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News and updates about the 27th annual QRA postgraduate symposium which will be virtually hosted from Sheffield Hallam University 2nd AND 9th September 2022

England, Sheffield
Joined May 2013
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A great turnout for the @QuaternaryRA_UK PGR Symposium held last week at @QUBGeography, co-hosted by @UlsterUniGES.
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Thank you to our two Keynote speakers Prof. Paul Dunlop and Prof. Gill Plunkett for their fantastic talks.
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A spot of good weather for our fieldtrip to New Ferry, Dead Island Bog, and the Giant's Causeway. Thank you to Prof. Helen Roe and Prof. Andrew Cooper for their insights on some of the fascinating Quaternary records N. Ireland has to offer.
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Announcing this years postgraduate conference held in Durham on the 7-8th of September! This is a great opportunity to showcase your research in a friendly environment, and get to know other Quaternary ECRs! eventbrite.co.uk/e/exploring…
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All of these debates are very interesting, and are critical in the run up to upcoming decisions about the Anthropocene by the International Commission on Stratigraphy! Make sure you give them all a read 📖
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The next two items debate different, but related topics about whether the Anthropocene should be made by scientists alone, or embrace a much wider field of academic disciplines such as History and Archeology.
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🚨New discussions on the Anthropocene are now live in the latest issue of the Journal of Quaternary Science 🚨 The first four articles discuss the nature and status of the Anthropocene - all free to access here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/…
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QRA BOOK SALE! 75% off field guides - visit qra.org.uk/ to see all books in the sale.
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Big thank you to our hosts this year @RiversGwyneth and @Geog_sarah from Sheffield Hallam University. #qrapg22
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We are running an informal networking session now, please feel free to join us. #qrapg22
That’s the end of day two and the QRA PG symposium 2022. Thank you to all the speakers for great and informative talks and posters #qrapg22
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The winner for prize for the best talk is awarded to Maddie Timmins @msi_timmins. Congratulations! #qrapg22
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Congratulations to Millie Coleman, the winner of our poster prize! #qrapg22
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We are taking a break now until 15:45 GMT, join us then for the talk and poster prize sessions! #qrapg22
QRA Awards Officer @wj_fletcher is delivering an informative session on QRA grant applications @QuaternaryRA_UK #qrapg22
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We are taking a break until 14:45 GMT #qrapg22
Sarah Walton is presenting a talk titled “Climate and environmental change in southeast Iceland” @Geog_sarah
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The next talk is by Maddie Timmins titled “Keeping above the waves? The response of coastal freshwater peatlands to sea-level rise”. @msi_timmins #qrapg22
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Our first talk today is “Building a chronology for Quaternary Europe” by Ellie Nelson. #qrapg22
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