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<div class="WordSection1">The Science faculty is looking for two
PhD student volunteers to participate in a Climate Connect
programme (see summary below an details in attached document).<br>
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If you're interested, please let me know asap (places will be
allocated on a 1st come, 1st serve basis).<br>
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Thanks<br>
<br>
Gordon<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" lang="EN-US"> Tracy Morse
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<b>Sent:</b> 01 September 2021 17:19<br>
<b>To:</b> Debra Willison <<a href="mailto:D.Willison@strath.ac.uk" moz-do-not-send="true">D.Willison@strath.ac.uk</a>>;
Lizann Bonnar <<a href="mailto:lizann.bonnar@strath.ac.uk" moz-do-not-send="true">lizann.bonnar@strath.ac.uk</a>>;
Julia Race <<a href="mailto:julia.race@strath.ac.uk" moz-do-not-send="true">julia.race@strath.ac.uk</a>>;
Susan Howick <<a href="mailto:susan.howick@strath.ac.uk" moz-do-not-send="true">susan.howick@strath.ac.uk</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Fiona Doyle <<a href="mailto:fiona.doyle@strath.ac.uk" moz-do-not-send="true">fiona.doyle@strath.ac.uk</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Request - Climate Connect <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Dear all <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">I hope this
finds everyone well. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">I’m
contacting you regarding an opportunity for ECRs and PhD
students to get involved with the Climate Connect
programme we are rolling out at the Centre for
Sustainable Development. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The full
details are in the attached document however in summary
we have developed a network with a range of global
universities around sustainable development, and as part
of this partnership we are leading a programme for
students called Climate Connect. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">This is a
small focussed programme which will run for 6 months
involving:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">- University
of Strathclyde <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">- Peking
University <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">- Waterloo
University <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">-
Stellenbosch University <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">- Malawi
University of Business and Applied Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">- KTH<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Each
University has an academic lead (that is me for
Strathclyde) and will be identifying a cohort of up to
10 UG students who will interact with one another
through a series of monthly workshops as outlined in the
attached (this will be done through StrathUnion). The
concept is to allow students from across the world to
engage with one another on the topic of climate change
and sustainable development, and be able to understand
the pertinent challenges, concerns and opportunities
from each others perspectives. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">So this is
where the ECR/PhD element comes in. </span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Each
institution will also identify 4 - 6 ECR/PhD students
who will support the cohort of UGs within their
institution. This will involve:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">- Meeting
with them a couple of times per month to ensure they are
undertaking the tasks set and helping with any problems
they may be having<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">- Helping to
facilitate the discussions at the monthly meetings<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">What’s in
it for them I hear you ask?</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Well
unfortunately there is no additional payment for being
involved but there are a number of benefits…..<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">- they will
be trained to be a facilitator of the Climate Fresk
online climate game (<a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fclimatefresk.org%2F&data=04%7C01%7Cg.r.m.robb%40strath.ac.uk%7C242430668ebc4635ad6708d96e0390c5%7C631e0763153347eba5cd0457bee5944e%7C0%7C0%7C637661783855551235%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=2r2T1QoWkGnNU%2Bwo1YXTiNJRMJ9fYDVmZ8gxfY6BAPU%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://climatefresk.org/" shash="iPaCmrcl/qBOVUNYdfrCIsLFGPk7Tu4kJQVEFUjxOBccVE3OvG/Gpdkc6QUD1MNSrA9SL229DGUKZWMRb35DdnyX3HT2SR99wCUqTE5j9hIi0OTvJRN5+Cj7Sd+YLbgXgAfJROxw+zknxMHNnZ4s5qMFY/jEkkx80VE6WY1WWMg=" moz-do-not-send="true">https://climatefresk.org</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">- they will
have the opportunity to meet with your counterparts at
institutions across the world and build your networks
for future plans<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">- they will
have an opportunity to meet with other researchers from
different faculties in UoS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">- it’ll be a
great (and hopefully fun) experience!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">So what is
the ask?</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">- Could you
please help us with circulating this request to your
relative groups to gauge interest on being involved?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">- Ideally we
are looking to have representation from across all 4
faculties in the group to maintain the interdisciplinary
perspective <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">I hope that
all makes sense and apologies for the long message!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">If you can
let me know by return if this is something you can help
to support and if you need further details/information
from me then I’d be happy to oblige. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Best wishes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Tracy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Dr Tracy
Morse<br>
Senior Lecturer<br>
Head of the Strathclyde Centre for Sustainable
Development<br>
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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
| University of Strathclyde | Level 5 | James Weir
Building | 75 Montrose Street | Glasgow | G1 1XJ
| Scotland | UK<br>
E-Mail: <a href="mailto:tracy.thomson@strath.ac.uk" moz-do-not-send="true">tracy.thomson</a><a href="mailto:tracy.thomson@strath.ac.uk" moz-do-not-send="true">@strath.ac.uk</a> | Web: <a href="https://www.strath.ac.uk" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.strath.ac.uk</a><br>
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The University of Strathclyde is a charitable body,
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