Applications are now being sought for the AHDB studentship programme for projects starting in Autumn 2015. As one of its divisions, Potato Council is inviting applications and is looking to support up to three studentships. The aim of the scheme is to produce high-quality research outputs, based on original ideas, leading to benefits for the potato industry.
The Society's bid to host the World Congress of Soil Science as once again made the papers in Glasgow - read all about it in the Herald
Dr. C.Y. Jim, an author, researcher, and the chair professor of geography at the University of Hong Kong, is this year’s recipient of the International Society of Arboriculture’s (ISA) L.C. Chadwick Award for Arboricultural Research. The award is given to individuals to recognize their research and its valuable contribution to arboriculture.
There are 6 BASIS points available to those attending the 2014 Annual Meeting at the University of Manchester on 3rd and 4th September.
Full programme and booking details can be found here
Society Members are invited to to join the live Question and And Answer session from 12.30pm on Monday 28th July 2014 which is being hosted by Sense Aboiut Science.
The panel consists of BSSS Society President Phil Haygarth, Professor Karl Ritz, Dr Arwyn Jones and Dr Robin Sen.
More details can be found here