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Undergraduate research experience placement in freshwater phosphorus mitigation at the British Geological Survey, Nottingham

Paid summer placement opportunity A funded opportunity is available for an undergraduate student (subject to eligibility, see below) to be part of research at the British Geological Survey (Nottingham) during the summer 2017. The opportunity is part of the research of Dr Barry Rawlins and Dr Andy Tye, and will focus on a new approach […]

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Undergraduate research experience position in grassland microbial ecology at Lancaster Environment Centre

Paid summer placement opportunity A funded position is available for an undergraduate student (subject to eligibility, see below) to contribute to a LEC research project during summer 2017. The research will be lead by Dr Kate Buckeridge, with theoretical and practical contributions by the student, and will focus on how grassland carbon sequestration responds to different […]

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Undergraduate research experience placement in inter-specific and environmental variability in woody functional traits of tropical trees at CEH, Edinburgh

Summer Placement Opportunity Supervisor: Dr Lindsay F Banin, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology Edinburgh Relatively little is known about variability in woody traits of tropical trees, when compared with foliar traits, apart from simple measures such as wood density. However, these traits could reveal important insight into how trees function, how forest communities are structured […]

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Undergraduate research experience placement in peatlands ecology at Bangor University

Paid summer placement opportunity A funded opportunity is available for an undergraduate student (subject to eligibility, see below) to be part of the Bangor Wetlands Group research during the summer 2017. The opportunity is part of the research of Dr Juanita Mora-Gomez with Professor Chris Freeman, and will focus on peatland sensitivity to drought across […]

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Rachel Efrat

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PhD: Measuring Micro-Aggregate Bond Energies for Improved Modelling of Soil Fragmentation JHB-GF British Geological Survey Environmental Science Centre Nicker Hill Keyworth Nottingham NG12 5GG Tel: Email Rachel Efrat Twitter profile Project Link I completed an undergraduate degree in Environmental Science (with a study abroad) at Lancaster University. During my study abroad at the University of […]

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Chris Kneale

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PhD: Investigating tectonic-climate interactions using sedimentary records in the Tarim Basin, China Lancaster University Lancaster Environmental Centre Email Chris Kneale at Lancaster Linkedin Profile Prior to university I spent time travelling with a few years in the army after which I completed a BSc in geology at the University of Liverpool. During my time at […]

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Envision Innovation Fellow Opportunity

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic Innovation Fellow with experience of the research environment and connecting research with policy. The purpose of this role will be to work directly with all 36 of our Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) funded Envision students to improve their engagement with environmental science ‘end-users’ (i.e. business, public sector). […]

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2017 projects now being advertised

Apply by 6th January 2017 The list of envision research projects that students can apply for are currently available with a closing date of Friday 6th January 2017. They are also advertised on FindaPhD.com. Visit the projects portal to view the fully funded studentships available within the Envision DTP.

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Yes! Delft Envision Innovation Event: 15th & 16th June 2015

A short training visit for our PhD researchers and members of the Envision partnership to YES!Delft as an opportunity to examine this EU exemplar for promoting innovation and entrepreneurship amongst its students. The facility builds upon a 10 year programme of training offered to PhD students at Delft (Netherlands) and linked universities/institutes.

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