ICES is hiring!
- Information Officer to play a key role in administering our publications database.
- Advice Officer (parental leave cover) to help turn marine science into clear, trusted advice.
www.ices.dk/about-ICES/Jobs-in-ICES/...
🔔Deadline to apply 22 February 2026

🎧 Is AI good for education?

In the latest episode of the From Newcastle podcast, Dr Phillip Lord and Professor David Kennedy discuss what AI means for educators, students and higher education.

Listen now at tinyurl.com/26ervpv3 or wherever you find your podcasts.

🌊Want to work supporting MASTS? Fancy working at the Scottish Oceans Institute in St Andrews, Scotland? [we work right by the beach!]
We currently have a full time position open for an administrative assistant. Deadline: 12 Jan
🔗 More info here: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

You want to know about this site that lets you explore data collected by the HMS Challenger from 1872–1876, an expedition that laid the foundation of oceanography. 🌊

challenger-expedition.sams.ac.uk/explore

Nautilus Live | Ocean Exploration Trust Explore the ocean with us! We seek out new discoveries while conducting scientific exploration of the seafloor and stream live to the world aboard Exploration Vessel Nautilus.

🧪📍🌊 🦑🍎 Attention students and recent grads! opportunity for #oceanscience interns to sail aboard #EVNautilus next year in a paid position for 3-5 weeks. Whether you’re studying #marinebiology, #geology, or any other type of #oceanography. Learn more and apply by Jan 4 at NautilusLive.org

Keen to hear about job/PhD opportunities and the latest UK freshwater & marine ecology research? (yes you do 🐟)

Good news: we’ve got a monthly newsletter for you! 📩

Sign up to our MailChimp for your monthly dose of aquatic goodness and all things SIG-related. 🌊

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Higher Education Group - Call for Committee - December 2025 Please take the time to complete our survey. Your feedback is important.

The RSC Higher Education Group is looking for new committee members as the terms of some of the committee are closing. I have found it a really positive and thoughtful group. If you are an RSC member, consider standing for election! www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/SJMOSO/

🌊Want to work supporting MASTS? Fancy working at the Scottish Oceans Institute in St Andrews, Scotland? [we work right by the beach!]
We currently have a full time position open for an administrative assistant. Deadline: 12 Jan
🔗 More info here: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

🌊 Funded PhD: Advancing Plankton Imaging & Machine Learning to Transform Marine Biodiversity Monitoring 🔬🌍 @plymuni.bsky.social
Bring together AI-powered image analysis, innovative sensors, and real-world policy frameworks.

Two funding options:
1. lnkd.in/e566f8RR
2. lnkd.in/eKPRGhsP

A new report co-authored by Prof Darren Evans @sciencesncl.bsky.social has shown how a whole ecosystem approach will be crucial to halting nature decline and improving human wellbeing.

Read more: tinyurl.com/2ybcmrbt

Another exciting PhD opportunity to come and join our @exetermarine.bsky.social Microplastic research team through the NERC Red Alert programme: shorturl.at/zAS2a

PhD opportunity - Listening to Food Webs: Ecoacoustic insights into Bird Predator–Prey Networks in Changing Landscapes, with @btobirds.bsky.social @hutton.ac.uk and @sciencesncl.bsky.social

iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...

Combining long-term ecological monitoring with AI-analysis and field experiments to model biodiversity responses to climate change at University of Southampton on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Combining long-term ecological monitoring with AI-analysis and field experiments to model biodiversity responses to climate change at University of Southampton, listed on FindAPhD.com

If you ♥️ barnacles, time-series, fieldwork, modelling, and AI, apply for a PhD with myself, Phil Fenberg, @michaeltburrows.bsky.social, and Steve Hawkins @thembauk.bsky.social www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Assistant Professor of Fish Ecology University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

Job Alert! Assistant Prof of Fish Ecology at
@wfcbucdavis.bsky.social, with a focus on freshwater and anadromous coldwater fishes. This is a wonderful and supportive place to work. Please share with your fishy friends! recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07351

Researchers from @sciencesncl.bsky.social are investigating why microalgae blooms are growing in Northumberland habitats - and how to remove them to protect local wildlife.

Read more: tinyurl.com/yc7t94yz

A new study from academics @sciencesncl.bsky.social has shown how changing food availability affects the growth and reproduction rates of sharks, skates and rays.

Read more: tinyurl.com/mvcxd727

Research led by Dr Isabel Smallegange and Dr Per Berggren has shown that the life strategies of sharks, skates & rays is shaped not just by their evolutionary background, but also by how much food is available. 🦈

Read more here. ⬇

bit.ly/3V8qpO9

#WeAreNCL

Oh I missed this news. So sorry to hear about Joe. Sending love to you.

Improving university policies and risk assessment to support inclusive fieldwork in environmental sciences Among 90 UK higher education institutions, there was patchy mention of protected and other identity-related characteristics in fieldwork policy and risk assessments, and very limited consideration of...

🏞️Fieldwork is one of the most inspiring parts of environmental science. Let’s make sure it’s also one of the safest and most inclusive! 🥇
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

We're hiring! A senior technician post is currently available at Durham University based in the Chemistry Department. See link below for full details. Reposts appreciated!👩‍🔬👨‍🔬🔬🧪
durham.taleo.net/careersectio...

#PhD opportunities at UNSW in fish passage and fishways design 🐟

🚨22 Sept
🏢 UNSW Water Research Laboratory
📍 Sydney
💰 Scholarships available

📨 Jasmin Martino: www.linkedin.com/in/jasmin-ma...
📨 Iain Suthers: www.unsw.edu.au/staff/iain-s...
📨 Stefan Felder: www.unsw.edu.au/staff/stefan...

The impact of the Women’s Giving Circle Scholarship The Women’s Giving Circle, a network of successful alumnae and friends of Newcastle University continues to empower female students. Women remain underrepresented in certain subject areas, and the…

🎓 The Women’s Giving Circle at Newcastle University empowers female students in underrepresented fields. Natasha, a Marine Biology student, was among the first scholarship recipients - breaking barriers & inspiring future women in STEM!
More info here: tinyurl.com/rmdmsnd2

Come work at the UMich Biological Station as a Michigan Fellow (you don't have to be a biologist)! Apply today: societyoffellows.umich.edu/uncategorize...

We'll be taking part in the Grand Discoveries exhibit on Saturday 26 July from 9am to 5pm. This FREE event gives you the chance to delve deeper in polar science. Learn about what we get up to down in the South, speak to our fantastic scientists and more...

For more info check out our bio!

I’m happy to share that our latest paper 📜 is now online.

Embedding Generative AI as a digital capability into a year-long skills program. | Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice doi.org/10.53761/fh6...

A QAA branded banner advertising Curriculum reform: a whole community approach.

📢Join us for our launch networking event 'Online Round Table on Leading Institutional Curriculum Transformation' on Friday 4th July, 11:00-12:30. Further details and sign up here:
👉 forms.office.com/e/gtN61V7WYC
#HigherEducation #QAA #CurriculumReform

Come and join us in Newcastle for a wonderful gathering of network ecologists! This year our theme is 'Network Ecology in the Anthropocene' and our plenary speakers include Jane Memmott and Paulo Guimarães. Symposium tickets are an absolute bargain, especially for students.

Launch Authority - Tynemouth

I'm part of a great crew down the #RNLI Tynemouth station. We are looking for a volunteer to help a key role to help with launches 👇🛟🌊🚤🦺
volunteering.rnli.org/vacancy/laun...

Individual clown anemonefish shrink to survive heat stress and social conflict Clown anemonefish survive heatwaves by shrinking together with their breeding partner.

New study in @science.org Science Advances: Clownfish can shrink to survive heatwaves and social conflict!
Led by Melissa Versteeg, with Chancey MacDonald, Morgan Bennett-Smith, Pete Buston
@newcastleuni.bsky.social
@sciencesncl.bsky.social
@bostonu.bsky.social

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

DASSH - Mitten Crab Watch Mitten Crab Watch

🦀 Mitten crabs (Eriocheir sinensis) damage freshwater ecosystems by burrowing into riverbanks and threatening native species.

Report sightings to help track and manage their spread!

👉 Learn more and report your sightings here: www.dassh.ac.uk/citizen-scie...

@thembauk.bsky.social #INNSweek