MBA Engagement Assistant

See the opportunity below from the MBA: 

Join our team! We are hiring an Engagement Assistant

This is an exciting time to join our Engagement Team as we grow our thriving, engaged community of supporters and Members passionate about marine science and the future of our ocean.

As the part-time Engagement Assistant, you will play a vital role in supporting positive, meaningful experiences for supporters and Members, helping to strengthen long-term relationships and contribute to the organisation’s success.

This is a varied, hands-on role suited to someone who is proactive, organised and comfortable working across a range of activities. You will coordinate work across Fundraising, Communications and Membership, supporting campaigns to drive supporter growth and retention and ensuring events and engagement activities run smoothly.

We are seeking enthusiastic applicants with experience providing administrative support in an office environment, coordinating events and delivering exceptional supporter care. This role is primarily weekday office hours, with flexibility for out-of-hours events.

Find out more and apply here - https://lnkd.in/efkPHk4T

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UKPN science outreach in Glasgow - volunteering opportunity

Hello polar people!

 

The UKPN festivals team have an exciting outreach opportunity coming up as part of Glasgow Science Festival, taking place on Friday 5th and Saturday 6th June!

 

We are looking for volunteers to help put on the event, including:

•  Setting up and running a fun and engaging science-themed activity
•  Being on hand to chat to visitors and answer questions about polar science

 

This will be a great chance to engage a diverse audience of families and young children and potentially inspire the next generation of polar scientists!

 

No experience needed - all we ask is your commitment and enthusiasm. 

Expenses for food and drink, travel and accommodation will be covered. For more info, and to express interest, see the form at: https://forms.gle/1S23E6smxtfhvmsg8. Please fill out the form by the end of Saturday 9th May.

 

If you are unable to travel to Glasgow for this event, do not fear! There will be future events at different locations across the country that you can get involved in.

You can check out the UK Polar Network blog to read about past events and see what it's like to volunteer with us: https://polarnetwork.org/blog/.

Please contact us at festivals@polarnetwork.org if you have any questions.

 

Best wishes,

Edmund and Phoebe

UKPN Festivals Coordinators 2025-2026

 

UKPN Seminar Series: Decision-Making for Safe and Supportive Teams (29th April)

Dear UKPN Members,

Join us for the next UKPN seminar, delivered by Imogen Wadlow from the University of Leeds, on Wednesday 29th April at 2-3pm BST.

Drawing on experiences from polar fieldwork and mountain leadership, this talk explores how positive decision-making keeps teams safe and supported in challenging environments. It highlights key positive practises to guide decisions made in the field, flags heuristic traps and presents simple tools to guardrail against these pitfalls. While rooted in fieldwork, many of these lessons are broadly applicable to anyone working in team environments, including computer-based researchers & modellers.

The event will be held on Google Meet and is open to anyone interested. Meeting details will be sent out on registration. Registration and more details are available on Eventbrite here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/decision-making-for-safe-and-supportive-teams-tickets-1987488942930

Please contact info@polarnetwork.org with any questions. 

If you have any requests for speakers/topics or would like to give a seminar yourself please don't hesitate to get in touch!

Kind regards,

Ellie Fisher

Training Officer

UK Polar Network (https://polarnetwork.org/)

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Research experience placements for undergraduates

Hi all,

NERC are advertising placements for undergrads with the CREATES Doctoral Landscape Awards for summer 2026, several of which have a polar theme. See here for details of eligibility and how to apply:

https://nercdtp.esc.cam.ac.uk/programme/reps

The full list of projects can be found here:

https://nercdtp.esc.cam.ac.uk/programme/reps/reps-projects-2026

The deadline for application is the 8^th May 2026.

A wider range of NERC placements are also listed here: https://reg.nerc.ac.uk/rep-portal/ but check the closing dates as they vary! It looks like some of those are polar too.

Best wishes,

Thomas

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Thomas Caton Harrison | Polar Climatologist | British Antarctic Survey

High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET

email: thoton@bas.ac.uk 

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Re: UKPN mail

Hi Izzy, 

Thank you so so much for this! Much appreciated! 

All the best,

Lucy 

On Fri, 27 Mar 2026 at 17:29, Isabelle Sangha - BAS <isengh52@bas.ac.uk> wrote:

Hello!

Just grabbed the UKPN post from the BAS mail room. I'm attaching photos of everything. Let me know if I am good to get rid of it, or if you would like anything kept. 

Thanks, 

Izzy 

Isabelle Sangha | PhD Student | British Antarctic Survey | University of Cambridge

High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET

Tel: +44 (0) 7367188771    Email: isengh52@bas.ac.uk or is568@cam.ac.uk

 

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ASSW 2026 Workshop: Safe & Inclusive Arctic Fieldwork

Attending ASSW 2026? 

We warmly invite you to join our workshop at ASSW 2026 on Preparedness for safe and inclusive Arctic fieldwork: supporting Early Career Researchers and how PI's can learn from us…

The workshop aims to foster open discussion, share experiences, and identify actionable steps toward more safe, inclusive and supportive research cultures in Arctic field settings.

Details:
🗓 Sunday 29 March 2026
🕒 13:30
📍 Richard Mortensen room (or online)

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UKPN Seminar Series 2026-27 - we need you!

Dear UKPN members,

The UKPN is looking for speakers to contribute to our upcoming seminar series for 2026-27. We are inviting you to fill out the Google Form below as an expression of interest.

https://forms.gle/odADAPdqHFBLY3CTA

A seminar talk is generally one hour long, and delivered virtually. Talks can be on any topic relevant to the polar science community, and interdisciplinary subjects are particularly welcome. For inspiration, our YouTube channel has recordings of some previous talks: https://www.youtube.com/@UKPolarNetwork.

Any talks which align with previous training topics would be well received - for example: peer-review, leadership, stakeholder engagement, co-design with indigenous communities, grant proposal writing, science leadership, engaging with policy makers, research data management, outreach... The list goes on! We would definitely encourage you to be creative about what you can offer to ECRs - if you aren't sure whether something would be suitable, please do ask and we can discuss it together.  

If you have any further questions, please email info@polarnetwork.org and we will be happy to provide more information.

Kind regards,

Ellie Fisher

Training Officer

UK Polar Network (https://polarnetwork.org/)

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