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Each year the GWCT hosts undergraduate students on ecology, conservation and data science-related degrees, offering them an exciting opportunity to spend their sandwich placement year taking part in important game and wildlife conservation research.

This Student Placement is based in Wales working alongside the GWCT Wales team on various projects. We have a range of ongoing projects, covering many different species and habitats. There will be opportunities to work on a number of these throughout the year. Projects across Wales involved with species such as woodcock, yellow hammer, curlew with several other projects in the pipeline, to include species such as kestrel, hares, black grouse and waders

We encourage and expect our students to play a full and active part in our research, and therefore a placement with the GWCT is an opportunity to challenge yourself in the field. Our placements present opportunities to expand your experience in such areas as surveying birds and habitats; catching and tagging individuals; data handling, analysis and reporting; database construction; experimental design; GIS; and radio telemetry work.

GWCT Wales can accommodate a placement student for up to a year, or a shorter period as necessary.

Link to GWCT Wales Student Placement description:

How to apply

Applications close on Friday 10 January 2025 unless stated otherwise. It may be possible to submit a late application, though this is at the discretion of the contact.

Interested students should get the following to the contact person listed on the advert as soon as possible:

• CV detailing A levels and GCSEs – results and subjects; as well as any graded results at university that the students have up to the date they send us their CV. Include information on any paid or volunteer activities to show both interest in science and responsibility to job or volunteer commitments.
• Covering letter (describe what they want out of the placement and what skills they bring to it – this needs to give us some idea of why they should stand out from the crowd – we really use this to select interviewees).
• References from a lecturer or tutor sent to the contact person on the advert directly.

If students would like to discuss the placement, they should contact Lee Oliver loliver@gwct.org.uk

Closing date: Friday 10 January 2025

Interviews: will be held online from the 27 January to the 7 February 2025, with the successful candidate expected to start in September 2025