IALE(UK) 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 IALE(UK) student representative:

Nicola McHugh
SELU, School of Biological and Molecular Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Gipsy Lane, Oxford, OX3 0BP
nmchugh [at] brookes [dot] ac [dot] uk

Postgraduate Workshop

We are planning the next IALE (UK) Postgraduate event. What's at the top of your wish list for the focus of this workshop. Research methods? Techniques, tools and programmes? Theoretical discussion? What next after PhD? Something else? Any thoughts or ideas would be gratefully received by Nicola McHugh (nmchugh [at] brookes [dot] ac [dot] uk).

Student Conference Travel Award (SCTA)

The IALE(UK) 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 IALE(UK) 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 IALE(UK) newsletter.

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

Dr Janet Jackson, The Secretary of IALE(UK),
Environmental Science, The University of Northampton,
Park Campus, Boughton Green Road, Northampton, NN2 7AL.
E-mail: janet.jackson [at] northampton [dot] ac [dot] uk

SCTA application form

Geographical Information Resources

An outcome of our last post-grad meeting was the request for some information on what GI resources are out there.

Ben Allen has kindly put this document together for us.

If anyone knows of any resources that should be added to this list, please contact the student representatives.

PhD Master Class

Sarah McKenzie received an IALE(UK) Student Conference Travel Award to attend a PhD master class in Holland on “Integrative research for the planning and management of sustainable landscapes”. It was a great success.
Read her report here