External opportunities

If you are looking for Graduate School activities, see our Upcoming Events.

SUPER retains centrally-held funds to cover costs for PGRs to take advantage of external opportunities which would benefit their studies or future career. Read more in our Finance Information document.

Recurring

  • Sustainable Management of UK Marine Resources Network (SMMR-Net) Webinar Series
    • Various dates and times.
    • The SMMR programme is addressing critical marine research gaps spaning a variety of disciplines, from natural capital to ocean literacy and systems-based management. SMMR is working to break down barriers between science and policy and integrate disciplines, in order to form new marine research teams and build a strong research base to support decision-making within the UK Exclusive Economic Zone.

November 2024

  • Transforming environmental data in R, a UKCEH Online Training Course
    • Tuesday 12 to Thursday 14 November.
    • From £429.
    • You will learn about aspects such as auditable workflow, repeatability, time-saving, improving efficiency and reduced risk of data loss. You will participate in practical data transformation tool exercises using real environmental datasets to combine and manipulate datasets in different formats from different sources, leading to analysis-ready data. The course also covers cleaning and validation of datasets and best-practice for documentation of scripts and workflows.
    • Early bird pricing until Sunday 1 September.
  • Inaugural Conservation Social Science Online Conference
    • Wednesday 20 to Saturday 23 November.
    • From $25 (~£20).
    • Explore the latest in conservation social sciences and hear from leading academics and practitioners applying social science to the most pressing conservation challenges.
    • Abstract submission deadline is Thursday 30 May.
  • CommOCEAN
    • Tuesday 26 to Wednesday 27 November.
    • Malaga, Spain.
    • Early bird pricing of 130€ (~£109) until Sunday 15 September. 250€ (~£210) thereafter.
    • Immerse yourself in a collaborative environment filled with expert-led workshops, networking sessions, and insightful discussions on the latest trends in ocean research communication.
    • Abstract submission deadline is Saturday 15 June.
  • Counting species: What can monitoring tell us about UK nature recovery?, a JNCC Webinar
    • Wednesday 27 November.
    • Free!
    • From this session, you will gain an increased understanding of available UK Terrestrial Evidence Partnership of Partnerships species data, and how to access it; an insight into the sharing of best practice in monitoring and opportunities for collaboration; and an awareness of the possibility of funding one-off projects to answer specific ecological questions.
  • The 9 Principles of Rewilding, a SCOTLAND: The Big Picture Training Course
    • Friday 29 November.
    • Glen Nevis Estate.
    • £80.
    • This Learning Day will cover the ecological concepts that underpin rewilding, the history of the word, the nine principles, why rewilding matters to people, barriers, and an opportunity to put your newfound knowledge into practice with an outdoor workshop.

December 2024

  • Species occurrence data with R, a Transmitting Science Online Training Course
    • Monday 2 to Wednesday 4 December.
    • 186€ (~£155) early bird pricing until Thursday 31 October, 270€ (~£226) thereafter.
    • This short course will use a range of tools to import species occurrence data from various sources into R, join and arrange these data into a homogeneous dataset for analysis, map and visually inspect the data for taxonomic and spatial errors and bias, clean the data from detectable errors, using both non-automatic and automatic tools, and correct or minimize spatial biases with different tools.
  • Advance your Python Skills, a Transmitting Science Online Training Course
    • Monday 2 to Friday 6 December.
    • 343€ (~£287) early bird pricing until Thursday 31 October, 412€ (~£344) thereafter.
    • While a basic understanding of Python provides a sufficient toolset for many applications and analyses, this course will dive into some additional concepts and applications of Python. 
  • Using Google Earth Engine in Ecological Studies, a PR Statistics Online Training Course
    • Monday 9 to Friday 13 December.
    • £480.
    • By the end of the course, participants should be able to know the catalogue of spatial datasets, the most important satellite sensors for environmental studies, how to get remote sensing products, process and develop new remote sensing (sub-)products, classify satellite imagery, and perform different types of spatial analyses in satellite imagery in GEE.
  • British Ecological Society Annual Meeting
    • Tuesday 10 to Friday 13 December.
    • Liverpool.
    • From £195.
    • Join ecologists from around the world for Europe’s largest and most welcoming conference dedicated to ecology.
    • Early bird pricing until 5.00 pm, Thursday 31 October.
  • Environmental variables with R, a Transmitting Science Online Training Course
    • Wednesday 11 to Friday 13 December.
    • 196€ (~£164) early bird pricing until Thursday 31 October, 270€ (~£226) thereafter.
    • This course will use a range of tools to import maps of climatic, topographic and anthropogenic variables from various sources into R, obtain the values of these variables for point locations and for polygons, try out different ways of converting categorical variables to continuous form, and adjust the spatial extent and resolution of different maps.

January 2025

  • Introduction to Python for Biologists, an Edinburgh Genomics Training Course
    • Monday 20 to Friday 24 January.
    • The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh.
    • £480.
    • This workshop is aimed at complete beginners and assumes no prior programming experience. It gives an overview of the language with an emphasis on practical problem-solving, using examples and exercises drawn from various aspects of bioinformatics work. 

February 2025

  • Functional trait diversity biodiversity, a Transmitting Science Online Training Course
    • Tuesday 4 to Thursday 13 February.
    • 470€ (~£393) early bird pricing until Saturday 30 November, 596€ (~£498) thereafter.
    • This course is focused on applying and interpreting indices of functional trait diversity, and related metrics of community trait structure, a key component of biodiversity that is becoming increasingly important to understand how communities might respond to environmental change and the consequences of these changes for ecosystem functionality.
  • Introduction to Bayesian Inference in Practice, a Transmitting Science Online Training Course
    • Monday 17 to Friday 21 February.
    • 496€ (~£415) early bird pricing until Tuesday 31 December, 570€ (~£476) thereafter.
    • The course will outline the relevant concepts and basic theory, but the focus will be to learn how to do Bayesian inference in practice, including how to implement the most common algorithms to estimate parameters based on posterior probabilities, such as Markov Chain Monte Carlo samplers, and how to build hierarchical models.
  • Remote sensing data analysis and coding in R for ecology, a PR Statistics Online Training Course
    • Monday 17 to Friday 21 February.
    • £490.
    • This course mainly focuses on the application of free and open source algorithms to study ecological change in space and time by remotely sensed imagery. Particular emphasis will be given to: 1) remote sensing principles, 2) remotely sensed data gathering and analysis, 3) monitoring ecosystem change in space and time by remote sensing data.
  • Socio-Oceanography, a National Oceanography Centre Workshop
    • Wednesday 26 to Friday 28 February.
    • £120.
    • The 2025 Workshop will focus on four highlight topics bringing together a mix of natural and social scientists, each working towards producing an output such as opinion papers, funding proposals and innovative multidisciplinary forms of communication.
    • The deadline to apply is Saturday 7 December.

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