Tag: Shackleton Scholarship Fund

• Friday, June 29th 2018 - 05:51 UTC

  Falkland Islands Canadian tracking experience with Gentoo penguins

  

  Data sent from penguins to space and back to University of British Columbia could help researchers determine why the species’ breeding population fluctuates so dramatically. UBC researchers visited the South Atlantic in April to attach small transmitters to the backs of 66 Gentoo penguins from two colonies in the Falkland Islands

• Tuesday, November 28th 2017 - 10:03 UTC

  Dr Matt McDowell will be soon visiting the Falkland Islands

  

  An academic based at the University of Edinburgh will be soon visiting the Falkland Islands to study the recent history of sport on the Islands, and in international competitions.

• Thursday, August 13th 2015 - 03:11 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Shackleton Fund delivers £10,700 in research scholarships

  

  The Shackleton Scholarship Fund, closely linked to the Falkland Islands, has announced their academic awards for 2015. Scholars come from a variety of countries, ranging from Germany to Australia, and the topics chosen are all from the natural sciences.

• Wednesday, April 23rd 2014 - 11:40 UTC

  Falklands sea lion population recovering, but still a fraction of the 1930s estimate

  

  In the 1930s the Falkland Islands were reputed to hold the largest population of Southern sea lions, with a staggering 80,000 pups estimated to be born each year. However, a census in the 1960s and again in the 1990s revealed the population had declined by more than 90%.

• Saturday, January 18th 2014 - 05:08 UTC

  Falklands' pastures development scientist in the New Year's Honors List

  

  Two scientists from Britain's Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) have been awarded OBEs in the New Year’s Honors list. Professor Jim McAdam from Queen's University Belfast, for services to research and agriculture in the Falkland Islands, and Dr Danny Todd was honored for his contribution to biological sciences and veterinary work, reports Farming Life.

• Friday, April 26th 2013 - 22:42 UTC

  Shackleton’s centenary scholarship to encourage scientific research in South Atlantic and Antarctica

  

  By Harold Briley - The Falkland Islands, South Georgia or the British Antarctic Territories stand to benefit from an ambitious science research project to commemorate Ernest Shackleton’s 1914 trans-Antarctic expedition.

• Wednesday, October 3rd 2012 - 21:07 UTC

  Shackleton Fund with new website; makes important Falklands’ announcements

  

  The Shackleton Scholarship Fund which is closely linked to the South Atlantic and the Falkland Islands has announced the launch of their new website: www.shackletonfund.com.