Developing next generation leaders in environmental science
Location: University of Nottingham Duration: 8 weeks The Aquatic Parasite Ecology Lab (APELab) at University of Nottingham offers a paid summer placement opportunity to investigate the biodiversity of tropical freshwater invertebrates. The work focuses on previously collected specimens from the Okavango Delta in Africa, the Malaysian Borneo, and the Brazilian Amazon. The project provides exciting […]
Location: Lancaster Environment Centre Duration: 10 weeks An exciting opportunity exists at Lancaster University to get directly involved in a major NERC sponsored research programme – Living Deltas Research Hub. Launched in 2019, the Hub is a 5-year programme to explore social and natural impacts facing three Asian mega river deltas: Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) delta across […]
Location: University of Nottingham Duration: 8 weeks A paid summer research placement opportunity is available at the University of Nottingham. Are you interested in climate change? Are you looking for an opportunity to apply your knowledge to improve the understanding on the effect of climate change on wind waves? A funded opportunity is available for […]
Location: Rothamsted Research Duration: 8 -10 weeks Research (Harpenden, Hertfordshire) is home to the oldest continuing agricultural field experiments in the world. Seven of these Long-term Experiments (LTEs) continue today and provide an invaluable resource for scientists around the world (https://www.rothamsted.ac.uk/long-term-experiments). We are looking for an enthusiastic student to work on digitising and publishing the […]
Location: UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) Lancaster Duration: 10 weeks The potential to use agricultural land and soil to mitigate climate change has risen up the political and scientific agenda in the past few years. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) and Lancaster University (LU) lead a series of projects that are […]
Location: Rothamsted Research Duration: 10 weeks An exciting opportunity for a 10-week funded project working in the Insect Survey at Rothamsted Research (Harpenden) is available. We envisage that this Research Experience Placement (REP) student will be involved in a broad range of entomological activities to enhance their knowledge within entomology and provide many transferrable skills […]
Location: Bangor University Duration: 10 weeks Climate change related changes in atmospheric CO2 concentration has the potential to increase rates of photosynthesis and promote carbon storage in forests. However, it is uncertain whether forests will maintain their rate of carbon uptake because of the availability of key nutrients, especially nitrogen and phosphorus, that may limit […]
Having always had an interest in working for the Civil Service, I decided to apply for a UKRI Policy Placement with Defra. I was extremely happy to find out I was successful, and I was placed in the Air Quality and Industrial Emissions (AQIE) team from June to September 2022. I regularly travelled to the […]
Image 1. Mary (placement student) stood on a freshly burnt site, surrounded by ash and an unburnt tree, measuring soil respiration using an IRGA and chamber As part of my ENVISION DTP PhD, I was lucky enough to undertake an internship in Kruger National Park. Working within Scientific Services, I worked with the Fire and […]
PhD Title: Metabarcoding for the monitoring of biodiversity during forest restoration in European forests Location: Bangor University Contact information: a.wood@bangor.ac.uk Twitter: @anna_r_wood Bangor University Website: https://www.bangor.ac.uk/staff/natural-sciences/anna-wood-583948/cy About In 2021, I graduated from the University of Nottingham with an MSci integrated master’s degree in Biology. My Masters project investigated using environmental DNA (eDNA) to detect fish […]