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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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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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Writing up empirical reports

As an academic, I’ve marked thousands of undergraduate student essays and reports. Most of my courses involve students doing some kind of empirical data-gathering, and then writing it up as a report. Often, these students make similar errors, so I thought I would compile some advice here. Before you start Firstly, start your report by …

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MRes Environmental Geoscience

If you’re interested in a career in geoscience or glaciology, Newcastle University offer an MRes in Environmental Geoscience. In this MRes course, you’ll choose your own unique pathway and develop your skills and interests within environmental geoscience. You’ll explore these ideas in-depth via your dissertation. You’ll lead and develop a research project at the forefront …

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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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Safety on Glaciers and Icefields: Juneau Icefield, Alaska

Posted on 25/08/2022 by Guest tagged careers, Fieldwork, Juneau

In 2022, Bethan Davies participated as faculty in the Juneau Icefield Research Program in Alaska. Here, Sofia Guest, a student on the program, reflects on her experience and how she learned about safety in hazardous mountainous environments. My name is Sofia, and I am a recent Environmental Sciences graduate from the University of Alberta. A …

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Moving on again: Newcastle University

Posted on 18/08/2022 by Bethan Davies tagged careers

Friends, some personal news – really pleased to say that I have moved from Royal Holloway University of London to Newcastle University. I’m excited to move to a new institution and the new collaborations and opportunities that this provides. I’ll be in the Department of Geography at Newcastle. New email: bethan [dot] davies [at] newcastle …

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SCAR medal for outreach and education

Posted on 03/08/2022 by Bethan Davies tagged blogging, careers, prizes, science communication

Hello folks, I’m delighted to say that I’ve been honoured with the 2022 medal for Antarctic Education and Communication by the international body for organising Antarctic research and collaboration, the Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research. I’m absolutely thrilled and very indebted to my nominator Huw Griffiths. The medal is awarded for my work in Antarctic …

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Ida Pfeiffer Professor

Posted on 02/05/2022 by Bethan Davies tagged careers, Vienna

Friends, I’m really excited to say that I will be joining the University of Vienna for 5 months from September 2022 to January 2023 as the Ida Pfeiffer Professor, a visiting professor position in the Faculty of Earth Sciences, Geography and Astronomy. I’ll be taking research leave from my university to allow me to take …

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