ESA has posted its Young Graduate Trainee vacancies for 2012, with applications open until 18th December. These one-year positions are an excellent opportunity to gain experience in the development and operation of space missions. You also get to live and work for a year in another country. The YGT offers some generous terms and conditions, […]
Writing opportunity for online student magazine
Do you fancy writing popular science articles for one of the largest student newspapers in the country? Experimentation is a new student-led online science magazine and they are looking for additional writers for their physical sciences section. Experimentation’s sister publications, Erudition and Intuition have already built up tens of thousands of readers from across Europe […]
UKSEDS Constitution Vote – UPDATE
Voting has now closed and we are pleased to be able to confirm that the UKSEDS constitution has now been changed. All those who took part in the vote were in favour of the new version. We will continue to display a copy of the constitution on the Constitution Page for reference. Thank you for voting. […]
ESA offering sponsorship to students to attend the European CubeSat Symposium
As part of the ESA Conference Opportunities for Sponsored Students (ECOSS) Programme, the ESA Education Office is pleased to be able to offer sponsorship to European students interested in attending the European CubeSat Symposium (30 Jan – 1 Feb 2012, Brussels). Highly qualified full-time students from ESA Member or Cooperating States are encouraged to apply […]
ESA launches 2012 Drop Your Thesis programme
The European Space Agency is proud to announce a new edition of the ‘Drop Your Thesis!’ programme. Through this programme, a team of Master/PhD students will be given the opportunity to carry out a microgravity experiment, as part of their syllabus, in the ZARM Drop Tower Facility, in Bremen, Germany. This facility is one of […]
Less than a month until the Annual Workshop!
Are you excited about the workshop yet? No? Well it’s a good job we’ve got a few more details to whet your appetite! If you’re not aware, this year’s UKSEDS workshop will be held at Imperial College London on Saturday the 19th of November. This is an all day event which is FREE for all […]
Lunar and Planetary Institute 2012 Summer Intern Program
Applications are now being accepted for the 2012 LPI Summer Intern Program in Planetary Science. The Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) invites undergraduates with at least 50 semester hours of credit to experience research in the planetary sciences. As a summer intern, you will work one-on-one with a scientist either at the LPI or NASA […]
UCL Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences Postgraduate Research Student Open Day
Interested in postgraduate study at University College London? The UCL Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences will be holding an open day on Wednesday 2 November 2011, from 10am. Discover… whether postgraduate research at one of the world’s leading universities is right for you funding options open to you the skills, support and training available […]
Bristol SEDS DUST Project Report
The University of Bristol’s very own UKSEDS branch, Bristol SEDS, launched it’s maiden project last week to collect Upper tropospheric dust particles, via High Altitude weather balloon as well testing the standard atmosphere model and taking some tourist snaps. Using an old goods box salvaged from a local Chinese take away, a spare digital camera, […]
Volunteers Wanted
Would you like to help run UKSEDS? We urgently need some volunteers to help the committee so that we can get on with all the cool projects that people have been suggesting. There are two ways you could help: a) Become a co-opted committee member: We need some new committee members to replace those who […]
Upcoming free CranSEDS branch activities
CranSEDS, the Cranfield University branch of UKSEDS, is inviting all UKSEDS members and non-members to the following activities on Cranfield University campus, building 114, http://bit.ly/hESf1b (CSA lounge, Cranfield University, College Road, Cranfield, Bedfordshire MK43 0AL). If you are not from Cranfield, you can find the building 114 on this campus map:http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/locations/cranfield/campus_v13%20(2).pdf Week: 6 June – 12 […]