A DNA tree of life #plants has been built using 1.8bn letters of genetic code from over 9,500 species! 🧬

It was crafted by 279 scientists - including from University of Portsmouth 🌿

Find out more: bit.ly/4aPk4NV

nature Natalia Przelomska Steven Dodsworth UoP Faculty of Science & Health Kew Gardens

I had my first full-time permanent academic job in 1992 at a former poly & have spent most of my career in the sector. The joy of teaching creative subjects to students from working-class backgrounds/state schools/mature students, many felt they were given a 2nd chance 1/

Where’s Rufus The Hawk when you need him… 🤣

We had a brilliant first recording day last Sunday, and what a treat to work with the dream team of Tom Mungall and Jacob Ewens.

Excited to get back to it this weekend… hoping our feathered friends have made other plans!

Save the date!

🎶 The Fourth Choir
🏳️‍🌈 Pride Concert
📍 Wigmore Hall
📆 27 June 2025

We did it! 💥

Thanks to the amazing generosity of our supporters - and the herculean efforts of individual members of the choir organising bake sales and the like - we have now surpassed our initial fundraising goal of £10K 🍾🎉

Photo: Matthew Johnson Photographer

University vice-chancellor enjoys a 'bumper pay rise' amidst redundancies portsmouth.co.uk/education/univ…

An Extremely Bad Look to say the least- University vice-chancellor enjoys a 'bumper pay rise' amidst redundancies portsmouth.co.uk/education/univ…

Excited for the London premiere of My Beloved Man as part of Classical Pride at Barbican Centre

Come and hear letters Britten & Pears wrote to one another over their 39-yr relationship - read by Petroc Trelawny - alongside gorgeous music conducted by Nicholas Chalmers

A study on what many of us already know: over 75% of internal service work in academia is done by women. “We were surprised by how brazenly the male researchers described their priorities, for example that they actively didn’t respond to emails”

kifinfo.no/en/2024/03/wom…

I wrote at length about postdoctoral employment in Africa. The article draws on a survey nature did last year, but also interviews with postdocs and employers around the continent. Here's a thread of some of the findings: (1/n)
nature.com/articles/d4158…

Join us for a gorgeous 1-hr concert feat. music by Dr Kerry Andrew derri joseph lewis 🏳️‍🌈 Shruthi Rajasekar Stuart Beatch Cooper Baldwin, Marie-Claire Saindon + rarely performed Renaissance works by Aleotti, Assandra & Lusitano. Jamie Powe conducts.

Tickets £15 (Concessions £10)
tickettailor.com/events/thefour…

The University of Portsmouth's biggest asset is its staff, and if the university seeks to push through eye-watering cuts it may face the disruption of potential industrial action

ucu.org.uk/article/13526/…

UCU - Staff consulted on industrial action at University of Portsmouth over planned job cuts ucu.org.uk/article/13526/…

Super proud of Asi Ntsondwa news.mandela.ac.za/News/-Mandela-…

We're looking for 2 x interns to join the the Kew #Herbarium Curation team for 8 weeks this summer to work with the Fern collections 🌿 apply via the Kew website: careers.kew.org/vacancy/scienc…
Kew Africa team Kew Asia Kew Americas Kew Science

On 19 – 22 July we'll be holding our 10th annual Summer School! #BESUG24  

Join us on this fully funded opportunity taking place at FSC Rhyd-y-creuau

📅Applications are open now, deadline 20 March 12pm

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Are you an undergraduate seeking a career in ecology? Have you faced barriers getting into this field?

We have TWO exciting opportunities open for applications👇

I am so pleased to see assistance dogs being championed in this way by University of Portsmouth and so proud of Oisin and Ennis who I know well! youtu.be/fwAJ2z_RcfY?si…

Was so great having derri joseph lewis 🏳️‍🌈 at our rehearsal giving us valuable insights into one of his pieces we are aiming to record for our album, which we are so close to hitting our fundraising goal for…
totalgiving.co.uk/appeal/TFC10k
#LGBTplusHM #choralmusic

#CareersWithPlants Training is important in your career with plants. Different training at different stages. Adds to your knowledge but also network with others and gain ideas on career direction.