: School visit-Bedford Girls' School

 

 

Hello,

 

I am hoping we can arrange for someone to visit and enthuse our girls about Antarctica this term. Last year we were lucky enough to welcome Maddie Brasier to our school and she talked about what she studies, how she became a scientist/explorer and gave the girls some activities to do. Maddie is in Antarctica this term so cannot visit again. If you have someone who would be available to do something relatively similar we would be really grateful.

 

I look forward to hearing from you.

 

Kind regards,

 

Helena Schofield

 

Head of Year 4

 

 

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UKPN at festivals

Hi all,

 

I’m looking for volunteers to help out with the activities we are running at festivals this year. They’re great opportunities to interact with the public, while hopefully being a lot of fun too!

 

1.       Saturday 16^th March 2019 – Southampton Science and Engineering Festival (SOTSEF)

a.       Running three activities titled ‘polar puzzles’, aimed at all ages, and bringing in research that is being done at Southampton University about the Arctic.

b.       Activities already mostly decided, just need help on the day.

c.       Southampton undergrads and postgrads preferred to help, but others always helpful

d.       All day event

2.       Thursday 25^th to Sunday 28^th July 2019 - WOMAD

a.       Fitting into the physics side of this ‘world’ based festival

b.       Still in the planning stages, but looking at 2 activities and a couple of talks. Activities will be physics and polar based.

c.       Any extra volunteers we can amass will be much appreciated by the organisers, and if they like you, recycled into the other super exciting activities they are running

d.       They want us to have volunteers with a physics background (some oceanography, maths etc. is fine)

e.       Only working 12-6pm every day, so the rest of the time you can enjoy the festival!

f.        Camping, tents provided if necessary

 

If interested, please fill out the following: https://goo.gl/forms/BnnTRjjZNtXjD3fR2.

I will be storing the responses for now, and forwarding the ones interested in WOMAD to their organisers. After this, they will be deleted.

 

Thanks,

 

Holly

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Holly Jenkins

PhD student, SPITFIRE DTP & Changing Arctic Ocean (NERC)

UK Polar Network committee

 

National Oceanography Centre Southampton

University of Southampton Waterfront Campus

 

Room: 344/35

Phone: 02380598724 (ext. 28724)

Email: hollyjenkins@soton.ac.uk

 

 

Open science event on detecting high latitude ecosystem change 15th February 2019

Dear UKPN,

We are hosting a one-day meeting on detecting change in high latitude ecosystems on Friday 15^th February in the Geography Department at Cambridge University. This event will showcase recent advances in monitoring vegetation change and highlight new technologies and data analysis tools to detect environmental change. We’re specifically looking for research into integrating field and plot sampling data, UAV data and remote sensing. We welcome participants from the research community in all aspects of high-latitude ecosystems including climate responses, environmental changes including anthropogenic factors, modelling, remote sensing, use of UAVs and big data.

This is a great opportunity to present your work, either as a talk or poster, especially for early career researchers, and to network with other researchers. This is an open science event, supported by the Global Britain Fund of the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, connected to a UK-Russian research project detecting forest change in northern Russia. This event is free to attend, and the deadline for registration is Thursday 7th February. Logistical details will follow.

We look forward to seeing you in February.

Please register your interest in attending here:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/detecting-high-latitude-ecosystem-change-tickets-55160532638

 

Best wishes,

Rachael Turton, Gareth Rees and Gareth Marshall

 

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Dr Rachael Turton
Research Associate
Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI)
University of Cambridge

Email: rht34@cam.ac.uk
Tel: +44 1223 336558

 

UKPN members survey 2019 - reminder!

Hi All,

 

Thank you to all of you who have taken the survey, we really appreciate your time!

 

The survey will be closing this Friday 1^st February at midnight so please have a look if you want to participate and find out about exciting opportunities and to give feedback and suggestions for future workshops or win some UKPN merchandise!

 

By completing this survey (link at the end of this email) you are agreeing for the UKPN to store your data in accordance with our privacy policy (http://polarnetwork.org/privacy-policy/).

 

Thank you for taking the time to fill out this survey and helping us to operate more effectively for Polar early career scientists.

 

Take the UKPN Members Survey 2019

 

Thank You!

Jo

 

From: Ainsworth J.J.
Sent: 14 January 2019 19:28
To: 'UKPN@JISCMAIL.AC.UK' <UKPN@JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
Subject: UKPN members survey 2019

 

Hello everyone,

 

The UKPN would like to collect data from its members to inform how we operate, what workshops we should run and the opportunities we advertise to our members.

 

By completing this survey (link at the end of this email) you are agreeing for the UKPN to store your data in accordance with our privacy policy (http://polarnetwork.org/privacy-policy/).

 

Thank you for taking the time to fill out this survey and helping us to operate more effectively for Polar early career scientists.

 

Take the UKPN Members Survey 2019

 

_________________________________

Joanna Ainsworth

PhD student, Oceanography

University of Southampton

 

Co-secretary of the UKPN

 

National Oceanography Centre Southampton

University of Southampton Waterfront Campus

 

Room: 566/13

Email: jja1u16@soton.ac.uk

 

Antarctic science bursary Q+A webinar 8pm UTC today

Hi everyone,

 

Just a reminder that the second webinar with info on how to apply for an Antarctic science bursary is tonight at 8pm UTC. So do sign up and join if you’re interested in applying for one, a great chance to ask any questions you have to help with the application.

 

Antarctic Science Bursary Webinar: Tips for a successful Bursary Application followed by Q+A session In coordination with APECS, Antarctic Science are running a webinar to help potential applicants of the 2019 Antarctic Science Bursary. This bursary runs every year and is for up to £6000 to support PhD or early career researchers to extend the scope of an existing research project.  The webinar will be held on 24 January 2019 at 15:00 UTC and 20:00 UTC. More information and how to register for the webinars on the APECS website.

 

 

And don’t forget to do our members survey so we can find out more about what you want from UKPN, and to give you the chance to hear about outreach opportunities/science festivals.

 

Take the UKPN Members Survey 2019

 

Cheers

 

Anna

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NERC ATSC Course: Introduction to Metabolomics for the Environmental Scientist - FINAL COURSE RUN

Good afternoon all,

Apologies for any cross posting.

We have an introductory training course in metabolomics for the environmental scientist coming up which you may be interested in; please do share with any networks that you think may be interested.

Please note: this is the final scheduling of this NERC ATSC funded course. We do not currently have plans to run this again, therefore if you are interested please register soon to avoid disappointment. It is unlikely that this opportunity will come around again!

All the best,
David

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Introduction to Metabolomics for the Environmental Scientist
28 February - 1 March 2019



This 2-day NERC-funded Advanced Training Short Course will provide environmental scientists with an overview of the metabolomics pipeline. The course is intended for environmental scientist with little or no previous experience of metabolomics and who are interested to discover how this relatively new and powerful approach could be integrated into their research. Experts working in the NERC Metabolomics facility-NBAF-Birmingham will teach the course.

Topics covered:

Introduction to environmental metabolomics with case studies

Experimental design and quality control

Sample collection and preparation

Overview of analytical laboratory techniques (mass spectrometry and NMR spectroscopy)

Overview of data processing and statistics for metabolomics

Introduction to metabolite identification

Registration for non-NERC funded scientists:
Early-bird Registration: £520
Standard Registration: £580

Registration for NERC funded scientists: While this course is open to all researchers with an interest in the environmental sciences, it is a NERC-funded Advanced Training Short Course and hence priority will be given to NERC funded scientists; this includes NERC PhD students (highest priority), NERC PDRA's and Fellows (next highest priority) and principal and co-investigators who currently hold NERC funding. For these prioritised applicants, bursaries are available to cover the full cost of the course and one night of accommodation (which we will book for you) and up to £100 towards travel costs (which you should book).

Course registration link: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/facilities/metabolomics-training-centre/courses/introduction-metabolomics-environmental.aspx

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All the best,
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University of Birmingham
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UKPN : How do you feel about cheese toasties?

Morning,

 

Sadly that’s not one of our members survey questions (feel free to put the answer to that in the other comments at the end though ;) ), but we do need to find out more about you guys, and get an idea of who is interested in participating in workshops, helping out at science festivals and supporting our school visits etc. And more importantly it’s a chance for you to tell us what you want the UKPN to do for you.

 

And because we know you’re all desperate to get your hands on some UKPN merchandise, if you fill in our survey then you can enter into the draw to win some UKPN merchandise J

 

Takes only 3 minutes:

Take the UKPN Members Survey 2019

 

We need your responses by 1^st Feb, so if you haven’t already done it, do it now before the to do list grows even bigger! J

 

Thanks everyone,

 

Anna

 

p.s. By completing this survey (link above) you are agreeing for the UKPN to store your data in accordance with our privacy policy (http://polarnetwork.org/privacy-policy/).

 

Dr Anna Belcher | Ecological Biogeochemist| British Antarctic Survey

High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET

Email: annbel@bas.ac.uk |Tel: +44 (0)1223 221281

 

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outreach opportunity - Near Coventry

Morning Everyone!

I'm emailing about an exciting opportunity to visit a school in Rugby near Coventry. They're just looking for someone to give a little talk about some of their experiences as a polar scientist to inspire the students at Avon Valley School (see their email below).


Please get in touch if you're happy to help out and share your fun stories and fieldwork photos with the class. I know most of you have had the fortune of having amazing experiences, it'd be great to inspire some future scientists by giving them the chance to talk to you :)

Best wishes

Anna

UKPN Co-president




Hi
II was interested to see that you did school visits. I am the careers lead in a school with a significant proportion of disadvantaged students and would be very interested in having a talk from you to inspire students about what can be achieved. How would I go about organising this and is there a cost involved.

I look forward to hearing from you

Best regards

Lisa Owen
Achievement Leader & Careers Lead

Avon Valley School, Newbold Road, Rugby, CV21 1EH <https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1jZ_9qa0CuEbLlOdvc7QR91L9oMmd7i6d&revid=0B1GfggESfGCZc213Zms2MnlzME1MNWNTZ1JnNm11Q294RkRrPQ>



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Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2019 at 20:39
Subject: Speakers
To: <lowen@avonvalleyschool.uk <mailto:lowen@avonvalleyschool.uk> >



http://polarnetwork.org/education-and-outreach/school-visits/

Best regards
Lisa Owen
Achievement leader &Careers lead
Avon Valley School
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24th Jan Q+A webinar on funding opportunity: Antarctic Science Intl. Bursary

Hi everyone,

 

Just a reminder about the webinar next week, for your chance to find out how to submit a good application for this year’s round of Antarctic Science Bursaries (http://www.antarcticsciencebursary.org.uk/)

 

The webinar will give applicants the chance to speak to people on the bursary panel (that review and award bursaries) as well as past recipients. This will be a great Q+A session and really give everyone the chance to get advice about their application.

 

Sign up for one of the webinars here:

 

Session 1 - Jan 24, 2019 3:00 PM in Universal Time UTC:

 https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_O42YGdS8QNG2H48P80dx0w

 

Session 2 Jan 24, 2019 8:00 PM in Universal Time UTC: 

https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Nk5aH923SseifN7Hpc_AWw

 

…. Do it now ;)

 

And please do spread the word to your networks, as this bursary is open to all nationalities.

 

A little information about the bursaries:

Bursary awards are intended to support the career development for promising early career scientists worldwide, working in any field of Antarctic science.

Grants of up to £6000 are awarded to extend the scope of an existing research project. Please note that this award is NOT offered to support work on an existing research project. It is intended to support a distinct extension activity, usually arising from previous work.

 

Eligibility for application for bursaries:

Grants are given to individuals and managed through their organisations. Applicants normally need to be enrolled in a PhD or employed as an early career researcher, with payment being to an institutional account.

Applicants can apply from anywhere in the world.

Early career researchers are eligible to apply for up to 10 years after their PhD.

 

 

 

Cheers

 

Anna

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Fully funded Antarctic climate modelling PhD at Northumbria, UK

Hi UKPNers,

I'd like to advertise a fully funded PhD opportunity. The funding applies to students from outside the UK too, so feel free to spread the word. 

The broad topic is how the size and shape of Antarctica affected the climate of Antarctica in the past.

There's an increasing number of constraints on the past temperature of Antarctica which are inconsistent with results from climate models. This is most likely due to the shape of the ice sheets that are used in the climate models, not some fundamental error in the models. Trouble is, it's not clear what the shape of Antarctica was in the past. In this PhD project you'll have a chance to investigate this question. 

The student will have a lot of scope to define the direction of the project. Possible avenues include understanding the climate dynamics of the response or understanding how the isotopic composition of the ice can be impacted by the changing circulation. This will be based around the use of climate models, so you'll learn how to run and analyse such models

The studentship is available to Students Worldwide, and covers full fees and a full stipend, paid for three years at RCUK rates (for 2018/19, this is £14,777 pa).

Closing date is 25th January 2019

https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/understanding-how-antarctic-ice-sheets-control-the-climate-of-antarctica-advert-reference-rdf19-ee-ges-roberts/?p103786

Feel free to contact me with any questions

Will

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Polar Educators International (PEI) 2019 UK Workshop Registration Open!

Morning!

 

Don't forget to register for this science communication event in Cambridge in April – looks like there will be a lot of interesting discussions and chances to meet and brainstorm with educators.

 

Also, the organisers said to get in touch if your funders/supervisors need any further information about it.

 

Best wishes

 

Anna

 

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Subject: Polar Educators International (PEI) 2019 UK Workshop Registration Open!

 

Hello PEI Members,

 

 

Education and Polar Science in Action: 

Bringing the polar regions into our communities 

April 2019 - Cambridge, UK

Register now for the 4th biennial workshop of Polar Educators International (PEI) will be held in Cambridge, United Kingdom, in partnership with the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI), British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), and UK Polar Network (UKPN).

Polar educators and researchers will explore the wide-ranging impacts of the poles and how we can connect them to our communities. Learn to communicate science and collaborate with professionals from all around the world to create new solutions to modern challenges.

The Workshop will be opened by Sir David King, co-author of The Hot Topic: How to Tackle Global Warming and Still Keep the Lights On, former scientific advisor to the UK Government and strong supporter of the work of the IPCC. 

Sessions will include updates from leading polar researchers, hands-on science labs, training in science communication, discussion panels, snap-talk presentations, and more

Register here. (reduced rate if booked before Jan 15, 2019)   

 

Hope to see you in Cambridge!

PEI Council

Polar Educators International [PEI] - A vibrant network promoting polar education and research to a global community.

 

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UKPN members survey 2019

Hello everyone,

 

The UKPN would like to collect data from its members to inform how we operate, what workshops we should run and the opportunities we advertise to our members.

 

By completing this survey (link at the end of this email) you are agreeing for the UKPN to store your data in accordance with our privacy policy (http://polarnetwork.org/privacy-policy/).

 

Thank you for taking the time to fill out this survey and helping us to operate more effectively for Polar early career scientists.

 

Take the UKPN Members Survey 2019

 

_________________________________

Joanna Ainsworth

PhD student, Oceanography

University of Southampton

 

Co-secretary of the UKPN

 

National Oceanography Centre Southampton

University of Southampton Waterfront Campus

 

Room: 566/13

Email: jja1u16@soton.ac.uk

 

Mount Everest Foundation - Funding for scientific research in mountain regions

The Mount Everest Foundation is a registered charity, set up following the first ascent of Everest in 1953, and initially financed from the surplus funds and subsequent royalties resulting from that expedition. The aims of the Foundation are to encourage and support expeditions exploring mountain regions, and both education and research pertaining to a wide range of subjects in mountain areas, including geography, glaciology and the effects of altitude. 

Normally, the MEF will only support expeditions where the majority of members/PI come from Great Britain or New Zealand. 

The Screening Committee meets to consider applications twice a year - in November and March. The closing dates for receipt of completed forms are 30th September and 31st January, the forms are not hard going.

We welcome applications for support for scientific work, which have to some extent been underrepresented in recent awards, or applications to provide support for scientists wishing to undertake first ascents, major new routes, or exploration in little-explored or previously inaccessible areas where they already are, or want to do fieldwork. 

Awards in the past have varied from <£1000 to several thousand. A recent exceptional climbing Expedition received more than £50k. The MEF is keen to provide additional supporting funds rather than the entire cost of a project, so, if you've already been writing grants and a few £k extra will really make a difference, reword your application for MEF. The MEF expect to support research that will eventually lead to publication, so support is geared towards PGR, ECR and more established groups where a small amount of money may provide add on science of value. 

Awards do not include staff time, overheads etc, they are to support the direct costs of undertaking fieldwork. For further guidance on the application process, previously supported expedition reports, and the latest versions of application forms please visit: http://www.mef.org.uk/ 

If you look at previous awards you'll see a dominance of white male grants......as a Trustee of the MEF I'm keen to see this diversify, it is at the application stage rather than a bias at the panel review/award stage causing this from what I can see over time - we need more applications coming in. New Zealanders are also very under represented.....it won't replace a Marsden or EQC, but it might get you the pilot data you need, or enable an extra PGR to get on a trip you already have funded.

Dr. Stuart Dunning. Newcastle University, U.K.

NERC ONE Planet DTP

Dear Colleagues

 

Anyone know of any enthusiastic PhD candidates who might be interested in a funded PhD studentship on ‘the role of microorganisms in the cycling of climate active gases in the Arctic’ (see OP19-16 in the link below) and please also note the application deadline is 31/01/19.

 

Any questions, feel free to call me (0191 227 4516).

 

David

 

 

Dear Newcastle & Northumbria colleagues

 

The NERC ONE Planet DTP is now launched and recruitment is underway. Please visit our new webpages to find out more: https://research.ncl.ac.uk/one-planet/

 

Thank you to all of you who submitted project proposals to us. These are now advertised on the ONE Planet webpage: https://research.ncl.ac.uk/one-planet/studentships/, on each Universities PhD funding webpages, and on Findaphd.com: https://www.findaphd.com/phds/program/12-phd-funded-studentships-at-one-planet/?p4256.

 

Please advertise and circulate these links to your networks and students to ensure we recruit the very best applicants. The closing date for student applications is 31st January 2019.

 

If you have any questions please contact oneplanet@ncl.ac.uk

 

Kind regards

 

Hayley Fowler (NCL), Oliver Heidrich (NCL) & Ulrich Salzmann (NU)

 

 

ONE Planet

Doctoral Training Partnership

 

 

 

 

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DEADLINE TOMORROW - Re-subscribe to the UKPN Mailing List + School Visit Opportunity!

Dear UKPN Mailing List,

 

 

We are making changes to our mailing list to make sure we comply fully with GDPR regulations. We need to re-confirm that you consent to receiving emails from the UKPN via this mailing list - it will only take 10 seconds! Our privacy policy regarding can be found on our website (http://polarnetwork.org/privacy-policy/).

 

To provide your consent for receiving future UKPN emails regarding Polar science, ECR activities and opportunities please enter your email address here: https://goo.gl/forms/c1F3jtG88ubOZpwK2.

 

If you do not re-subscribe to the mailing list by 5pm TOMORROW we will remove you from the mailing list. If you do not wish to receive UKPN emails anymore you can unsubscribe through JISCMAIL.

 

Please also see below that we are still looking for volunteers for a school visit – we will cover travel costs (a free trip to London!!) and the school has a flexible schedule. Please email education@polarnetwork.org if you are interested!

 

We will be circulating this email several times during December and January in the hopes of not losing contact with our members. We apologise in advance for this. If you have already re-signed up you do not need to fill out the form again.

 

If you have any questions do not hesitate to contact president@polarnetwork.org. Thank you for taking the time to re-subscribe.

 

Many thanks,

 

UKPN Committee

Chelsey Baker

PhD Student

Co-President of the UK Polar Network

Office: 344/31

Ocean Biogeochemistry and Ecosystems

University of Southampton

National Oceanography Centre

Southampton

SO14 3ZH

Dear UKPN mailing list,

 

Another exciting school visit opportunity has come up in East London (see further details below) to coincide with their Frozen Planet modules between late February and April. Transport costs will be covered and the format is flexible as to whether you’d like to give a talk or run smaller sessions. They are also flexible on the content. If you are interested please respond to this email and I will put you in touch with the school. We have resources and members experienced in school visits who can provide you with guidance/support J

 

‘We are based in Newbury Park East London, on the central line. Our Y7 cohort is 300 so was thinking maybe an assembly style however we can easily pick smaller groups if necessary however would love to have all of them involved if possible. Topics wise again whatever is easiest - our unit covers glaciers as well as general physical geography stuff. ‘

 

Many thanks,

Chelsey

 

Chelsey Baker

PhD Student

Co-President of the UK Polar Network

Office: 344/31

Ocean Biogeochemistry and Ecosystems

University of Southampton

National Oceanography Centre

Southampton

SO14 3ZH