Dear all,
Our scheduled speaker, Dr. Emily Reed Burdett, cannot make our meeting this week (but we are hoping to reschedule her for another week- watch this space!); however, we are very pleased to have Stirling's Dr. Caroline Allen presenting a talk entitled:
"Preparation for fatherhood: Investigating the role of olfactory communication during pregnancy. "
As usual, we will be meeting in the Psychology Common Room from 5:15pm. I look forward to seeing you then!
Eoin
PS If you want to present a talk/poster at the Scottish Conference on Animal Behaviour please submit a title to s.m.daoudi1(a)stir.ac.uk by Friday (18th March). More details here: https://scab2016.wordpress.com/?
In case of interest to some – noting that these are voluntary positions, but former students who have done them have gone on into successful zoo careers.
From: Liz Ball [mailto:l.ball@chesterzoo.org]
Sent: 14 March 2016 10:35
Subject: One-Year Internships at Chester Zoo
Dear Colleagues
Please find attached the advertisement for our One-Year Internships in Animal Husbandry commencing on Monday 12 September 2016 at the North of England Zoological Society (Chester Zoo). Also attached are the advertisement and application form for our One-year Internships in Botany & Horticulture.
These Internships offer students the opportunity to gain both practical experience working alongside trained Zoo keepers/Horticulturists & Botanists within a unique scientific/conservation environment, and also a series of theoretical workshops covering a wide range of zoo management issues.
It is important to note that despite the duration of these Internships, they are entirely voluntary, so students must have organised financial provision prior to undertaking this year.
I would be grateful if you would make the attached application form available to all relevant students.
Many thanks.
Best wishes.
Liz
Liz Ball
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SCAB will be 2 April - all welcome (£20 for the day). Posters and presentations welcome...
Please register with Sophia!
P
Phyllis C. Lee
Professor of Psychology
Behaviour and Evolution Research Group
School of Natural Sciences
University of Stirling
Stirling FK9 4LA
UK
Direct line +44 (0)1786 467656
Mobile +44 (0)7802 427132
SCAB: Details of the Scottish Conference for Animal Behaviour will be circulated when a date has been set, but this will be held in Stirling this year. This conference is student focussed and is a great place to get feedback on projects that are ongoing, in planning stages, etc.
ISHE: The biannual conference of the International Society for Human Ethology is also in Stirling this August. We will announce deadlines for abstract submissions when these are known but keep an eye on this website for more information: http://ishe.org/conferences-and-summer-institutes/
ESC: The European Student Conference on Behaviour and Cognition is in St. Andrews this March (17th-18th). More information can be found here (https://esc2016standrews.wordpress.com/); deadline for abstracts for student talks is the 1st of February.
EHBEA: The annual conference of the European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association is in London from 5th-8th April. The deadline for abstract submissions has passed, but they provide student travel bursaries even if not presenting; website here: http://ehbea.com/conference2016/
ASAB: The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour is having their Easter meeting at Aberystwth University, 30th March- 1st April. This conference is aimed at postgraduates and post-docs, so a great opportunity for early career researchers to present their work. Abstract deadline is March 9th: http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/ibers/events/asab2016/
PSGB: The Primate Society of Great Britain is also hosting their Easter meeting at the end of March in York. More information here: http://www.psgb.org/meetings.php
UFAW: Hannah has already circulated information on the Universities Federation for Animal Welfare conference in June, but here is a reminder: http://www.ufaw.org.uk/ufaw-events/recent-advances-v
I hope that some of this will be helpful.
All the best,
Eoin
Dear BERGers
Never thought I'd say this, but looking at the BERG Facebook page, and hearing recent reports and photos from the SPRG meeting at the Burn, I am sad to be in California missing out on so much amazing stuff back home!
https://www.facebook.com/Behaviour-and-Evolution-Research-Group-at-Universi…
Laura Hall (laura.hall(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:laura.hall@stir.ac.uk>) and Eoin O'Sullivan (eoin.osullivan(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:eoin.osullivan@stir.ac.uk> ) post to our BERG Facebook page - so please check it out, and when you get a paper published, win a prize, give a talk, or have anything else worth sharing, please send an e-mail to request that Laura or Eoin add a post.
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We also have BERG Twitter: https://twitter.com/BERG_Stirling
Hope you are all going well!
Many thanks, Hannah
Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith
Professor, Behaviour and Evolution Research Group (BERG)
Psychology, School of Natural Sciences
University of Stirling
Stirling, FK9 4LA
Scotland
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Dear all,
Tomorrow we have BERG's own Sophia Daoudi talking to us about:
"Enclosure use by two mixed-species groups of monkeys at Living Links, Edinburgh Zoo".
I look forward to seeing you in the psychology common room from 5:20pm as usual.
Eoin
Dear BERGers,
We are delighted to have Prof Jim Anderson back with us this Wednesday presenting a talk entitled:
Cooperative humans: choosy capuchins, discerning dogs.
We will be meeting from around 5:20pm in the Psychology Common room as usual.
I look forward to seeing you there.
Eoin?
Hi BERGers,
Just a reminder that as it is reading week there is no BERG meeting today.
I look forward to seeing you next week for Prof Jim Anderson's talk on cooperative humans, choosy capuchins, and discerning dogs.
All the best,
Eoin
Dear all,
Some of you might be interested in attending this forthcoming meeting in Durham (18th - 20th April), which has just opened for registration. ASAB student members get free registration: https://www.dur.ac.uk/zoo.psy/registration/
Christine.
Evidence of Animal Minds
An Interdisciplinary Symposium
As contribution to Durham IAS's 2015-16 exploration of the theme of Evidence, this three-day workshop will examine the problem of evidence in accounting for the phenomenon of 'animal minds' - the existence and character of (broadly conceived) mental phenomena in non-human animals. This controversial question offers a rich case for exploring the meanings of 'evidence' from a range of disciplinary perspectives.
The meeting will assemble philosophers of mind and of knowledge, neuroscientists, experimental psychologists and ethologists, evolutionary biologists and biological anthropologists, social anthropologists and historians of science, as well as humanities scholars with expertise in visual culture.
More info at: https://www.dur.ac.uk/zoo.psy/
?Dear BERGers,
This Wednesday, 17th February, we have Dr Liz Renner presenting a talk entitled:
"Do children and great apes learn different information from social and "ghost" conditions.?"
See you all tomorrow for drinks and nibbles from 5:30pm. Also, for details on upcoming BERG talks please visit: http://www.stir.ac.uk/natural-sciences/research/seminars/psychology/behavio…
All the best,
Eoin
