The British Hydrological Society, JBA Trust and the Environment Agency are delighted to announce that the MSc Studentship Award Scheme is now open for applications, for courses starting in Autumn 2020.
Kiera Waters recently joined JBA Trust for a 3 month work placement as part of her BSc Geography and Environmental Mathematics course at the University of Leeds.
As part of British Science Week, we’ve been supporting events that raise awareness of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM).
Colleagues from JBA Consulting demonstrated the JBA Trust mini flume at Tadcaster Grammar School careers fair on Wednesday 10th March.
We were pleased to provide Augmented Reality Sandbox training for staff and volunteers at WWT Slimbridge on Thursday 13th February.
Tom Padgett is nearing the end of his PhD research, sponsored by JBA Trust, and recently published results from his research in the Royal Society Open Science Journal. Tom used the flexibility of computational modelling to test different eel tiles under several different conditions and eel life stages. Overall, passage efficiency decreases with increasing flow and steeper installation angles; it increases as elvers get larger, and older.
JBA Trust supported the Key Stage 2 geography curriculum at Cullingworth Village Primary School near Keighley on Thursday 30th January.
On Thursday 16th January, JBA Trust and the University of Nottingham delivered an ‘Interactive Geography Day’ for 120 Year 8 pupils at Ermysted’s Grammar School in Skipton.
On Friday 9th December sixth form students from Priestley College in Warrington visited their local Environment Agency office to learn about flood risk management. JBA Trust supported the event by providing demonstrations of our augmented reality sandbox.
On Thursday 28th November, JBA Trust visited Grassington Primary School in the Yorkshire Dales where pupils are learning about rivers, with a focus on the local River Wharfe.