Bournemouth University Undergraduates can apply for a paid placement with LEAP
Researcher and assistant on the LEAP (Landscape Ecology and Primatology) Conservation Project
Bournemouth University - Research and Knowledge Exchange Office
We are very happy to announce that Bournemouth University Research and Knowledge Exchange Office will fund a placement student again for LEAP. This is the third such paid placement hosted by LEAP. As part of the first placement Matt Hammond created this LEAP website and for the second one Suzanne Gibbon is currently collating information on red colobus distributions across Africa with the aim of supporting my next chapter on red colobus natural history. The new placement for this summer will fund a Bournemouth University undergraduate student to work for 6 weeks supporting a variety of activities, including preparing a funding bid, designing a poster, collating a report on the June trip to Indonesia and updating this website again.
So if you are a BU undergraduate student, please consider applying. There will be an official selection process with an interview to train essential career skills. Details of the activities and the information on how to apply can be found on mycareerhub (only accessible for BU students).
Information:
Remuneration £9.35 per hour
Commences 6th June 2016
Deadline 19 April 2016
The placement will give you the opportunity to be involved in all aspects of academic research and to be part of a thriving scientific team of students and researchers at all levels. The following coordinated tasks are included: 1. You will support completion of a NERC grant application. 2. Dr Korstjens is taking students to Indonesia as part of the LEAP project for 2 weeks in June and you will support the final preparations for this trip. After the return of the group, you will ensure that the final project report is completed in a timely fashion, collect and select photographs to post on the website and to pass on to the BU marketing team for future use, and collate the results of the excursion into a comprehensive report for our collaborators in Indonesia. The research report is on conservation efforts and the potential of ecotourism to support elephant and wildlife conservation in northern Sumatra. 3. You will update the LEAP website. The website software is easy to use and you will receive support in learning how to use it. 4. You will also support development of a conference poster for LEAP for the international conference of the International Primatological Society which several members of the LEAP team are attending in August. You will write one research blog for the LEAP website (go-leap.wix.com/home) and do one presentation at the research group meeting to train communication skills. Person specification: You should have a great interest in conservation and sustainable development in the tropics and be on a relevant degree. Experience with social media is a great plus. This position is for six weeks full time. If your application is successful, there will be a short induction on Wednesday 1st June from 12.30pm-4pm, lunch will be provided.
