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REPS

Paid summer placement opportunities for undergraduates 2018 – Now underway. 

REPS

Research Experience Placements are a great opportunity for Undergraduates to gain some research experience over the summer vacation.

The following eligibility criteria apply to all REPS. Applicants should:

  • be studying for an undergraduate degree in a quantitative discipline outside of NERC’s scientific remit (e.g. mathematics, statistics, computing, engineering, physics)
  • be applying for a placement in a different department to their undergraduate degree,
  • be undertaking their first undergraduate degree studies (or integrated Masters),
  • be expected to obtain a first or upper second class UK honours degree,
  • be eligible for subsequent NERC PhD funding (i.e. UK, EU or right to remain in the UK.

Summaries of projects undertaken in previous years can be seen by following the links for 2016 and 2017. 

This year STARS CDT has three REP projects:

  1. Extreme flooding impacts on plant-soil functionality in agricultural systems – CEH Lancaster   This placement has now been allocated.
  2. Functional screening for plant growth promoting traits in the rhizosphere of ancestral and domesticated wheats grown in different soil managements – Rothamsted Research, Harpenden This placement has now been allocated.
  3. Investigating the relationship between tree root biomass and soil hydraulic properties across soil types – Bangor University This placement has now been allocated.