Volunteer for UKPN in Cardiff or Aberdeen!

Hello UKPN,

We are excited to announce the next two festivals that UKPN will be attending in 2023! In February, we will be taking part in the Cardiff Science Festival (17^th - 21^st Feb 2023), and in late May/early June, we hope to host some workshops at the Aberdeen Science Festival "Techfest" (29^th May - 4^th June 2023).

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

• Setting up and running fun and engaging science-themed activities and experiments
• Being about to chat with visitors and answer questions about polar science

These will be fantastic ways to engage with diverse audiences 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.

Cost for travel and accommodation expenses would be covered. For more information about each of the events, and to express interest please go to the following links:

• Cardiff Science Festival Volunteer sign up
  
  
• Aberdeen Techfest Volunteer sign up
  
  

Please be aware that the deadline for sign-ups for both events is 13^th January 2023.

Hope to see you there!

Happy Holidays,

Clara, Linnet and Edmund

UKPN Festivals coordinators

Pre-announcement: SIOS-Planet project proposal call to demonstrate the usability of high-resolution Planet data in the Arctic

Dear UKPN members (especially those working in Svalbard-related studies)

 

In cooperation with Planet, the Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS) is inviting scientific project proposals from the global Arctic science community to demonstrate the usability of high-resolution data in Svalbard.

 

We are pre-announcing this call to provide free access to high-resolution optical satellite data acquired by Planet's satellite constellation to stimulate geospatial product generation in Svalbard.

 

A detailed timeline, call text and more information are available here: https://sios-svalbard.org/SIOS_PlanetCall2023.

 

The application form will open from 2^nd January until 28^th February 2023 but the call details are available on our website as a pre-announcement.

 

Please feel free to contact me if you have specific questions.

 

Best regards,

Shridhar

 

 

Shridhar D. Jawak, PhD 

Remote Sensing Officer 

SIOS 

remotesensing@sios-svalbard.org 

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Opportunities

Hi all, 

A few opportunities which I've come across lately which may be of interest to you:

We (the UKPN) are looking for a training officer to join the committee. The role would really be to help us develop (usually in collaboration) in-person and online training for polar ECRs. In the past this has ranged from fieldcourses in Russia to online infographic creation training. You certainly don't have to deliver it all yourself, the role is to support coordination and facilitate training! If you're interested, please reach out to me directly or email president@polarnetwork.org. 

Survey: 65% of ECR cost of living survey respondents so far say their income is not enough, or just about enough to cover their living costs - what about you? - Please consider filling in this survey: https://forms.gle/32MhFsShpQv7dtWU6

UK-Greenland funding opportunity: https://www.arctic.ac.uk/news/united-kingdom-greenland-arctic-research-bursaries-scheme/

Early Career Prize: https://cryosphericsciences.org/awards/early-career-prize/

And if you have a few minutes, this undergrad research survey might be of interest to you: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfX8x4020-u1fZJzKF7BBblswiA9ZLnyQPOlymdLMaBLO6Nvw/viewform

Cheers, 

Chloe

Chloe Nunn

Digital Resume

Consultant - Marine Environment UK, NIRAS: chnu@niras.com 

MSc Sustainability // BSc Oceanography

+44 7519038793 // www.mudskippermusings.co.uk

National Geographic Explorer 2018

UK Polar Network Co-President (2022-2023): chloe.nunn@polarnetwork.com // president@polarnetwork.org

Society for Women in Marine Science Communications Lead

Constructive Visions Book: https://constructivevisions.org/

SEARCH Co-Production of Arctic Environmental Change Knowledge, Human Wellbeing Team: https://searcharcticscience.org/our-work/ 

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