Voluntary placements at Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust – from Debbie Dawkins at the wildlife trust
We have just advertised 2 long term voluntary placements on our website at http://www.hiwwt.org.uk/work-experience. One is for a Volunteer Ecology Placement working with our ecology team undertaking surveys and associated activities. The other is  for  a Volunteer South Downs Reserves Placement working with our reserves officer on a range of estate management activities including stock and habitat management. They are both long term but not full time so may suit part time students  who want to gain experience alongside study.
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GapFORCE Project
Career Destinations is partnering with the international volunteering organisation, GapFORCE (http://www.gapforce.org/), to offer a small number of voluntary placements abroad this summer. You can apply for the chance to take part in a community project in one of three different countries:
- South Africa
- Ghana
- Cambodia
Programmes include volunteering in orphanages, with animals, and more specialist programmes in arts & crafts, teaching, law, medicine and sports coaching. Please see the links to the booklets on the top right hand side of http://www.southampton.ac.uk/careers/students/volunteering/howto.html.
Programmes can run between June and August 2015. The suggested length of each programme is 3 or 4 weeks – GapFORCE will set up tailor-made programmes to suit a 3 week stay, although additional weeks may be agreed in discussion with Career Destinations. Please see above weblinks for indicative costs, exclusive of flights. Please note that sponsorship of £1,000 is available towards each successful applicant’s volunteering opportunity.
Please complete your application form online via our Volunteering SharePoint site https://groupsite.soton.ac.uk/Administration/Volunteering-University-of-Southampton/SitePages/GapFORCE.aspx by midnight on Sunday 29th March 2015. This is a private site accessed from your University of Southampton username, so please request access in good time so your membership can be approved. As there are a limited number of opportunities this will be a competitive process, so please consider your application carefully.
If you need any help and support with your application our student Career Drop-In service is available during the following times http://www.southampton.ac.uk/careers/students/support/appointments/
Shortlisted applicants will be called to interview during the end of April and, if successful, will be required to write a case study and give a short presentation upon returning to the UK.
One day taxonomy course
Applications are not open for the Fugro EMU Ltd course “Introduction to marine taxonomy and commercial environmental biology”.
Course Aims:
Introduce participants to the marine survey, analysis and consultancy industry
Promote knowledge and practical skill in marine macrofaunal identification
Enthuse participants upon this subject, in order to provide the industry with the workforce of the future, or to promote the interest of amateur naturalists
Develop an understanding of the use of taxonomic keys and other source materials
Guide participants through 3 of the major phyla found in the marine environment, for example molluscs, polychaetes and crustaceans
Provide industry expertise to support university marine, zoology and biology teaching
Course Content:
A tour of FUGRO EMU’s facilities
Mini-lectures on anatomy and diagnostic features
Teaching relevant to species handling, microscopy and dissection techniques.
Prospective Dates:
Courses are run between 9AM and 5PM.
Saturday 11th April
Saturday 18th April
Saturday 13th June
Costs:
ÂŁ46.50. In addition you will need to bring your own lunch and arrange your own travel to Trafalgar Wharf, Portchester, Portsmouth, PO6 4PX.
Additional Information:
If you are able to attend multiple dates, I would recommend signing up to all of them as a minimum of 8 participants are needed to run the workshops. Once 8 participants have signed up, payment of the full course fees of ÂŁ46.50 will be required. This will need to be paid by bank transfer (details will be circulated at the appropriate time). This payment is non-refundable. If however, due to previously unforeseen circumstances, you are unable to attend your selected workshop, with reasonable notice we may be able transfer you to another course. The maximum number of students per workshop is 10.
Book Your Space:
Please use the following link to book your place onto a course, ensuring to include both your name & a contact email address: http://doodle.com/za3xk4kfbtya978h. The poll will automatically close applications to a particular workshop, once capacity has been reached.
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Posted By : Judith Lock