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

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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 

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