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Community Job & Volunteer Opportunities Post-graduate Opportunities - West Coast of South Africa
Community Job & Volunteer Opportunities Post-graduate Opportunities - West Coast of South Africa
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Post-graduate Opportunities - West Coast of South Africa |
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Applications are invited from students to do postgraduate (Honours, MSc, Post-doc) work on the West Coast focused on research at the West Coast Fossil Park site near the town of Langebaan. These deposits contain one of the most important records of terminal Miocene biodiversity in the world.
At the Honours and Masters level we are looking for: (1) students of
the earth sciences with an interest in applying sedimentology,
stratigraphy and geochemistry to these unique and fascinating deposits,
or (2) students of the biological sciences with interests in African
fossil mammalian communities, mammalian osteology and taxonomy, and
ancient diets and paleoecology. For the Post-doctoral position, applicants are expected to hold a PhD in a relevant discipline, and to have specialised in one or both of the above topics, preferably with a focus in the Miocene/Pliocene of Africa. These studentships are supported by the African Origins Platform, and offered as follows: Honours @ R40,000/year Masters @ R60,000/year Post-doc @ R120,000/year Please send a letter of motivation outlining your suitability for this one of these bursaries, along with your CV, to: Dr. Roger Smith, Curator of Karoo Palaeontology, Iziko South African Museum, PO Box 61, Cape Town, 8000. Fax# 021 481 3993. Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Applications will be considered until 31 January 2008. Email applications/enquiries preferred. Applicants at the Honours level must be black South Africans. |
- Limbe Wildlife Centre in SW Cameroon takes care of infant primates that are lucky enough to be rescued from the illegal pet trade. In November 2007, ACF, ERuDeF and Daniel Taylor organised an art workshop with 13 Cameroonian artists in the centre in order to raise awareness and funding for great apes conservation.
