Call for Volunteers at Big Splash STEAM Event, Plymouth

Dear UKPN members,

We're excited to announce an outreach volunteering opportunity with the UK Polar Network as part of The Big Splash STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Maths) event on Tuesday 9th and Wednesday 10th July 2024, at the Tinside Lido in Plymouth!

From the event organisers:

"The Big Splash aims to connect young people between 11-19 years old with local employers from the green and blue economy sectors. This event will provide a platform for your organisation to showcase engaging and educational activities, highlighting the exciting opportunities within STEAM job roles. Unlike traditional careers events, we encourage dynamic, hands-on activities that inspire and ignite excitement for what your organisation does! Additionally, the pool will be available for any demonstrations allowing for innovative and interactive presentations."

The event will engage two groups of young people: the first session will involve small groups of local students from school years 7 and 8, while the second session will focus on young people classified as NEET (Not in Employment, Education or Training).

If you would like to be involved in delivering engaging practical activities relating to your research interests or any area of polar science, or have further questions, please get in touch with the UK Polar Network team at festivals@polarnetwork.org. If you are in the Plymouth area and would be interested in taking part in The Big Splash event, we would especially like to hear from you! :)

Best wishes,

Edmund Lea

PhD Researcher, IAPETUS2 DTP

Department of Geography, Durham University

Durham, DH1 3LE UK

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UK Polar Network Festivals Team 2023-2024

 

APECS publication on women's experiences of polar fieldwork

Dear UKPN,

There was a survey sent around about 9 months ago about women's experiences in Polar fieldwork. The outcome of this survey has been recently published as a collaboration between APECS and the journal PLOS Climate. 

"Coming in from the cold: Addressing the challenges experienced by women conducting remote polar fieldwork" was written by 7 APECS members, including co-author Ellie Honan from the UKPN leadership team. The paper uses survey data from over 300 women who work in polar science, alongside a literature review. The author team proposes strategies to remove barriers to participation and improve the experiences of women in polar fieldwork. These include individual- and organisational-level strategies for pre, during, and post fieldwork so feel free to share with your organisations/field teams! Please follow the link above to read the fantastic paper in full.

The authors would like to thank all UKPN members who may have filled in the survey and it's great to see such a body of work coming from ECR-led collaborations! 

Thanks, 

Millie

EDI Officer 2023/24

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

Twitter:@UKPolarNetwork

Climate Science Job Opportunities - apply now!

Dear UK Polar Network members,

We would like to invite applications for two roles we are currently recruiting for: multiple Scientific Panel Committee positions and a Research Committee Specialist.  

I have attached a detailed job description for both roles which I hope provides a good overview. All roles can be done remotely and we welcome applications from all countries.

Applications can be received at https://www.expd.science/apply-here    

The deadline for applications is:

2359, 8th July for the Research Specialist,

2359, 15th July for Committee positions.

Feel free to contact myself or info@expd.science if you have any questions about the roles or application process.

Best wishes,

Claire

Claire Penny

Early Career Science Lead

Expedition Science  

www.expd.science

Re: Open Data Workshop

Hi all, 

Thank you to those of you who attended the Polar Data Centre's UKPN Open Data Workshop on Tuesday. We really enjoyed hosting it. 

I have attached the slides, with our notes, for those of you who couldn't attend or if there was anything attendees would like to go back over. If you have any questions at all about data please don't hesitate to contact pdcservicedesk@bas.ac.uk. 

Here are some links that might be helpful: 

• The NERC environmental data service training pages for a deeper dive into specific topics 
• Polar Data Centre website
• Polar Data Centre Discovery Metadata Catalogue for finding data

All the best,

Lucy and Sarah

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From: Lucy Stephenson - BAS
Sent: Thursday, May 9, 2024 16:32
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Subject: Open Data Workshop
When: Tuesday, June 4, 2024 11:00 AM-12:00 PM.
Where: https://bas-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/96221206182?from=addon

 

Hi UKPN,

The Polar Data Centre (https://www.bas.ac.uk/data/uk-pdc/) will be running an Open Data Workshop on Tuesday 4th June 2024 at 11am London time (start time in your time zone).

The workshop will be held on zoom via this link. 

Feel free to join, whatever stage of your career you are.

The workshop will highlight the importance of supporting open data, international and national legislation, and provide tools to enable collecting, managing and publishing data according to best practices and international standards. Open data enables greater inclusivity, reproducibility, innovation and collaborative research. There will be opportunities to ask specific questions relating to your own data needs.  

Please register to attend here. If you have any questions about the workshop please don't hesitate to reach out.

Best wishes,

Lucy

  

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