AIG members have benefited from access to a dedicated Edumine campus for the past ten years. This will change in December when Edumine rolls out a new website and service delivery model. At the moment, access to the Edumine campus requires payment of a subscription fee that offers full access to Edumine’s catalogue of self-paced,

The European Federation of Geologists announces 2018 employment survey results EFG announced the results of the first employment survey of European geoscientists conducted last year. The objectives of the survey were to: Analyse the labour market for geo- logists in Europe: In which industries do professional geologists work? Are their activities related to their training?

Scholarships available for Indigenous, LGBTQ+ and regional STEM professionals Indigenous STEM Scholarships for people with Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander heritage STEM Pride scholarships for people who identify as LGBTQI+ Regional STEM scholarships for STEM practitioners who work in remote or regional Australia (>150km from a major capital city) Scholarships will cover full registration including the gala dinner in

Registrations extended till 7th April, 2019.Whether you are a mentee or mentor – Sign up now! An initiative of the National Graduate Group for  BSc/MSc/PhD students and Early Career Geoscientists The mentoring programs have been running since 2015 and now will run in WA, NSW, Vic, QLD and SA in 2019. For those outside these

We are saddened to inform members that Emeritus Professor Colin Ward passed away in Sydney last night. Professor Ward had a distinguished academic and research career in sedimentology and coal geology.  He enthused and mentored many students through undergraduate and post-graduate teaching at University of New South Wales and University of Technology, Sydney.  Professor Ward

Part II.  Continued Professional Development is expensive.  Right? Wrong.  Continued pprofessional development (CPD) covers a broad spectrum of activities that contribute to both your development of new skills and refinement of existing ones.  CPD always requires an investment of time but it does not need to be expensive or onerous in other ways. CPD can be

Rebecca Whittle, a Year 11 student from Abbotsleigh high school in Sydney, has won a gold medal at the International Earth Science Olympiad in Thailand, securing Australia’s best gold medal performance at the UNESCO-sanctioned International Science Olympiads since 2009. Rebecca competed against more than 140 students from 38 countries to win gold, finishing in the

Australian citizens; or permanent residents of Australia; or New Zealand citizens may apply Expressions of interest by Friday, 31st August 2018 The National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training (NCGRT) is seeking Expressions of Interest from the brightest minds from a wide range of science, engineering and social science disciplines to undertake a variety of

AIG members are advised, with sadness, that Dr Patrick Williams passed away in the UK late last week, following a protracted illness. Dr Williams (Pat) joined the staff at James Cook University (JCU) in 1989 and continued in a lecturing role until the amalgamation of Earth Science with TESAG around 2007 when he resigned to

Graduation from university with an Earth science degree represented a major learning milestone that enabled you to begin your geoscience career.  It also represented the start of the next phase in your professional, technical and personal development through continuing development as a professional. Continuing professional development, or CPD, is work-related learning that should continue throughout