BGA Accessible meeting guide

All meetings run by or financially supported by British Geophysical Association (BGA) grants are required to be accessible and inclusive to scientists of all backgrounds. If  a meeting benefits from BGA funding,  Equality Diversity and Inclusivity (EDI) issues should be…

Call for Nominations for the BGA 2025 Bullerwell Lecturer

The BGA Committee seeks nominations for the 2025 Bullerwell Lecturer – the BGA’s most prestigious award. The Lecturer will be given a budget to present their talk on a lecture tour including their choice of UK Universities. They will also…

BGA Geophysics Questionnaire

The British Geophysical Association (BGA) are carrying out a data collection exercise to try and understand the reasons behind low numbers of student uptake on UK undergraduate geophysics courses. These involve a series of questionnaires, targeting all relevant stake-holders: The…

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Who wants to be a geophysicist?

Members of the BGA committee (Jenny Jenkins, Amy Gilligan and Lidong Bie) published an Astronomy & Geophysics paper with an initial analysis of the results from the BGA Geophysics questionnaire. The paper focusses on three questions: Why aren’t students signing…

2024 Gray-Milne travel bursary for PhD students

The British Geophysical Association (BGA) invites applications for a travel bursary supported by the Gray-Milne Trust. The bursary will provide funding up to a value of £500 to support geophysics-related work, training, and travel. Application closing date: 16 September 2024 at midnight UTC. The…

Learning to be accessible

Members of the BGA committee (Jenny Jenkins and Andrew Curtis) and President of PGRiP Organising Committee (Sophia Baker) publish an Astronomy & Geophysics paper describing how the BGA is working to make its meetings and conferences accessible to all through…

Careers – Research scientist

To help raise awareness of both careers in geophysics, and careers you might be able to have with a geophysics degree, BGA have collected profiles of people to share with school students, teachers, and university students. Research scientist

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Careers – Oil and gas industry

To help raise awareness of both careers in geophysics, and careers you might be able to have with a geophysics degree, BGA have collected profiles of people to share with school students, teachers, and university students. Oil and gas industry

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Careers – Finance sector

To help raise awareness of both careers in geophysics, and careers you might be able to have with a geophysics degree, BGA have collected profiles of people to share with school students, teachers, and university students. Finance sector

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