Welcome to CAREERS

NERC Opening Up the Environment: Citizen science for Advancing Racial Equity in Environmental Research Super-consortium

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Our mission

To inspire, upskill, and empower ethnically minoritised people to pursue environmental research careers through:
1

Access

Exploring and addressing barriers to participation in fieldwork and citizen science, and creating pathways for greater inclusion.

2

Collaboration

Building partnerships between higher education and environmental organisations.

3

Co-production

Co-creating practical, evidence-based solutions with the communities we aim to serve.

We are recruiting

We're looking for ethnically minoritised students to join our paid Environmental Innovators Programme, where you'll use your skills working on projects with environmental organisations to address their priorities as well as learning about environmental careers and building a network in the environmental sector.

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Department of Environment and Geography
University of York
Heslington
York
YO10 5NG

Funded by

This project is supported by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) as part of its commitment to advancing diversity and inclusion in environmental research.

Note: We use the terms People of Colour and Students of Colour respectfully, while recognising the limitations and complexities of these terms. We value the importance of acknowledging, respecting, and celebrating the cultural and ethnic identities of individuals within the broad categories they describe.