Thursday, April 30, 2015

Fwd: RGS-IBG Geography Outdoors - Summer 2015 Update

Hi UKPN, see below for a number of courses run by RGS-IBG over this 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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Geography Outdoors: Summer 2015       

 

 

With summer fast approaching, Geography Outdoors is running a number of events for expedition professionals, teachers and university staff, as well as field researchers and pre-university travellers.

 

The Health & Safety Update day, will be of particular interest to those who have attended our previous courses. It will also appeal to those with an interest in Expediiton medicine as many of hte speakers are contributors to the new edition of the Oxford Handbook of Expedition Wilderness Medicine.

 

The Gap Travel workshop is a new addition to our events, and builds on the Gap Planning Toolkit developed to help our Learning & Leading Gap Scholars.

We also have a few places left on the Land Rover Driver Training course 13-14 May 2015 at Eastnor Castle, near Ledbury, Herefordshire.

 

 

Field Safety Training

 

Thursday 21 May 2015
A one day meeting to discuss new guidance and medical protocols to promote safe and effective fieldwork and expeditions. Delegates are invited to suggest discussion topics and/or offer presentataions.
Cost £ 55 including lunch.

 

Tuesday 12 & Wednesday 13 May 2015 / Tuesday 1 & Wednesday 2 December 2015
This popular couse looks at the safety management issues involved in planning, managing and evaluating local visits, fieldtrips and exchanges. If you are leading or managing visits and have not attended this course, it is not one to miss. Ideal for staff in organisations wanting to comply with British Standard BS 8848.
RGS-IBG members £252 / non-members £280

 

Thursday 14 May 2015
Our annual course for those interested in becoming an accredited RGS-IBG Safety Management Trainer.
Anyone wanting to be an OSSM trainer must have done the 2- day course within the past 3 years.

 

 

Field Research Techniques

 

 

Workshops for Students
Wednesday 1 July 2015
An interactive advice-packed late afternoon workshop for those planning pre or post university travels, or possibly a career break to undertake a purposeful journey.
Standard £15

 
Skills Workshops
Wednesday 13 & Thursday 14 May 2015
The Society has teamed up with our corporate benefactors Land Rover to provide a practical driver training course covering driving and safety techniques for people undertaking expeditions, fieldwork or research in remote areas. Delegates will learn how vehicles can be used to their full potential in demanding situations.
Standard £228 (Retail value normally £790)

 

Save the Date! 
EXPLORE 2015
13- 15 November 2015
 
The annual RGS-IBG expedition and fieldwork planning seminar. Lectures, workshops and exhibits to help organise your own expedition or field research projects in a variety of environments and disciplines. Over 90 leading field scientists and explorers provide inspiration, contacts and advice over the course of this unique weekend.
 
Please visit our Explore 2014 pages to find out more.
 
Friday 19 June 2015
A one-day workshop for those responsible for tree care and management in local government, communities, consultants, urban foresters, non-profit tree organisations, planners and geographers.

Using practical exercises to gain hands-on experience of this environmental modelling approach, this course will cover the different methods available, and how to interpret the data collected at different spatial scales.
Standard £180, Student £100

 

 

Workshops for Teachers
Wednesday 10 June 2015
An interactive course for those responsible for planning and managing out of classroom activities providing the opportunity to review and update school visits policies.
RGS-IBG members £171/ non-members £190.
 
NEW edition published!

 

Having sold over 6000 copies of the first edition, the new edition respresents a substantial update with well over a third of the book re-written completely, along with a significant change in it layout. New topics have been added along with a greater emphasis on the individual environments that travellers visit. With the UK adventure travel market now selling 250 000+ overseas experiences a year, we hope that this book will provide an accessible and helpful resource to anyone seeking information about travel to unfamiliar and potentially hazardous environments.

 

If you are interested in pre-ordering a copy please contact Geography Outdoors.

 

For details on our range of courses, information on fees and booking:
Contact Geography Outdoors
W:www.rgs.org/GOSeminars  E: go@rgs.org  T:020 7591 3030


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Sunday, April 26, 2015

Re: Training opportunity: NCEO & Field Spectroscopy Facility Advanced Short Training Course, June 2015, Spain

Hi UKPN, please see below for a really cool workshop (note really close deadline).

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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NCEO and the Field Spectroscopy Facility are pleased to announce a NERC-funded Advanced Short Training Course (ATSC) on Field Spectroscopy, Airborne Optical Imaging and Process Modelling for Environmental Science, 13-20June, Albacete, Spain.

The aim of this NERC-funded ATSC is to provide PhD students and early career researchers (ECRs) with a unique opportunity to gain both theoretical and practical 'hands-on' experience in hyperspectral Earth Observation and data acquisition, field validation, processing and analysis.  Lectures and tutorials will be delivered in Albacete, southern Spain and field work will be conducted at Las Tiesas Experimental Farm, Barrax, near Albacete.  Las Tiesas is a well-established and characterised agricultural research facility and one where weather conditions in June are expected to be suitable for passive optical remote sensing relying on stable solar illumination.

Full details about the course can be found:  http://www.nceo.ac.uk/meeting_detail.php?id=46

This course is for PhD students and ECRs registered with a UK academic institution.  Priority will be given to NERC funded CASE or Doctoral Training Partnership students, although other UK based PhD students and ECRs may apply.  Basic knowledge of the python programming language is required.

To apply: please email jan.fillingham@nceo.ac.uk, before 28 April 2015, confirming explicitly that you meet the following criteria:
- you are a UK-registered PhD student or ECR working in a sector aligned to NERC's science remit (seehttp://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/portfolio/remit/)
- you have basic python programming skills;
- your institute will provide you with standard field work and travel insurance; and
- you are able to attend the training course in Spain from 13-20 June 2015.

If you meet these criteria you will then be invited to complete an online application.

Best wishes
Jan
Jan Fillingham
Training and Communications Manager
National Centre for Earth Observation
The University of Reading, Room 1U13 Meteorology, 58 Earley Gate, Reading RG6 6BB, UK     
Tel:  +44 (0)118 378 6728    Mobile: 07872 416466  http://www.nceo.ac.uk
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Fwd: NCAS Early Career Research Forum

Dear UKPN, 

The NCAS Early Career Research Forum will take place on Wednesday 6 May 2015, 10:45-17:30 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Caversham Bridge, Richfield Avenue, Reading, RG1 8BS. The deadline for reserving a place at this event is 12.00 noon on Monday 27 April 2015. For more information and to register for a place visit www.bit.ly/AtmosECRF. The forum has sessions that include Aerosols and Clouds, Storms and Convection, and Linking Models and Measurements and is open to all early career researchers (usually defined as researchers within 5 years of submitting their PhD) and PhD students.


The forum also provides an opportunity for early career atmospheric scientists to present and discuss their work with others in the field, and to network with other researchers.

Location - the River Suite at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Caversham Bridge, Richfield Avenue, Reading, RG1 8BS. The hotel is a short walk from the north exit of Reading railway station.
http://www.crowneplaza.com/hotels/gb/en/reading/reauk/hoteldetail

Programming Committee - Amanda Maycock, NCAS-University of Cambridge; Ben Harvey, NCAS-University of Reading, and Sarah Moeller, NCAS-University of York.


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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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Wednesday, April 22, 2015

FW: Past Earth Network Conference - Crewe UK 1st - 4th Sept 2015

Hello,

 

The conference below is not strictly Polar, but there will be some polar related science at this meeting and there are funding opportunities for Early Career Scientists and PhD Students.

 

Thanks,

Aisling

 

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Past Earth Network Conference

 

The Past Earth Network is an EPSRC funded network with the objective of facilitating communication between palaeo-climate researchers and statisticians/mathematicians. The aim of the network is to use past climate data to assess uncertainties of climate data and models with a view to improving climate forecasts.

 

The Past Earth Network will be hosting its opening conference this year, September 1st-4th 2015, at Crewe Hall. Registration is now open (http://pastearth.net/conference.html) - reduced fees until the 22nd May 2015.

 

The aim of this conference is to bring together members of climatology, palaeo-climatology, modelling, stats/maths and related communities. The objective is to discuss the major challenges faced by the network and form links between the communities involved.

 

During the conference, working groups will be formed which will continue the discussion of the network themes. The working groups will, at a later stage, have access to funding for feasibility studies to address their fields.

 

For attendees providing a poster or talk we will grant free accommodation. PhD students and early career scientists will also have access to some financial assistance for transport.


For more information about the Past Earth Network Conference please visit: http://pastearth.net/conference.html .

 

Apologies for cross-posting

 

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Dr. Aisling Dolan

School of Earth & Environment

University of Leeds

Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK

 

Tel: +44 (0)113 343 9085

Email: A.M.Dolan@leeds.ac.uk

Twitter: @DrAislingDolan

 

Homepage: http://homepages.see.leeds.ac.uk/~earado/

Palaeo@leeds: http://www.see.leeds.ac.uk/research/essi/palaeoleeds/

 

 

 

 

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Monday, April 13, 2015

Travel support for one early career researcher to attend ISMASS Workshop 19 - 20 May in Sheffield, UK

Dear UKPN,

This was just circulated via the APECS mailing list, but for those who aren't on it, here you go! 

The ISMASS Workshop "Unstraining Uncertainty in Greenland Ice Sheet Surface Mass Balance Model Output and In Situ Validation" will be from 19 - 20 May 2015 in Sheffield, UK (http://www.climate-cryosphere.org/activities/groups/ismass/meetings/uncertainty-greenland-ice-sheet-models#faqnoanchor)

The Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) Project has travel funds of 500 CHF for one early career researcher from Europe to attend the event. If you are interested in attending the workshop, please send an email to info@apecs.is by 20 April 2015 including the following information:

- Statement of interest that includes a description of your relevant research project and why you would like to attend the workshop
- Your CV

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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