A European Journal of Soil Science, STARS special issue, is being planed. Having formally launched the proposal at the STARS conference in January, editors Phil Haygarth, Guy Kirk and Davey Jones are currently compiling a list of provisional paper titles. Although time is short, it is not too late to submit suggestions. Volunteer papers comprised […]

How does soil science link to future global challenges? Read this conversation between Harry and Alex, members of the third and second STARS cohort respectively, as they reflect on the first STARS CDT conference held recently. At this key time for STARS, we are at maximum capacity.  Students and supervisors were present from all 4 cohorts at the […]

This exciting new post has been established to help coordinate our varied outputs, providing a lasting legacy of resources developed by the STARS CDT, to support soil scientists and the wider community into the future. This is an exciting time for STARS, we are at peak capacity, with all student cohorts active and lots going […]

In honour of Johnny Johnston’s 90th birthday, a conversation about soil science has been recorded between Johnny and Emily Masters-Clark at Rothamsted. Both Johnny and Emily work on soil fertility, listen to the conversation to see how the focus has changed over the years. https://www.facebook.com/Rothamsted/videos/295154434372927/

STARS student Heather Ruscoe has recently finished a 3-month placement at the Food Standards Agency (FSA) in Westminster. The position was based within the Private Office (PO) team who assist both the Chief Executive and Chair of the board. The purpose of the placement was to help with general tasks of PO but mainly to […]

In May, we reported that Alex Williams, had been accepted on the National PhD Training Programme in Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Research. Read his full report on the experience here. The Medical Research Foundation invested £2.85m in the programme placing interdisciplinary research at its core. Alex shared a week in Bristol with over a hundred researchers working […]

The EGU General Assembly 2019 is taking place in Vienna between the 7th and 12th April next year. The meeting brings together geoscientists from all over the world to one meeting. A fantastic opportunity for learning, networking and developing further collaborations. STARS cohort 2 students are not only attending the conference, but a subset are […]

Jack Lort reports on presenting at the REMEDIATE Conference in Belfast recently. I had the pleasure to attend the REMEDIATE conference at Queens University Belfast which ran on the 19th and 20th September 2018. REMEDIATE is a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Action Initial Training Network for “improved decision-making in contaminated land site investigation and risk assessment”. The attendees […]

Building on relationships formed with three successful student placements last year, STARS Student Sam Reynolds has recently finished a 3-month policy placement in Westminster. The position was within the office of the Chief Scientific Advisor (CSA) in the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), a small team working to support the CSA […]