paid summer placements for undergraduate students in environmental science

Hi all,

the NERC research experience placements (REPs) are currently advertised. This is a great way to gain hands-on experience in environmental science research, and to see if pursuing a career in research - or applying for a PhD position is something for you. There are several projects advertised at the British Antarctic Survey as well.

Details on how to apply can be found here:

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

Details on the projects can be found here:

https://nercdtp.esc.cam.ac.uk/programme/reps/reps-projects-2025

Application deadline is the 9th of May.

Best wishes,

Floor

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Dr Floor van den Heuvel

Cloud Physicist

CloudSense Science Coordinator

Member-at-large UK Polar Network

Atmosphere, Ice and Climate team

British Antarctic Survey

High Cross, Madingly Road,

Cambridge CB3 0ET

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Taxonomic skills and field techniques for freshwater ecology and quality funded by NERC, 19-23 May 2025

Hi,

The Natural History Museum, London,  is offering a 5-day course on Taxonomic skills and field techniques for freshwater ecology and quality funded by NERC, 19-23 May 2025. This course will deliver training in taxonomic skills from algae to invertebrates and field techniques for freshwater sciences, ecology and water quality, with training in practical identification skills tailored to the requirements of the participants. This training initiative targets PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, early-career environmental science researchers and those working in biology, environmental and ecological sectors. The course will benefit those who wish to acquire or enhance their taxonomic expertise, practical identification and field work skills.

Application deadline: 24 April 2025

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/study/training/freshwater-ecology.html

Taxonomic skills and field techniques for freshwater ecology and quality We are offering a five-day course to learn how to collect and identify freshwater species to inform water quality and ecology. This training initiative targets PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, early-career environmental science researchers and those working in biology, environmental and ecological sectors. www.nhm.ac.uk

Best wishes

Anne

Dr. Anne D. Jungblut
Department of Sciences
The Natural History Museum

London,UK

Recording: UKPN Seminar Series - Navigating Collaborations with Arctic Communities

Hi all, 

A recording of our recent seminar from Dr Ilona Kater, 'Navigating Collaborations with Arctic Communities' is available on our YouTube channel. Attached are the slides from the seminar. We're so grateful to Ilona for such a fascinating talk and stimulating some interesting discussion afterwards. 

Watch this space for upcoming seminars! 

All the best,

Lucy

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From: Lucy Stephenson - BAS <lustep@bas.ac.uk>
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2025 15:01
To: UK Polar Network Mailing List <ukpn@jiscmail.ac.uk>
Subject: Re: UKPN Seminar Series: Navigating Collaborations with Arctic Communities

 

Hi all, 

A quick reminder about tomorrow's seminar. 

UKPN Seminar Series: Navigating Collaborations with Arctic Communities (Dr Ilona Kater) 

Join us for the first in our UK Polar Network seminar series. We're so excited that our first speaker is Dr Ilona Kater (Scott Polar Research Insitute, University of Cambridge); an Arctic ecologist interested in human-environment interactions and interdisciplinary research. She will be delivering a talk relating to her work, which will be followed by a chance to ask questions and informal breakout discussions relating to collaborating with Arctic communities.

25th March 3-4pm UTC (in your time zone)

The seminar will be held on Zoom

Sign up via the Eventbrite event 

Please reach out if you have any questions! 

All the best,

Lucy and Louise 

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From: Lucy Stephenson - BAS
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2025 18:01
To: UK Polar Network Mailing List <ukpn@jiscmail.ac.uk>
Subject: UKPN Seminar Series: Navigating Collaborations with Arctic Communities

 

Hi all, 

UKPN Seminar Series: Navigating Collaborations with Arctic Communities (Dr Ilona Kater) 

Join us for the first in our UK Polar Network seminar series. We're so excited that our first speaker is Dr Ilona Kater (Scott Polar Research Insitute, University of Cambridge); an Arctic ecologist interested in human-environment interactions and interdisciplinary research. She will be delivering a talk relating to her work, which will be followed by a chance to ask questions and informal breakout discussions relating to collaborating with Arctic communities.

25th March 3-4pm UTC (in your time zone)

The seminar will be held on Zoom

Sign up via the Eventbrite event 

Please reach out if you have any questions! 

All the best,

Lucy and Louise 

Lucy Stephenson (she/her) | Scientific Data Officer | UK Polar Data Centre | British Antarctic Survey

President (Antarctic) | UK Polar Network 

Room 330a, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET

Email: lustep@bas.ac.uk  

 

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Antarctic Flags Project - ARE YOU CURRENTLY IN ANTARCTICA?

Hello all,

 

I hope you are well.

 

If you are currently in Antarctica and have a few minutes to spare, we would really appreciate it if you could photograph a few flags for schools who have sent their artwork to us. Most flags have now been photographed, but we have a few stragglers that were either missed or the person who volunteered had their trip curtailed or cancelled. If you are able to help in the next few weeks I would greatly appreciate if you could photograph between 1 and 4 flags for me.

 

This is for the UK Polar Network Antarctic Flags Project: https://polarnetwork.org/education-and-outreach/antarctic-flags/

 

If you can help, please email me back for further details.

 

Many thanks

 

Fiona

Fiona Old 
Head of Geography

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Polar Disaster Risk Reduction and Response

Call for submissions: Polar Disaster Risk Reduction and Response

https://www.thearcticinstitute.org/call-for-papers-for-2026-series-on-polar-disaster-risk-reduction-and-response