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Sarah West

@sarahwestsei.bsky.social
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York @SEIresearch Director, research centre @UniOfYork. Expertise in environmental #CitizenScience & community engagement. Professor, mum.

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Stockholm Environment Institute @sei.org · 21/09/2026
Community energy is gaining momentum in 🇬🇧. What needs to happen next? A new SEI brief drawing on research by SEI's @lukegooding.bsky.social and @sarahwestsei.bsky.social sets out six priorities for sustained local delivery. Out now! ➡️https://buff.ly/hJtdrdT
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Sarah West @sarahwestsei.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
On this Clean Air Day, help us reach schools in England and Wales to take part in our monitoring study #InternationalDayOfCleanAirForBlueSkies #CleanAir #BlueSkies
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Sarah West @sarahwestsei.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
So excited to share that our book on Ethical and Equitable Citizen Science will be out early next year! It is a distillation of all the successes and mistakes we've made over the past 18 years, and we can't wait to share it. Grateful for @uoylibrary.bsky.social funds for it to be open access
A book cover with the title Ethical and Equitable Citizen Science; A Practical Guide for Designing Participant-centred Projects. Authors are Sarah West, Rachel Pateman, Rhys Archer and Luke Gooding. The cover colour is salmon pink and it has a big Gold Open Access sticker on it in the top right.
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Sarah West @sarahwestsei.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Folks in or around York next week, please join us if you can!
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Sarah West @sarahwestsei.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
I absolutely love bookshops. We are lucky in York to have quite a few delightful independents (including the latest, biggest, and beautiful Topping & Co), and on Saturday Little Apple ordered me a book which has already arrived - such a fab team. www.littleapplebookshop.co.uk
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Home | Little Apple Bookshop | York Independent Bookshop
Independent bookshop selling new books, signed copies, book-related gifts and many wonderful things for adults and children. The Little Apple Bookshop is situated on High Petergate in the heart of Yor...
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SAMHE (Schools' Air quality Monitoring for Health and Education) @samhe.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
We're curious about the link between stuffy spaces, temperature and exam results. Are you? #SAMHE schools are invited to move their #AirQuality monitor to an exam space this May, so you, and we, can investigate. Find out more, and register your interest via this short google form👉 buff.ly/yBejQ4u
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Are you curious...?
...about the link between stuffy spaces, temperature and exam results? If your school is participating in the SAMHE project and hosts Key Stage 2 SATS or GCSE exams, express your interest in helpin...
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SAMHE (Schools' Air quality Monitoring for Health and Education) @samhe.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Have you burped your classroom today? Read our latest newsletter for: ⭐️ #Ventilation tips ⭐️ ideas for British Science Week ⭐️ using #SAMHE to support your #CREST award ⭐️ an invitation to help us investigate whether #AirQuality affects exam results 📰 buff.ly/5Gy9TDS 🍎 #STEMed #BSW26 #EduSky
Preview of top of Spring 2026 SAMHE Newsletter, with the SAMHE logo, an image promoting British Science Week 6-15 March and the first few lines of text: "Hello Everyone. Curiosity: what's your question?"
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Sarah West @sarahwestsei.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Sad to be missing #ECSA2026 AGAIN this year (can't even blame having small children anymore!) but looking forward to reading about it on here (and digesting Smriti Safaya's legendary notes!) #citizenscience
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Ciara Higham @ciarahigham.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
📢 Are you an adult living in the UK with a respiratory condition, or a guardian of a child with one? Join an online panel to help shape research on indoor air quality & health. 🗓 Monthly (1 - 2 hrs) 🎁 Vouchers provided 🔗 tinyurl.com/codesign-airhub #AirQuality #PublicHealth #RespiratoryHealth
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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
The 2026 #NewYearPlantHunt is now underway and the first records are already pinging in! Take a look at the Results map: nyph.bsbi.org/results.php There are going to be a lot more markers pinging in as the day goes on, each one showing where a plant or list of plants has been recorded. Let's go!
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NYPH Live Results
This page shows a summary of wild or naturalised plants in bloom that have been reported across Britain and Ireland.
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Sarah West @sarahwestsei.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Our "Pan on? Fan on." phrase as cited in this article is an example of an "If, then" message designed to help change behaviours, as they link a certain situation, in this case cooking, with a desired action (ventilating). www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Part of a silver coloured extraction fan with a colourful magnet attached saying "Pan on?" with a picture of a frying pan, and "Fan on" with a picture of an extractor fan
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SAMHE (Schools' Air quality Monitoring for Health and Education) @samhe.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Read our latest newsletter for: ⭐️ Jingle Bells - #SAMHE style! ⭐️ inspiration from The Glebe Primary School ⭐️ fun, no-prep activities for the last week of term ⭐️ tips for boosting pupils’ concentration 📰 buff.ly/wvnoAbH 🍎 #STEM #EduSky #AirQuality #HealthyAir #SciTeachUK #PrimaryScience #IAQ
Preview of top of December 2025 SAMHE Newsletter, with the SAMHE logo, a divider consisting of gold stars and red berries on a green thread, and the text "Jingle Bells: SAMHE version. (Tune: Jingle Bells)"
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Sarah West @sarahwestsei.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
What are the costs and benefits of putting a HEPA filter into your classroom? Our new tool will help you find out.
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Sarah West @sarahwestsei.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Sign up to our newsletter to hear about our project #airquality #citizenscience
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Stockholm Environment Institute @sei.org · 01/09/2025
Change takes time. SEI’s work with partners on Africa’s first integrated air pollution and climate assessment helped shape the Africa Clean Air Program, now acknowledged in a UN resolution. ¨ It offers a roadmap to save lives, cut emissions and boost resilience: buff.ly/2bhir9u
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Sarah West @sarahwestsei.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
We had a great first #CitizenScience Q&A session yesterday on our #CommunityEnergy project - for more details or to sign up, see www.sei.org/projects/eco...
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Ecological Citizen(s)
The Ecological Citizen(s) Network+ uses the digital economy to catalyse sustainable change and tackle the ecological and climate crisis.
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Sarah West @sarahwestsei.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Adaptation is so important! It can also feel positive, because you are taking active steps to change, rather than fighting a rising tide (literally in many cases). weadapt.org is full of inspiration.
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Home - weADAPT
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Sarah West @sarahwestsei.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Involved in #CommunityEnergy? New #CitizenScience project needs your help to find out how community energy schemes are run through online workshops bringing together #EnergyGroups and researchers. First meeting next week as part of #CEF2025 Find out more 👇👇 www.sei.org/projects/eco...
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Ecological Citizen(s)
The Ecological Citizen(s) Network+ uses the digital economy to catalyse sustainable change and tackle the ecological and climate crisis.
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Stockholm Environment Institute @sei.org · 18/06/2025
🌬️ Discover why indoor air matters! Join SEI and partners on June 23 at 1:00 PM for a powerful #LCAW2025 webinar on indoor air quality and its implications for net zero and public health. Register 👉 buff.ly/EJyKwbN #ClimateWeek #CleanAirDay
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Stockholm Environment Institute @sei.org · 19/06/2025
Based in the UK and involved in community energy? Join the CE-CS project from SEI York & the Ecological Citizens initiative. We are inviting UK-based #CommunityEnergy groups to explore how projects are run and governed. Online, low time commitment (5 hrs/6 months). Sign up: lnkd.in/d4_JzScp
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Dr Gary Fuller @drgaryfuller.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
We spend the majority of our lives indoors - at home, school, or work. The quality of air we breathe in these environments is often overlooked, but it plays a crucial role in our health and well-being. Hear from the INGENIOUS project scientists... www.londonclimateactionweek.org/event/pan-on...
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Events - London Climate Action Week
Discover climate summits, forums, workshops, and more during London Climate Action Week — a city-wide celebration of climate action and awareness.
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Alan Goddard @alangoddard.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
New paper out with colleagues on citizen science approaches for microbiology. A bit different, but membranes get a mention for anyone who was briefly worried 🤣 www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/jour... Also, publish in society journals!
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Opportunities for microbiology citizen science: lessons learnt from three pilot projects
Citizen science (CS) is the partnering of professional scientists and members of the public to answer real-world scientific questions. There has been huge growth in CS over the past two decades, but u...
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SAMHE (Schools' Air quality Monitoring for Health and Education) @samhe.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Attending #UKHSA2025 next week? Look out for @hertscc.bsky.social's poster on our joint work evaluating the use of #AirFilters in primary schools and @sarahwestsei.bsky.social contributing to a panel on ‘Air pollution and healthcare: equipping professionals for action’. www.sei.org/events/ukhsa...
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UKHSA 2025 conference: air pollution and healthcare
Sarah West will share insights from her work investigating indoor air quality in homes and schools as part of this UK Health Security Agency Conference panel.
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Sarah West @sarahwestsei.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
It's a tricky time for Higher Education in the UK at the moment, but look at this uplifting thread!
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SAMHE (Schools' Air quality Monitoring for Health and Education) @samhe.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
📢 Are you a #healthcare professional? Discover the latest research and resources on #AirPollution. @sarahwestsei.bsky.social will share insights from on indoor #AirQuality in homes and schools as part of a panel at #UKHSA25. 📆 25 -26 March 📍 Manchester, UK www.sei.org/events/ukhsa... #SAMHE
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UKHSA 2025 conference: panel on air pollution and healthcare
Sarah West will share insights from her work investigating indoor air quality in homes and schools as part of this UK Health Security Agency Conference panel.
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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Reminder that you only have a few hours left if you want to apply to become our first ever Administration Officer! Details & job pack here: bsbi.org/vacancies/ad... Deadline to apply: midnight tonight!
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Administration Officer – Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland
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Sarah West @sarahwestsei.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
It is rather mad to think that Disco 2000 was written about a year 25 years ago
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Prof Chris Jackson @seismatters.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
“The net zero sector is growing three times faster than the overall UK economy, analysis has found, providing high-wage jobs across the country while cutting climate-heating emissions and increasing energy security.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Britain’s net zero economy is booming, CBI says
Green sector growing at triple the rate of the UK economy, providing high-wage jobs and increasing energy security
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IMPETUS4CS @impetus4cs.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
For the 2025 #IMPETUS accelerator, we are seeking #citizenscience projects that focus on #circularcommunities ♻️ #Resource Management 🏘️ #Infrastructure & #Housing ⚠️ #Disaster Resilience If your project would benefit from some additional support, learn more impetus4cs.eu/opencall/ #citsci #funding
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Here's today's #OceanOptimism #EarthOptimism story: Wisdom, the oldest-known albatross, just had another chick! I believe I posted about her laying an egg, it has now hatched! 🧪🦑🌎 news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
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Wisdom, the world’s oldest known bird at 74, has a new chick
Wisdom, the world’s oldest known wild bird, made headlines recently for laying an egg with a new partner, her first egg in four years. The egg has now hatched, and Wisdom, a Laysan albatross (Phoebast...
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Robin Hawkes @robhawkes.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
It's lovely and windy today, which means lots of clean green electricity. Or does it? See all those purple dots in Scotland? Those are wind farms that we're turning off as of 8am… 🤔
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Magdalena Skipper @magdalenaskipper.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Trump’s siege of science: how the first 30 days unfolded & what’s next Once upon a time leaders believed that science was essential to nation’s security, to better health, to more jobs, to a higher standard of living & to cultural progress 🧪 #academicSky @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Trump’s siege of science: how the first 30 days unfolded and what’s next
The breakneck pace and devastating impact of the administration’s policy changes has shocked researchers.
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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com · 20/02/2025
Poet in Residence wanted for the National Memorial Arboretum for two years to use the Arboretum's landscape and memorials for a series of original poems to share stories with brand new audiences. Details in link. Please share :) www.thenma.org.uk/about-us/wor...
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Work at the Arboretum | About Us | National Memorial Arboretum
There are lots of ways to get involved with the National Memorial Arboretum, from volunteer roles to paid positions.
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Dr Harrie Larrington-Spencer @tricyclemayor.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Are you disabled and live in York or Cardiff? Do you have issues with access control barriers on traffic-free routes when walking, wheeling, or cycling? We are recruiting disabled participants for in person interviews to discuss their experiences. DM, comment, email if interested. 1/
access control barriers across a traffic-free walking and cycling route, including a horse style of raised wooden beams, a k frame narrowing the entrance and a gate
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Mums for Lungs @mumsforlungs.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Brilliant to see #Bradford's #CleanAir zone reducing air pollution and improving health. "After one year of the zone, nitrogen dioxide from traffic was lower, GP visits for respiratory illnesses were down by 25% and those for heart problems decreased by 24%."
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Bradford clean air zone saves NHS over £30,000 a month in first year
After one year of the zone, which is the second largest in England, GP visits for respiratory illnesses were down by a quarter
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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Why do most people think they're in the minority for supporting non-car travel? Speculating a little here, but just look at the world around you and ask whether it looks like a world where most people want easy non-car travel! Watch this great vid for more on that www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_4G...
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Carspiracy - You’ll Never See The World The Same Way Again
YouTube video by Global Cycling Network
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Open Research at York @uoyopenres.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
We're pleased to announce that our Open Research Awards scheme is back for 2025! 🏆 We are offering prizes of £400 each to projects and initiatives which engage with open research practices and principles Read the full terms and submit your work for consideration by Mon 28 April 👉 bit.ly/OR-awards
University of York Open Research Awards 2025 banner image
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 14/02/2025
Last few days to apply for this amazing job working with me and the rest of the team
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Sarah West @sarahwestsei.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Loving the new "if X, then Y" magnets we've had made to encourage people to ventilate whilst cooking #airpollution #airquality
A silver extractor fan with a colourful sign on it saying "Pan on? Fan on."
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Sarah K @dr-know.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Me: “coproduction is all about trusting the process 😌” Me ‘trusting the process’:
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kermit the frog is holding his hand to his mouth and looking surprised .
Alt: kermit the frog is holding his hand to his mouth in anxiety, shaking his head and looking very worried
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Willem Huiskamp @willemh.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Destroying NOAA would cause unquantifiable damage not only to the U.S. but also to anyone around the world relying on their data and models. Tragic.
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Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats
Members reportedly sought access to IT systems at agency that Project 2025 has called ‘harmful to US prosperity’
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Ministry of Eco Education @ministryofeco.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Why is climate education not mainstream? and what can we do about it? Fri 24 Feb at 4:30pm Register us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... Panel includes; @ucl.ac.uk @ioe.bsky.social @collegeofteaching.bsky.social @openuniversity.bsky.social @teachthefuture.bsky.social @climatemajority.bsky.social
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ECIU @eciu.net · 01/02/2025
Why a Trump presidency won’t derail the world’s climate ambitions Global markets momentum and action below the federal level at home are just two of the reasons Trump is likely to fail a second time to halt, or even slow, the clean energy transition.
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Why a Trump presidency won’t derail the world’s climate ambitions
Donald Trump, who has referred to climate change as a ‘hoax’, will hold arguably the most powerful position on the planet from January, making decisions with global ramifications.
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SAMHE (Schools' Air quality Monitoring for Health and Education) @samhe.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Has your #school considered #AirFilters? How would it affect your #AirQuality and #energy use? Help us design a tool for schools to easily see the costs and benefits of installing #HEPA filter units in their setting. Read more: bit.ly/40bzWpO #CHEPA (Classroom HEPA), from the #SAMHE team. 🍎
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CHEPA Co-design Process
CHEPA Co-design Process What is CHEPA? The CHEPA (Classroom HEPA) project involves developing a web-based tool to provide predictions of the impact of standalone HEPA filter units on classroom air q...
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Sarah West @sarahwestsei.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
UK Higher Education is in a real mess at the moment, having relied on unsustainable international student fee income for too long. Tough times for all those affected.
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 27/01/2025
NEW – Analysis: UK would need forest ‘twice size of London’ to offset new airport expansion | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @vernerviisas.carbonbrief.org Read here ➡️ buff.ly/4hsYYrt
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Prof Lisa Schipper 🌍🍉💪 @lisaschipper.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Calling early career sustainable transport scholars! The scholarship in my father’s name is open until 15 April. vref.se/lee-schipper...
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Lee Schipper Memorial Scholarship for Sustainable Transport and Energy Efficiency – VREF
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Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI) @bsbibotany.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Only 4 days left if you want to apply for a BSBI grant! We have Training Grants (<£250) so you can take a short #WildFlowerID course; Plant Study Grants (<£1K) for undergrads; Science & Research Grants (<£1K) aimed at PhD students or amateur researchers. bsbi.org/grants Don't miss out, apply ASAP!
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Dept for Media, Culture and Sport is looking for new Board members. Would be great to get someone from a civil society background, and someone from culture/heritage/museums/libraries. Please pass on in your networks apply-for-public-appointment.service.gov.uk/roles/8538
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Appointment details – Department for Culture, Media and Sport - Non-Executive Board Members x3 – Apply for a public appointment – GOV.UK GOV.UK
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Dr Jess Stokes @jess-stokes.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
🐝 UK insect researchers, we need your input 🦋 The RES is gathering insights on your experiences with #InsectEthics applications. Whether you engage in the process or not, your feedback matters! 🗓️ Deadline: 1 April 2025 🔽 royensoc.co.uk/news/res-wel... #Entomology #ResearchSurvey
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RES Great Welfare Survey 2025 - Royal Entomological Society
Insect Research Practices and Ethics in the UK Share Your Experience on Ethics Applications Are you a researcher working with insects? We need your insights! The Royal Entomological Society is conduct...
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