Contaminated Site Assessment, Remediation and Management (CSARM) –

Professional Development Short Courses for Environmental Practitioners

 Registrations for 2014 Courses are Now Open

• Module A: Ground Rules for Contaminated Sites 12 - 14 February
• Module B: Effective Contaminated Site Assessment 9 – 11 April
• Module C: Demystifying Contaminants 28 – 30 May
• Module D: Contaminants and Toxicity 30 July – 1 August
• Module E: Risk Based Site Assessment 10 - 12 September
• Module F: Remediation Principles and Closure 5 – 7 November

Researchers encouraged to bring their best ideas to the Australian sugarcane industry

SRA has announced its first call for applications for research funding and postgraduate scholarships that will help build the profitability, productivity and sustainability of the Australian sugarcane industry.

Successful applications will seek to deliver a significant return on the project investment to industry, and practical outcomes that can be easily taken up on the farm and at the mill.

15 partial scholarships for IWC postgraduate programs starting in 2014 – apply now!

To support future water leaders, the International WaterCentre is offering 15 partial scholarships (up to $2,000 per semester) for students who want to join the next intake of the integrated water management suite of postgraduate degrees offered through The University of Queensland and Griffith University.

Partial scholarships are available to support self-funded students who do not benefit from any full-tuition funding or scholarships from other sources.

To receive a partial scholarship: no need to complete a separate application form. Simply apply for one of the following programs and be one of the first students to enrol!

Need a top - up for your research bank?

$10,000 Doctoral Scholarship Top-up

Study with the Institute for Applied Ecology and you could be one of the best paid PhD students in Australia!

IAE Scholarship

The Institute for Applied Ecology (IAE) Doctoral Scholarship Top-Up is competitively awarded as a 'top-up' of up to $10,000 per annum for IAE PhD candidates who hold a stipend from any other source. This stipend could be from a University of Canberra scholarship, an employment scholarship or an international scholarship.

1st Class Honours Students – Pay special Attention!

PHD Opportunity - Tackling Prey Naiveté in Australia’s Endangered Mammals

Project outline: Predation by cats and foxes is the chief cause of reintroduction failure in Australian mammals. Australian mammals are vulnerable to predation because they have not evolved effective defences against these introduced predators.

This project will determine if predator training and selective screening of individuals for predator avoidance traits can improve reintroduction success. The results will be used to improve re-introduction protocols for threatened mammals and re-establish populations of endangered wildlife.

NEW:  GLOBAL REPORTING INITIATIVE (GRI) G4 WORKSHOPS

Are you an experienced sustainability reporter or just starting your sustainability reporting journey? Register now for our two day sustainability reporting workshop using the recently released G4 version of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) sustainability reporting framework that will equip you to apply the best sustainability reporting strategy for your organisation.  The GRI framework is widely considered world’s best practice in sustainability reporting.

G4 Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Sustainability Reporting Process Workshop 

(2 day course)

Designed for individuals (new or existing reporters needing some guidance) that require the fundamentals of the GRI sustainability reporting process, this course is designed to equip you with the skills to confidently prepare a GRI sustainability report.  While course materials have not yet been released, the expected learning outcomes of this two day course are:

The professional development hub for sustainability practitioners.

If you use Education for Sustainability in your work you will love the new Education for Sustainability Professional Learning Hub (the Hub).

The Hub has been developed by Office of Environment & Heritage following extensive research to find out what the real learning needs of EfS practitioners are.