Internship Programme 2009
The 2009 Internship Report is available as here.
The Internship Programme enables students to attend the conference and also to participate in an internship scheme for about a month working on conservation-related projects with universities, non-governmental organisations and agencies in the UK. We expect the internship scheme to help develop the careers of promising conservation scientists and to strengthen and catalyse global collaborations.
The Miriam Rothschild Internship Programme is funded by Arcadia. Prizes for the best internship report, consisting of a subscription to Oryx - The International Journal of Conservation, and £75 worth of books are donated by Fauna & Flora International and Cambridge University Press.
Congratulations to the three 2009 prizewinners Dragana Bojović, Marcela Marquez Garcia and Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi .
Internship Holders and Internship Hosts 2009
Ali Aghili Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, University of Oxford
Dragana Bojoviv School for Geography and Environment, University of Oxford
Nabajit Das Primate Conservation, Oxford Brookes University
Du Li-Na Aquatic Ecology Group, University of Cambridge
Iswan Dunggio Imperial College London and WILDCRU, University of Oxford
Joseph Louis Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds
Marcela Márquez García The Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent
Molebi Mosokotso Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
Duc Tu Nguyen BirdLife International
Enoch Ontiri BirdLife International
Fabián Rabuffetti BirdLife International
Ramarolahy Andriamparany Imperial College, London
Deo Shirima University of Cambridge and University of York
Niti Sukumal The Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust
Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi Aberdeen Centre for Environmental Sustainability, University of Aberdeen
Joseph Vattakaven Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London
A view from one of the first Internship Holders - Vikash Tatayah (Mauritius)
"Following a very successful Student Conference on Conservation Science at the University of Cambridge in March 2007, I joined the Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) for a four week internship. I also spent time in the Natural History Museum, Tring, where I examined the extensive petrel collections. The aim of the internship was to conduct advanced statistical and population modelling analysis, in connection with the PhD study that I am pursuing on the Round Island Petrel, a seabird of global scientific interest."
"The internship was of immense value to my PhD since I was fortunate enough to work under the guidance of a leading British scientist, Professor Richard Nichols. The statistical analysis of the complex data from the Round Island Petrel thus advanced greatly. Being based at QMUL facilitated regular exchange with another PhD student, Ruth Brown (ZSL/QMUL), who is conducting research on the genetics of the Round Island Petrel. I was also able to discuss my work with a range of biologists whilst in London, and this provided new insights into my project. Above all, I have networked with a range of professionals and academics that will be of great help to my work at the Mauritian Wildlife Foundation. This interaction leads to further collaborative higher degree studies, technical and academic advice, exchange of staff and potential funding opportunities."
