Insights Wales-Cipolwg Cymru- proving a hit!
Join the 550 people who have already registered to attend the Insights Wales / Cipolwg Cymru talks and learn more about current research delivery and explore future research
needs.
Environment Platform Wales at the All Wales Career Fair 2021
Environment Platform Wales will once again partner with all Welsh Universities and a host of other private and public sector organisations at the All Wales Careers Fair 2021. Hosted in tandem with GTI and Target Connect, it’s an opportunity for Welsh graduates and students to meet with employers, receive career-boosting advice and ideas for potential new and unexpected career paths. Join us!
EP Wales September 2021 News Update
The back to school edition: all our latest news this September as we settle in for a new term. Check out our update to see what’s new with us, as well as our usual opportunities, internships and placement news.
Environment Platform Wales: what can be done about Welsh coal tips?
Coal tip management is justifiably a highly emotive subject in Wales following the Aberfan tragedy in October 1966. While some historical reclamation work has been undertaken over the past 50 years, the demise of the coal industry has left a legacy of disused tips with no legal obligations placed on their owners. Now EP Wales is hosting an event to ask what can be done about Coal Tip Safety in Wales. Join us live on Zoom on 20th Sept to find out more.
New Environment Platform Wales Director: Andrew Schofield
Meet the new Director of Environment Platform Wales: Andy Schofield who joins the team following a career in fisheries, conservation, land management and water quality. His appointment follows two years managing the GW4 Water Security Alliance. Read more about him here, including his hopes for the platform, his passion for Bridgend Hockey Club…and Finn, his rather energetic Labrador!
Guest blog – Amber Rochette, Sustainable Fashion Week: “New fashion habits that don’t harm people or planet”
Ahead of September’s Sustainable Fashion Week (SFW) event, guest blogger and SFW partnerships manager Amber Rochette explains how the fast fashion industry has played a role in accelerating the climate emergency…
New role at National Museum Wales for EP Wales Director Dr. Jenny Geroni
EP Wales Director Dr Jennifer Geroni has this month served her last week as EPW Director, after almost three years leading the platform and its membership community. Jenny helped to formulate and deliver EP Wales’ thematic conferences and supported community members to collaborate on funding bids and a number of workshops, consultation events and sandpits at membership institutions….
Green pastures and new adventures for Prof. Kathryn Monk
A pan-Wales collective of environmental research and evidence professionals have paid tribute to one of their contemporaries who is embarking on a new adventure, after helping to shape the role of research and evidence in Welsh policy making and collaborative working…
Happy International Women’s Day 2021 | Environmental voices, emerging talent and HERstories
Happy International Women’s Day 2021 from the team at EP Wales – we’re celebrating our original thinkers, educators, emerging voices and HERstories in environmental science.
Interview with Brian Royson Mayne, CIWM
EP Wales caught up with Brian Royson Mayne, Chair of the Chartered Institute for Wastes Management, Wales ahead of his appearance at the All Wales Virtual Careers Fair. Brian reveals all about the CIWM, his ‘plan B’ dream career, what’s helped him through lockdown this last year…and his enthusiasm for extremely spicy chili peppers.
EP Wales speakers at All Wales Virtual Careers Fair: ‘never stop learning’
Speaking ahead of the first ‘All Wales Virtual Careers Fair’ on Monday March 1st, science communicator/presenter Huw James and Forbes Under 30 finalist Jessica Leigh Jones MBE have underlined how students emerging into the job market can gain a competative advantage by blending career passions, being agile and viewing their future careers as ‘jungle gyms’ rather than traditional career ladders.
EP Wales February 2021 News update
All Wales Virtual Careers Fair – exhibitors and grads/students wanted! Environment Platform Wales has been working with other Welsh University Careers Services and UK’s student employability experts GTi group to deliver an ‘All Wales Virtual Careers Fair’ on March 1st (10am-3pm) and bookings for this event are open for employers and students. It’s a great way…
Green shoots and new horizons at the All-Wales Virtual Careers Fair
Large-scale Welsh businesses, micro-employers and organisations are being encouraged to join the first pan-Wales careers fair which is being co-produced by all Welsh universities and HEIs. Working together for the first time in partnership with GTI, the virtual fair will promote a range of opportunities, graduate schemes and pathways into employment open to students and graduates.
EP Wales December 2020 News Update
Catch up with our post-conference document from our Welsh Uplands conference back in September, listen to our new podcast series and feedback to win holiday vouchers (draw to take place first week of January) and book your spot on our upcoming live webcasts discussing plant life in Wales.
#WelshUplands2020 washup: post-conference feedback report
Our post conference publication document capturing the key discussion points at this year’s Environment Evidence 2021 is now ready to view.
Environment Platform Wales unveils new ‘Curious Minds’ Careers-focused podcast
As part of our work to support the next generation of environmental professionals in Wales, Environment Platform Wales (EP Wales) is producing a series of bite-sized talks focused on careers and skills development. The guest podcast series feature early career environmental professionals from across the public, private and third sectors. Review the shows and enter a draw to win a £50 Amazon voucher in time for Christmas.
Living Wales – Live!
In partnership with Living Wales, Environment Platform Wales would like you to invite you to a virtual event on December 3rd 2020 (10 am to 12 noon) to learn new ways of viewing our ever-changing landscapes and how to understand, openly access and use the expanding resources of Living Wales.
In:conversation Episode 6 – International Year of Plant Health
Register your interest to join us on Feb 16th 2021 for another live webinar marking International Year of Plant Health. Plants are the source of the oxygen we breathe, the food we eat, and ultimately of all life on earth. Despite their importance, we do not pay enough attention to keeping them healthy. The United Nations declared 2020 as the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH). The event was intended to be a once in a lifetime opportunity to raise global awareness on how protecting plant health can help end hunger, reduce poverty, protect the environment, and boost economic development. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, original programmes and partner events were postponed or cancelled, but EP Wales is shining a light on this important work and bringing some important discussion to the table through a Welsh lens.
‘Are we ready for climate change?’ webinar for Wales Climate Week
Environment Platform Wales hosted a special ‘In:conversation’ webinar as part of Welsh Gvernment’s Wales Climate Week fringe programme. We welcomed special guest panellists from Cardiff University, University of Hull and Welsh Water to talk through their respective research areas before touching on both adaptations, mitigation, food standards, the circular economy and re-framing the climate debate using cultural learnings. Watch the panellists on catch up here.
10 things we learnt at Environment Evidence 2020 – Resilience in the Welsh Uplands
Environment Platform Wales Director Dr Jennifer Geroni looks back at ten of the key points emerging from the discussions that took place at our five-day online conference in September. What are the themes and issues emerging from welsh-uplands themed conference? Read on to find out more.
EP Wales October News Update 2020
Catch up with all the latest news from Environment Platform Wales, including our latest special guest webinars in association with Welsh Government, dates for your diary and opportunities for our members and followers.
Nick Thomas: A Tale of Three Moors
As Natural Resources Wales’ Operations Manager for North East Wales – Nick Thomas has seen first hand the changing landscapes of his local moorlands. Find out more about the challenges and opportunties ahead for his home near the Clwydian Range ni North East Wales.
Michael Sheen joins the call to protect Welsh Upland Areas
Ahead of our Resilience in the Welsh Uplands conference starting on Monday 14th Sept, we’re sharing this special video featuring the poem ‘My Land’ by the North Wales poet John Morris Jones read by a VERY familiar and famous face – the legendary Welsh actor Michael Sheen.
Mariecia Fraser: alpacas, Aberystwyth and me
Ahead of the ‘Resilience in the Welsh Uplands – an evidence perspective’ conference 14-18th September we catch up with Aberystwyth’s Reader in Upland Agroecosystems. Meet long-term collaborator, EP Wales steering committee member and Aberystwyth IBERS staff member Mariecia Fraser, who shares the highlights of her work with Pwllpeiran Upland Research Centre, her future hopes for the Welsh uplands and the wonders of mixed grazing.
Weathering the storm: John Richards on flying the flag for Welsh meat
As an Environment Evidence 2020 sponsor, Industry Development Manager John Richards from Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales shares how Welsh Lamb and Beef are finding new markets, developing their brand and weathering the storm of COVID-19.
Future is bright for NERC COVID-19 Recovery Hackathon winners
Students from Cardiff University are celebrating following their successful submission to NERC’s COVID-19 Recovery Hackathon. The Hackathon called for environmental researchers, health and social science experts and data specialists to join an urgent sprint earlier this summer. Joshua Moore, Lucy Henley and Timothy Ostler from Cardiff’s prestigious School of Mathematics won the competition, we catch up with them to ask about their work and plans for the future.
Barbara Jones: In search of the Snowdon Lily
As part of our Upland Voices project, we meet Barbara Jones, who has dedicated her life to monitoring and protecting the elusive Snowdon Lily. Only found on the steepest, most remote rocky outlets in Snowdonia – the alpine plant grows in only six locations. Facing freezing conditions, icy fingers and bruises is just part of the territory for Barabra, who leads the charge to montitor the plants at a number of microsites in Snowdonia. Despite being retired and the restrictions of Covid-19 on progress this year, Barabra is more determined than ever to bridge the communication gap between conservation and recreation.
UPLAND VOICES: A farmer’s tale of life on the Uplands
As part of our Upland voices project, Mid Wales beef and sheep farmer Hywel Morgan shares the story of his family farm ar Esgairllaethdy at the foot of the Black Mountains. In this article, he outlines his concerns and worries for the future of farming and what it’s like to be a farmer in Wales in 2020. In the run-up to our Resilience in the Welsh Uplands confererence in September, we’re shining a light on seldom-heard voices currently living and working in the Welsh Uplands. Why not get involved and share your story, too?
News update – summer news from Environment Platform Wales, August 2020
Hear all the latest from the team at Environment Platform Wales, including Environement Evidence 2020 conference news, research and job opportunities and a chance to get involved and share your news and stories as part of our mini ‘Upland voices’ project.
Rhondda-made: A tale of whinberries, huckleberries and Granny’s long lost chutney recipe
As part of our ‘Upland Voices’ project, Gemma Treharne-Foose shares a glimpse of her childhood visiting family in Porth, Rhondda – and years later returning to the area to live, introducing her young daughter to the joys of wild whinberries on Glynfach mountain.
UPLAND VOICES: Powys Moorland Partnership
As part of our Upland Voices campaign, we’re shining a light on the stories, people and projects in Wales’ upland areas. This week, we take a look at the wellbeing and community work taking place in the Brecon area thanks to the initiatives of Powys Moorland Partnership.
Environment Evidence 2020: Rapporteurs wanted
We are looking for volunteer rapporteurs for our live online conference sessions in September – volunteer for just one session for us and receive an access all areas ticket for the 4-day conference as well as a credit in our post-conference report.
What’s New? | June 2020 News
Read all about the latest news from the team at Environment Platform Wales: new programme announcement for our 2020 conference, photography competition winners announced, Upland Voices campaign launch as well as upcoming events and opportunities of interest to our network members.
Upland Voices – sharing the stories of Wales’ upland communities
As part of our 2020 conference ‘Resilience of the Welsh Uplands’, we’re looking for video contributions from individuals, families and groups with a special song, a reading from a story, a poem or even a recipe to share, highighting the local history of upland areas.
Welsh Uplands Photography Competition – winners announced!
The winners of Environment Platform Wales’ Welsh Uplands Photography Competition have been announced ahead of the platform’s conference programme launch. The competition celebrates the life, landscape and people living or working in the Welsh Uplands, covering more than 80% of Wales.
What’s new? | May news update
Read more for our May news update from the team at Environment Platform Wales to find out about our fully digital conference exerience for Environment Evidence 2020 (Resilience in the Welsh uplands), how you submit a late abstract and get involved in the online event, about our Welsh Uplands photography competition & prizes as well as all latest news, information and opportunities for members and subscribers.
The art of pivoting during a crisis: communicating in a pandemic
EP Wales communications lead Gemma Treharne-Foose shares some of the challenges of communicating with external audiences during the coronavirus pandemic.