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SEEN 5.5 Employability
4 week placement in China Huawei are offering a 4 week work experience programme in China in August 2015. This includes: 2 weeks in Beijing receiving Mandarin language training, learning about Chinese culture and tours of The Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square and the Great Wall of China 2 weeks in Shenzhen learning about Huawei’s international […]
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SEEN 5.5 website of the week
I have already suggested Rinse, the app which lets you record when you find a non-native species. You can also find out a lot more about non-native species here http://www.nonnativespecies.org/home/index.cfm
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SEEN 5.5 species of the week
Species of the week (as suggested by Becks Spake – thank you Becks!) – our first fungus, Becks says ”Amanita muscaria because it’s everywhere at the moment! http://www.first-nature.com/fungi/amanita-muscaria.php“
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SEEN 5.4 Species of the week
Osmia bicolor – a shell-nesting bee http://cornerofthecabinet.com/2014/10/20/osmia-bicolor/
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SEEN 5.4 App of the week
Aichi Targets Passport – provides annual updates for the global biodiversity indicators brought together by the Biodiversity Indicators Partnership to monitor progress towards the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and the underlying Aichi Biodiversity Targets http://www.bipindicators.net/resource/aichipassport
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SEEN 5.4
GIS course (sent in by Felix, thank you Felix, staff contributor of the week!) A 2-day GIS course is bring run in Gloucester on 3rd-4th February 2015. The cost is £200 for students. More information available here http://www.ert-conservation.co.uk/qgis_intro.php Importance of egg shape to avian survival Sent in my Robin Harris, he says “I read […]
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SEEN 5.4 Southampton News
Southampton University Conservation Volunteers (SUCV) SUCV invite you to join them “Come and help manage biodiversity across Hampshire, learning great skills and knowledge about our world. There is a task every Sunday. It looks great on your CV and gets you out of the city. Joining is completely free, sign-up to the mailing list by […]
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SEEN 5.4 Employability
3rd years – summer internship in Panama to study sexual conflict and diversification in Neotropical butterflies (sent in by Jake, thank you Jake!) We are seeking a research intern to work at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama from February/March 2015 for a period of approximately 6 months. The project is a collaboration […]
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SEEN 5.4 Placements
2nd years – Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) placements Year-long placements with the GWCT have just been advertised. These are to be undertaken between the 2nd and 3rd year of students. In 2015/16 they will have 9 ecology placement opportunities in 6 departments and 1 IT placement across 3 departments. These opportunities and the […]
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SEEN 5.3 Species of the week
Species of the week (suggested by Monika Ryll) Galapagos tortoise http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2014/10/28/an-endangered-giant-tortoise-population-is-finally-stable-thanks-to-some-aggressive-goat-eradication/
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