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A view south from McArts fort on the summit of Cave Hill, looking over Belfast
Photographer: Ross

ialeUK promotes a friendly forum for postgraduates to share ideas, discuss issues and meet like-minded people. Postgrads are ensured the opportunity to present work at the annual conferences and financial support is offered for attendance at both IALE and other related conferences.

Annual subscription for students is £10. For this you will receive newsletters, discounts on conference attendance, information on student events and the opportunity to apply for additional funding to attend relevant conferences.

If you have any questions or ideas, please contact the ialeUK student representative:

students [at] iale [dot] org [dot] uk


Student Conference Travel Award (SCTA)

The ialeUK awards a number of travel grants each year to students with an interest in landscape ecology. The award is open to all students registered at a UK University who are attending a taught course at Masters level or are undertaking a degree by research. In general, awards are designed to assist postgraduate students to attend the annual conference of ialeUK and for research postgraduates to travel to other meetings, including the European and International Meetings of the IALE. Funds of up to £250 can be applied for. Successful applicants will be expected to provide a short report of their conference attendance for the ialeUK newsletter.

Students should use the SCTA application form (below) and send it to:

Dr Peter Carey, Treasurer of ialeUK
Bodsey Ecology Limited, 4 Bodsey Cottages, Bodsey Toll Road, Ramsey, Huntingdon, PE26 2XH
bodsey [dot] ecology [at] btinternet [dot] com

SCTA application form


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