Thursday, May 14, 2015

Two NERC REP Summer Studentships

Dear UKPN, 

Two summer studentships are available to potentially interested undergraduates at the British Antarctic Survey:

"Ice cores"
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/employment/vacancies/job.php?JobID=1067

"Exploring the impact of ice sheet melting and iceberg calving on Southern Ocean circulation"
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/employment/vacancies/job.php?JobID=1068

These studentships are funded via the NERC Research Experience Placement program, so some restrictions apply.  Please see the job adverts for details.

Cheers

TJ

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TJ Young
PhD Student, University of Cambridge
President, UK Polar Network

Email: tj.young@polarnetwork.org
Phone: +44 (0)7539 526731

We're social! 

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Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Deadline (18 May 2015): Karthaus Summer School

Dear UKPN,

A quick reminder to all that the deadline for the 16th annual Karthaus Summer School on Ice Sheets and Glaciers in the Climate System is on the 18th May 2015. 

As an attendee last year, I cannot recommend this course highly enough, especially if you have recently switched into climate sciences from another discipline. Lectures are taught by world-renowned professors in their field, and classes are taught in Karthaus, a small mountain village within the Italian Alps.

More information is at the program website: http://www.projects.science.uu.nl/iceclimate/karthaus/, and if you have any specific questions, you can email Hans Oerlemans <J.Oerlemans@uu.nl>, who runs the course, or me if you wish to her my positive opinions on the course!

Cheers

TJ


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TJ Young
PhD Student, University of Cambridge
President, UK Polar Network

Email: tj.young@polarnetwork.org
Phone: +44 (0)7539 526731

We're social! 

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Fwd: [APECS] APECS Field Safety Webinars - Part 1 on 18 May 2015 at 11 EDT



Dear UKPN,

See below for more information on a series of webinars, based on field safety over the summer.

Cheers

TJ

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TJ Young

President (2014 - 2015), UK Polar Network
PhD Candidate (SPRI), University of Cambridge

We're social! 

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Young Tun Jan (TJ) 

PhD Candidate
Scott Polar Research Institute
Department of Geography
University of Cambridge
4 Lensfield Road
Cambridge, CB2 1ER

Web: http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/people/young/
Email: tjy22@cam.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0)1223 336574

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APECS Field Safety Webinars - Part 1 
 
18 May 2015 at 11 EDT (15:00 UTC)
Webinar ID: 157-696-131)
 
Registration URL: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7964187497875988225

Are you concerned with field safety while conducting work in the polar regions? Whether you've organized fieldwork for years or you're participating in your first field campaign, knowledge of basic field safety skills is of the utmost importance. In order to increase field safety awareness, the APECS is hosting a series of webinars on field safety throughout the 2015 Arctic summer field season. 

The webinars will begin on Monday May 18th @ 11am EDT (3pm UTC) with an overview on basic field safety presented by Dr. Seth Campbell, research geophysicist at the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, research assistant professor at the University of Maine, wilderness EMT, and SOLO wilderness medicine instructor. The webinar will include general field safety and injury prevention tips, rules to live by to ensure a safe field season, basic injury assessment skills, and emergency training opportunities for researchers. The webinar will be hosted through the GoToWebinar platform and can be accessed using the following link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7964187497875988225 (Webinar ID: 157-696-131). 

The APECS field safety webinars and supporting information will be archived on the APECS website (http://www.apecs.is/research/member-research-areas/field-safety.html) as they become available. Please contact Ellyn Enderlin (ellyn.enderlin@gmail.com), co-chair of the APECS US national committee, if you have any questions or if you would like to contribute to the webinar series or supporting website content.

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Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Re: New postgraduate training opportunity in Cambridge and the Arctic

Dear UKPN,

Please see link below regarding a NERC funded Advanced Training Short Course for "A skills framework for delivering safe and effective fieldwork in the polar regions" this summer which may be of interest to some of your members. 16 fully funded places are available for UK registered PhD students and early career researchers, with training taking place in both Cambridge and the Arctic.

http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/about_bas/news/news_story.php?id=2973

Please contact Alison Teague<basstudent@bas.ac.uk> if you are interested.

Cheers

TJ


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TJ Young

President (2014 - 2015), UK Polar Network
PhD Candidate (SPRI), University of Cambridge

We're social! 
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Monday, May 4, 2015

Fwd: Antarctic Horizon Scan - 2nd phase

Dear UKPN, 

I'm sure you have heard about the Antarctic Horizon Scan, which asks for community input on the logistical and engineering requirements to answer the top 80 questions in Antarctic Science. 

I highly encourage everyone here to be involved and complete the attached questionnaire--it is important to have early career input in the feedback, as the results of the Scan will shape Antarctic science for the next 20 years (i.e. when you all become the leading researchers in your respective fields)! 

Cheers

TJ

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TJ Young
PhD Student, University of Cambridge
President, UK Polar Network

Email: tj.young@polarnetwork.org
Phone: +44 (0)7539 526731

We're social! 

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The COMNAP "Antarctic Roadmap Challenges" (ARC) Project

In 2014, the first SCAR Antarctic and Southern Ocean Science Horizon Scan assembled Antarctic scientists, policy makers, leaders, and visionaries to identify the most important research questions that will likely be addressed by research in and from the Antarctic over the next two decades.? The result was the publication of a list of 80 of the most important Antarctic research questions identified by the community. The list was published in Antarctic Science? (Kennicutt et al, 2014) as "A roadmap for Antarctic and Southern Ocean science for the next two decades and beyond".

Many of the national Antarctic programs are now developing their own strategies on how they will deliver their science programmes in the future. Delivery of such a  "roadmap" is not without its challenges.

Therefore COMNAP is leading the second stage in the process within the ARC Project in order to assist national Antarctic programs to understand the challenges and develop ways to address the challenges, and share any innovation or access to such technology.  The ARC project focuses on answering the question: "How will national Antarctic programs meet the challenges of delivery of their Antarctic science in the next 20 to 30 years?"

Using the SCAR Horizon Scan roadmap as an indication of future Antarctic science, a review of the 80 questions proposed reveals a number of challenges for national Antarctic programs of a practical and technical nature. The COMNAP ARC Project will focus on three of the challenges identified: Technology, access and extraordinary logistics requirements.

HOW YOU CAN PROVIDE YOUR INPUT...is by way of two community surveys.

The first survey is ready for your input. It is focused on understanding critical technology challenges.  We invite wide input from a range of disciplines (science and non-science) and backgrounds.

To take the survey, go to:  https://www.comnap.aq/Projects/SitePages/ARC.aspx
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APECS-WWRP-Polar Prediction Project Webinar Series - Part 2: Progress and,Challenges in Predicting Arctic Sea Ice

Dear UKPN,

Please see below for an exciting opportunity to interact with top scientists in Polar Prediction, organised by our very own Jonny Day!

TJ

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*Speakers: Cecilia Bitz (University of Washington, USA) and Julienne
Stroeve (National Snow and Ice Data Centre/University of Colorado)May 11,
18:00 CETWebinar ID: 134-834-387*

Registration URL:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/174329034268135426

This seminar is the second in the APECS-WWRP-Polar Prediction Project
Webinar Series. The rapid reduction in Arctic sea ice has lead to increased
human activity in the Arctic and a demand for forecasts of sea ice cover on
seasonal timescales. Many APECS members will be keenly interested in recent
developments and future directions of this important area of research, so
Professors Cecilia Bitz and Julienne Stroeve have accepted an invitation to
speak on this topic.

The webinar will be recorded and archived afterwards in the APECS Past
Webinar list
http://www.apecs.is/career-resources/apecs-webinars/past-webinars.html

For more information about this Webinar, contact Jonny Day at
j.j.day@reading.ac.uk. On behalf of APECS, let me thank you for attending
this Webinar.

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Dr Jonathan Day - Research Scientist - NCAS-Climate

EMAIL:    j.j.day@reading.ac.uk
WEB:      http://www.met.reading.ac.uk/~jonny/home/
TWITTER:  @jonny_day

Dept. of Meteorology,     Phone: 0118 378 6018
University of Reading,    Fax:   0118 378 8316
READING. RG6 6BB. UK.     Room:  3L71
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Saturday, May 2, 2015

Re: Deadline 04 May - UKPN IGS EC Support

Hi all,

I sent an email earlier regarding IGS EC Support--this was only supposed to go to the UKPN Committee and not to the general public. 

My apologies--please disregard the email!

TJ


On 2 May 2015, at 20:31, TJ Young wrote:

Hi all,

As you all remember, we have decided to provide £500 to IGS for EC Support and it's time to choose who gets our support. I've collated the basic information for the 31 applicants, 22 of which are eligible (the 9 that were ineligible either graduated before 2012 or didn't provide all the required info). 

Yes, £500 isn't going to cover nearly enough, but we are working on obtaining sponsorships from corporations that would like to advertise at the event to get more ECS funding. 

I realise this is a little short on notice, but please let me know what criteria we should base our selection on. I've considered looking at each member's past involvement with APECS/UKPN but this would result in us giving money to our 2 past presidents (i've removed names so you can't tell which ID they are). 

My best options at the moment are: 
- First come first serve
- Lowest (or highest) requested funding
- Highest number of publications 
- Best written motivation letters

(I have access to some more info that I haven't collated). 

Deadline to give LOC names is 5th May, so if you have any opinions, please let me know by 4th May!

Thanks all!

TJ

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On 27 Nov 2014, at 11:05, Sammie Buzzard wrote:

Ok my vote would be definitely give them £500- I can see it would be a good thing to give money to but if we want to do the buffs or equivalent and still have a decent sized amount of money for when we want to hold our next event then we probably shouldn't give much more. If you think £1000 would be better we should be ok though given that some money is due to come in so I'm happy either way.

Sammie

On 11/27/14 10:19, TJ Young wrote:
Hi both,

Any more thoughts from the last email? Sorry to bring this up again so soon--the 2nd circular is coming out and I'd like to get back to the LOC before it gets released. 

TJ


On 20 Nov 2014, at 10:15, TJ Young <tj.young@polarnetwork.org> wrote:

Hi Sammie, Laura,

Thanks for being on the ball with this!

That's true that this does fit in with our agenda. Would something around £500 to £1000 be a good amount? The figure just came from my head, so that isn't based on any formula or accounting. Once we have one number one of us can email the com. 

Re merchandise, SPRI is out of UKPN mugs so I will be restocking those as well. Laura, buffs are a great idea and I need a new one for Svalbard in February! Can you forward to us your latest exchange with Buffs (the company)? I remember something around £12 for a buff but I can't be certain about that number. 



On 19 Nov 2014, at 10:34, Sammie Buzzard <s.c.buzzard@pgr.reading.ac.uk> wrote:

Hi,

Thanks for confirming this Laura. I don't see any problem with the T&S money coming out of UKPN for now you guys shouldn't have to be out of pocket for it!

I agree that it may be good to give something to IGS it does after all fit in with the UKPN objective of support for early career polar researchers, but I'm not entirely sure what we do get out of it- would it be worth running it by the rest of the committee to see if they have any ideas?

I'm not aware of anything else that the money is being earmarked for so I think buffs or similar would be a very good idea- they seemed to be a popular idea from what I remember from Science & Society.

Best,
Sammie



On 11/19/14 09:50, Laura Hobbs wrote:
Hi

Yep, that should be for FCO funding. We will have another invoice to come in next year which will cover the expenses for T&S for Liz, TJ and I for Dundee, and again for the next two events. I hope this is OK to "float" through the UKPN accounts until we get the money back. 

Yes, I think £5000 is too much. We could offer some sort of IGSoc sponsorship, but we need to think about what we get out of it. Would be a great thing to do, though! The accounts are looking healthy, is any of this money earmarked for anything, Sammie? 

Also ,if we do have spare cash. What about finally getting round to investing in buffs or something to sell at workshops etc.?

Cheers!

Laura Hobbs

-PhD Student, Scottish Association of Marine Science-
-President, UK Polar Network-
T: 07854 319223

On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 7:46 PM, TJ Young <tj.young@polarnetwork.org> wrote:
Hi Sammie,

Many thanks for following up on this. Laura, what do you think? It's a bit out of our budget to provide the £5000 IGSoc were asking for but do you think we should provide some relief to early-career researchers?

TJ


On 12 Nov 2014, at 11:34, Sammie Buzzard wrote:

Hi TJ,    This is the latest from Nicola in relation to our accounts, looks like we have (or will have!) a little more than I was initially told. Do we know if SPRI have come back with anything?     Laura- just checking is the FCO invoice in relation to Science and Society?      Thanks,  Sammie        "Apologies for the delay, I have been waiting for our Finance team to get back to me. The current balance on the account is £5,017.88.    We are still waiting for the invoice sent to the FCO back in June to be paid and I sent an email yesterday to enquire about the status of this. This was for £2516.    Also, we have some T and S still to come out - this is for Laura Hobbs and Liz Pasteur and I am currently getting these processed."    
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