From: Emily Moran <mailto:emor...@ucmerced.edu>
Sent: 24-03-2017 00:12
To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU <mailto:ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU>
Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] HUMPBACK WHALE RESEARCH ON THE GREAT BARRIER
REEF,AUSTRALIA (JULY-SEPT 2017) ? RESEARCH ASSISTANT OPPORTUNITIES
I have been collect
t: 24-03-2017 00:12
To: "ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU" <ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU>
Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] HUMPBACK WHALE RESEARCH ON THE GREAT BARRIER
REEF,AUSTRALIA (JULY-SEPT 2017) ? RESEARCH ASSISTANT OPPORTUNITIES
I have been collecting paid research/work experience postings
Hi Lara,
I'm looking to do volunteer work in the Caribbean and haven't found much
available (or have sent emails and had no reply) could you please do a quick
name drop for me?
All the best
Katharine
> On 24 Mar 2017, at 4:37 am, Lara Brenner wrote:
>
> When I see posts
When I see posts like this, I interpret it as an exorbitantly expensive
vacation to the Great Barrier Reef. No one seriously interested in a career
in marine biology should ever think of doing something like this. For $3000
you could live for months in the Caribbean doing volunteer work that will
Thank you, Steven, for sharing your thoughts on paid-volunteer positions. I
am often discouraged and frustrated by such positions. I understand that
they can be a way to fund a project, but it really undervalues the whole
field, not to mention that it gives those people who are financially
I have been collecting paid research/work experience postings from this list to
forward to my undergraduate students (so that they can at least get an idea of
the opportunities that are out there if they are interested), and fortunately
there are a lot of them. It seems like most people doing
I am happy to see this being discussed. A similar discussion has recently
started in Coral List. Steven Carrion has made an interesting point about
the role that the listserv itself plays on these kind of posts. I think it
would also be valuable to discuss what aspiring scientists, professors,
Very much agree with Steve's post here. Given the already high cost of
university, this seems sheer exploitation. Is also a really interesting
demonstration of the "charismatic megafauna " issue in conservation...
On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 6:54 AM CARRION Steven
wrote:
> The
The whole "unpaid" vs "paid" vs "exploitative" internships discussion has been
discussed in ECOLOG before but I had to bring it up again after seeing this
post.
A "research assistant" position wherein students have to pay a almost 3 grand
to participate in an activity less than a week? And
The Great Barrier Reef Whale and Dolphin Research Programme is led by
Blue Planet Marine and operated in collaboration with the Cetacean
Ecology and Acoustics Laboratory at The University of Queensland,
Australia. http://gbr.blueplanetmarine.com.
Running from July to September 2017, there are
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