Melissa Hart recounts the recent winter school and introduces "the alumni sessions", where CLEX alumni from a broad range of industries and career paths share career advice and strategies.
Stephen Gray congratulates the organisers and admin staff for another excellence winter school; acknowledges the success of the hump day tips; and highlights some new features on our Clever database that include a suggestion box, a mailing list tab and a report to help anyone in the Centre review their previously entered data.
This project will use the World Urban Database and Access Portal Tools (WUDAPT) to classify land-use of Australian metropolitan regions and surrounds.
This induction is for new CLEX students and postdocs. If you have joined the Centre since the last induction (September 2018) you should join this meeting. If you joined prior to September 2018 and missed that induction, please join this one. The objective of the meeting is to introduce you all to the Centre, and the support and opportunities available via our Researcher Development program. Videoconference rooms have been booked at each node, please talk to your friendly admin guru... View Article
Schools Weather and Air Quality (SWAQ) is a citizen science project funded by the Australian Government’s Department of Industry, Innovation and Science as part of its Inspiring Australia - Citizen Engagement Program.
Graduate Director Melissa Hart describes the Homeward Bound training experience that took her to Antarctica and encourages other women in STEMM to take part.
The Schools Weather and Air Quality (SWAQ) network is placing instruments in Sydney schools to fill gaps in meteorological and air quality observational sites (www.swaq.org.au). This project will contribute to the development of the SWAQ network and assess the influences of spatial variability in Sydney's urban climate and air quality.
The ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes' Heatwave Research Program is holding a full day meeting to explore current research and the future direction of the program.
Melissa Hart looks at how funding will continue for ARCCSS students and how affiliations need to be considered. This year's Winter School was also quite a success. Aside from the science, there were some very useful tips in putting together a bio that can help advance the careers of our students.