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How to organise a conference: advice and reflections from the 2025 Quaternary Research Association (QRA) Annual Discussion Meeting

Posted on 20/01/2025 by Bethan Davies tagged careers

By Christine Batchelor, Louise Callard, Becky Sanderson and Bethan Davies 1. Introduction Together with other colleagues from Newcastle University, we organised the Quaternary Research Association (QRA) Annual Discussion Meeting on 6 – 9th Jan 2025. The conference was attended by 130 people, and we had 100 submitted abstracts. There were 38 oral presentations, two keynote …

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Fieldwork in Nepal diary: Langtang Glaciological expedition

Posted on 05/01/2025 by Guest tagged careers, Fieldwork, Himalaya

By Gunjan Silwal, OnePlanet Doctoral Student I am undertaking a PhD in glaciology at Newcastle University, focusing on quantifying glacier disconnection, fragmentation, and separation, and assessing their impact on glacier mass loss and ice flow in the Himalayas. My PhD involves high altitude fieldwork in inaccessible regions in Nepal. In November 2024, I conducted glacier …

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PhD positions, Newcastle University, 2025 entry

Posted on 15/11/2024 by Bethan Davies

There are a number of icy PhD positions available at Newcastle University for 2025 entry, through the IAPETUS DTP. Please get in touch with the listed supervisors if you’re interested. The deadline to apply is January 3rd 2025. IAP-24-046. Late Glacial and Holocene glacier dynamics in southeast Alaska / British Columbia IAP-24-062. Time-evolving hazard and …

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Quaternary Research Association Annual Discussion Meeting

Posted on 28/10/2024 by Bethan Davies tagged Conference, QRA

Newcastle University Geography Department are proud to host the annual QRA Discussion Meeting in January 2025. Abstract deadline: 11th November Early bird registration: 30th November Registration closes: 11th December

For whom, and by whom, is glaciology?

Posted on 24/06/2024 by Guest tagged careers, women in science

This article is contributed by Dr Lizz Ultee based on their recent paper with Alex Robel and colleagues: For whom and by whom is glaciology? Robel et al., 2024. How do glaciologists choose what to work on? Group leaders more or less choose our own research questions according to what interests us. Many of us, …

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AWS installation in Aysén

Posted on 29/05/2024 by Guest tagged andes blog

By Emily Potter In January 2024, a team from Deplete and Retreat travelled to the Aysén region of Chile to set up a weather station near the Northern Patagonian Ice Field. Alejandro Dussaillant, Tamsin Edwards, Wouter Buytaert and Emily Potter travelled from the UK, meeting project partner Iñigo Irarrázaval Chile. A huge thanks to our …

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Free online event: Climate Change Impacts on the Arctic, Antarctic and High Mountain Glaciers: 8th May 2024

Posted on 07/05/2024 by Bethan Davies

Please join us for this free, online event hosted by the Royal Meteorological Society: https://www.rmets.org/event/climate-change-impacts-arctic-antarctic-and-high-mountain-glaciers Date: Wednesday 8th May Time: 1300-1400 UK time Climate Change Impacts on the Arctic, Antarctic and High Mountain Glaciers Climate change is having rapid and dramatic impacts on glacier ice and snow on ice sheets and global mountain glaciers. In …

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Professor Bethan Davies

Posted on 25/03/2024 by Bethan Davies tagged careers, women in science

Dear friends, colleagues, I’m delighted to write that I have just been informed that as of 1st August 2024 I will be awarded a Personal Chair and will become Professor Bethan Davies. I’m truly delighted to have been awarded this and will seek to use my new position to continue to support and work with …

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AWS installation: La Paz, Bolivia

Posted on 14/03/2024 by Jeremy Ely tagged andes blog, Fieldwork

In June 2023, as part of our Deplete and Retreat project, Jeremy Ely, Tom Matthews, Wouter Buytaert and Jose Cuadros-Adriazola travelled to La Paz, Bolivia, to scope the installation of hydrological loggers and our automatic weather station at Zongo Glacier and Ancohoma, Bolivia. See more of our Deplete and Retreat News here. We met with, …

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A Mid-Career academic diary

Posted on 29/01/2024 by Bethan Davies tagged academic diary

In this post, I thought it might be interesting to outline some of the typical work tasks for me as a mid-career academic. Hopefully this is not too self-indulgent; I thought that if you’re an early career researcher or student considering future careers, this may be of interest to you. Perhaps you’re an international academic, …

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