Professional Development Opportunity for Early Career Investigators at the 2014 IRIS Workshop, 6/8 Sunriver, Oregon

The IRIS Early Career Investigators (ECI) Working Group invites all those interested, particularly late-stage graduate students through postdoctoral scholars, to attend a symposium on Sunday, June 8 in Sunriver, Oregon, the morning before the start of the 2014 IRIS Consortium Workshop. http://www.iris.edu/hq/meetings/2014/06/iris_workshop_sunriver_oregon/

Titled “Jumping on the Employment Express – How to be Part of the Geosciences Employment Boom”, the symposium will be led by Dr. Christopher Keane (Director of Communications and Technology, American Geosciences Institute). He will lead exercises to show how attendees can identify their interests and skills within the realm of geoscience-related career opportunities, frame their expertise to a job search outside of academia, and develop a practical outlook regarding employment opportunities and location constraints.

The IRIS ECI community is uniquely positioned within the geosciences to have a wide range of employment opportunities, given its strong science and math skills that are highly sought after and in short supply. Please join us to discover how talented you are with your geoscience degree, and how to present your skill set in the best way possible to maximize your employment opportunities!

This free symposium is scheduled for 8:30-11:30 AM. Attendees should plan to arrive Saturday night. A complete agenda for the symposium will be updated here soon:
http://www.iris.edu/hq/meetings/2014/06/iris_workshop_sunriver_oregon/preworkshop

If you plan to attend, please register by contacting Danielle Sumy (danielle.sumy@gmail.com) and Andy Frassetto (andyf@iris.edu) via email. The ECI Working Group also plans to hold a SIG session during the main workshop. The deadline for general scholarship applications for the IRIS workshop is this Friday 28th March: https://ssl.iris.edu/meetings/2014/06/iris_workshop_sunriver_oregon/registration/scholarship

BGS Urban Geoscience Team Internship

Internship Opportunity
The British Geological Survey (BGS), is part of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), and is the world’s longest established national geological survey and the UK’s premier centre for earth science information and expertise.
An 8 week internship within the Urban Geoscience Team to produce illustrations and animations for a new interactive webpage which is being developed to highlight the importance of the sustainable use of the ground beneath cities will be available in June based at the Keyworth site near Nottingham.
For more info see:
www.bgs.ac.uk/news/docs/Illustrations_RD.pdf

Unique Opportunity - Following the Cruise of the Betsey, September 2014

The Geological Societies of Glasgow and Edinburgh are offering a unique opportunity for young Earth scientists to follow the journey of Hugh Miller in "The Cruise of the Betsey". On 6 September 2014 Leader, a wonderful old Brixham Trawler built in 1892 (www.trinitysailing.org/vessels/leader/), will set sail from Oban heading north for the Small Isles in a one-week voyage in homage to Hugh Miller and his Hebridean tours, described in his classic book "The Cruise of the Betsey". The boat sleeps 19 people including 4 crew members, and will be filled with an inter-generational mix of geologists, geographers, artists, writers, ecologists, storytellers and historians (including a Gaelic speaker).

The voyage will take the form of a mobile conference during which each participant will apply their own talents and interests in celebration of the achievements of Hugh Miller, and the landscapes, seascapes and cultural history of the Hebrides. The reward for the successful applicants will be to broaden and deepen their appreciation of Hebridean geodiversity, but also to gain new and probably unexpected perspectives on the geology, landscape and people of this beautiful sea-bound realm. The Geological Societies of Glasgow and Edinburgh will fund up to four berths on the boat for young people (aged 16-30) studying Earth science, who have a research interest in the area or in a subject related to Hugh Miller, and a passion for sharing and communicating geology, landscape and/or Hebridean culture to a diverse audience.

Applications need to be submitted by email by 31 March.

For full details please see the description and application form.

Free risk and uncertainty course for NERC-funded PhD students

Cranfield University is running a three day course on Understanding and Communicating Risk and Uncertainty from 11th - 13th February 2014. The course is open to all PhD students within the Environment and Natural Sciences and Engineering. Funded by NERC, the course (including course fee, accommodation and reasonable travel costs) is free of charge for NERC-funded PhD students. 

Upon completion, attendees will be able to:

·         Understand the concept of risk and uncertainty across the environmental domain

·         Use a number of quantitative and qualitative tools to measure risk

·         Identify and apply the appropriate tool to any given risk; measure uncertainty

·         Communicate risk and uncertainty

·         Understand the role of risk-based evidence in policy making

·         Identify evidence appropriate for supporting environmental policy

·         Develop effective strategies for communicating risk and uncertainty

For more details, including the timetable, details of speakers and information on how to register, please click here