Previous Projects
Understanding the interaction between root exudate and soil microbial communities
Location: Rothamsted Research Duration: 8 Weeks We have an exciting opportunity for an 8-week funded project working in the Chemical Ecology group at Rothamsted Research (Harpenden). The research ex…
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Mapping surface meltwater features on the Greenland Ice Sheet during an extreme melt year
Location: Lancaster Environment Centre Duration: 6-10 A funded summer research opportunity focused on the hydrology of the Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) at Lancaster University is available to undergradu…
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Molecular phylogenetics of tropical freshwater bryozoans
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…
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The Living Deltas Research Hub
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 De…
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Understanding the spatial variability of long-term trends of ocean waves around the British Isles
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 fo…
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Digitising and publishing Rothamsted Research LTE data on ley-arable crop rotation experiments
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 Experimen…
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Managing land and soil to mitigate climate change
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 scientifi…
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Insect Ecology: Facilitating research to detect declines, impacts on agriculture and higher trophic levels (Entomological assistant role)
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 thi…
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How will the growth dynamics of UK forests respond to climate change?
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 fores…
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The role of soil in climate mitigation through land management
Location: UKCEH Lancaster Duration: 8 weeks The potential to use soil as a global sink for rising atmospheric CO2 has risen up the political and scientific agenda in the past few years. UK Centre f…
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The more the merrier? Understanding the consequences of cabbage stem flea beetle larval intraspecific competition on larval development and parasitism rate.
Location: Rothamsted Research Duration: 8 weeks A funded opportunity is available for an undergraduate student to be part of a novel research project at the oilseed rape insect pests’ group in Rot…
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The impact of light pollution on the diet and microbiomes of sandhoppers
Location: Bangor University, Molecular Ecology and Evolution group Duration: 6-10 weeks The ecological impact of artificial light at night (ALAN) has been a rapidly growing field of global change sc…
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Ocean Data acquisition for estimating Lagrangian dispersal in the marine environment
Location: Bangor University, School of Ocean Sciences Duration: 6-10 weeks Due to difficulties in making measurements at sea ocean models are the primary tool used to study transport in the marine e…
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Looking into your pale eyes: retinal ageing in Antarctic icefish
Location: University of Nottingham, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science Duration: 6 weeks The Antarctic icefish are a unique group of animals in their ability to thrive without the protein hae…
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Living Deltas Research Hub
Location: Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre Duration: 6-10 weeks An exciting opportunity exists at Lancaster University to get directly involved in a major NERC sponsored research p…
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Isolation and identification of insect endosymbionts from agriculturally important pests to investigate endosymbiont roles in host environmental adaptability
Location: Rothamsted Research Duration: 8-10 weeks With support from the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Envision REP scheme, Rothamsted Research would like to recruit an undergraduate s…
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How do plant volatiles influence our perception of the environmental quality of a place?
Location: Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre Duration: 6-10 weeks A funded opportunity is available for an undergraduate student in a quantitative discipline such as mathematics, com…
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Functional analysis of Pseudomonas spp. under aphids’ attack
Location: Rothamsted Research Duration: 8 weeks This project aims to isolate Pseudomonas strains from the soil of wheat plants previously infested with aphids (sap-sucking insects). Previous resea…
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Evolution in the intertidal: quantifying the spatial scale of local adaptation in populations of intertidal snails along the Anglesey coast
Location: Bangor University, Molecular Ecology and Evolution group Duration: 6- 10 weeks Intertidal habitats experience a wide range of environmental conditions, and natural selection associated wit…
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Crop traits to restore degraded soils
Location: Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre Duration: 6-10weeks A funded opportunity is available for an undergraduate student to gain experience in soil conservation at Lancaster Un…
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Savanna Soil Carbon – investigating biological climate resilience
Location: Lancaster University, Lancaster Environment Centre Duration: 6-10 weeks Join us at Lancaster University and the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology UK for a fully funded 10-week Research Expe…
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Next generation computing framework for geophysical imaging of the Earth’s subsurface at Lancaster Environment Centre
Paid summer research placement opportunity Are you looking to transfer your knowledge of emerging computational methods to tackling Earth science problems? A funded opportunity is available for an und…
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Evolutionary ecology and conservation biology in the School of Life Sciences at the University of Nottingham
Paid summer research placement opportunity A funded opportunity is available for an undergraduate student in a quantitative discipline such as mathematics, computing or physics ( please subject to eli…
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Applying physical science expertise to the development of a solar park carbon calculator to inform policy and practice at Lancaster Environment Centre
Paid summer research placement opportunity Supervisors Dr Fabio Carvalho (f.carvalho@lancaster.ac.uk) Dr Alona Armstrong (a.armstrong@lancaster.ac.uk) Description Are you interested in climate change …
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Undergraduate research experience placement in Past Climate Change in the School of Geography at the University of Nottingham.
Paid summer research placement opportunity A funded opportunity is available for an undergraduate student (subject to eligibility, see below) to be part of University of Nottingham/British Geological …
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Undergraduate research experience placement on the impact of ozone pollution on the growth and yield of tropical crops at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (Bangor)
Paid summer placement opportunity A funded opportunity is available for an undergraduate student (subject to eligibility, see below) to be part of CEH research during the summer 2018. The opportunity …
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Undergraduate research experience placement in environmental geochemistry at the British Geological Survey
Paid summer placement opportunity – Characterising sulphur pools in a river catchment: evidence from hydrochemistry and sulphur isotope measurements A funded opportunity is available for an unde…
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Lancaster University – Conserving mountain species in the face of climate change: the Mountain Ringlet butterfly in Cumbria – Rosa Menendez
Project Objectives The main objectives of this project were: To model the distribution of the mountain ringlet butterfly (Erebia epiphron) in the Lake District using existing distribution records and …
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Bangor University – Wave-tide interaction and simulating extreme storm wave events – Matt Lewis
Project Objectives High resolution (2 Hz sampling frequency) wave observations were available from an oil platform in the North Sea when a fetch limited extreme wave event occurred between the 14 and …
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University of Nottingham – Trophic engineering: the adaptive landscape of mechanical function in four-bar linkage systems of fish jaws – Dr Andrew MacColl
Project Objectives Complex functional systems of living organisms can sometimes be well modelled from an engineering perspective. The ‘trophic’ (feeding) traits of fish provide a good example. The…
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Undergraduate research experience placement in Social Tree UpRooting DirectorY (STURDY) in Lancaster Environment Centre
Paid summer placement opportunity The aim of this project is to compile a database of tree failures across the UK from various forms of social media. This database will then be used to validate pred…
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Undergraduate research experience placement in tropical ecology in the School of Biological Sciences at Bangor University
Paid summer research placement opportunity A funded opportunity is available for an undergraduate student (subject to eligibility, see below) to be part of Bangor University research project with Dr A…
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Undergraduate research experience placement on tropical crops and air pollution at the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Bangor
Paid summer placement opportunity A funded opportunity is available for an undergraduate student (subject to eligibility, see below) to be part of CEH research during the summer 2017. The opportunity …
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Undergraduate research experience placement in bee-tracking devices 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 Bangor University research during the summer 2017. Th…
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Undergraduate research experience placement in marine renewable energy at Bangor University
Paid summer placement opportunity A funded opportunity is available for an undergraduate student (subject to eligibility criteria, see below) to be part of SOS research during summer 2017. The opportu…
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Undergraduate research experience placement in polar remote sensing at Lancaster Environment Centre
Paid summer placement opportunity A funded opportunity is available for an undergraduate student (subject to eligibility, see below) to undertake a research placement in Lancaster Environment Centre d…
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Undergraduate research experience placement in deep-sea oceanography/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 an active deep-sea research group at Bangor Universit…
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