It gives us great pleasure to share the news that one of the organisations we evaluate against BS8848 has won an award in a national BSI competition! Penguin Watch is an Oxford University-based, complex, demanding research programme into changing distribution patterns of penguins and species survival around the Southern Ocean. A network of approximately 100…
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This year’s YET AGM is booked at the Royal Geographical Society on Tuesday 8 October at 12:00, to be followed by a meeting of Council at 14:00. Please take a moment to read the and, for a recap of last year’s meeting, here are the .
This year’s Forum will take place on Monday 16 September from 10am to 4pm at the Lit & Phil Society in Newcastle upon Tyne. Agenda Key note address Managing critical incidents on expeditions Planning and managing a youth expedition Discussion groups Paperwork and planning adventurous trips Using BS8848 as part of your planning process How the YET can support…
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For those responsible for organising school trips, fieldwork or expeditions to remote areas overseas – do you know what your responsibilities are? Do you know what you don’t know? This new conference has attracted delegates and expert speakers from schools and organisations across Europe and North America who will share expertise and experience of the…
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The YET’s Annual General Meeting will be held at the Royal Geographical Society at 12:00pm on Tuesday 9 October; all members are welcome to attend. Royal Geographical Society1 Kensington GoreLondon SW7 2AR Download the agenda: For any further details, please contact chairman Roger Miller.
As a Clinical Fellow in Emergency and Expedition Medicine Alexandra Taylor is currently looking for any expeditions or events requiring support of a doctor between December and May of 2019. She will be 5 years post-qualification come 2019 with 18 months of Emergency Medicine experience. In addition, she is due to complete a Diploma in…
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The YET seeks a creative and enthusiastic individual to take on an exciting new role of fund raiser, to raise and source funds to enable YET to continue and expand its valued work in providing grants to young people undertaking expeditions. This role is a commission based role (rate negotiable). Currently the YET awards up…
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An announcement has been made regarding the recent AALA consultation. HSE has released the following statement: HSE would like to thank everyone who responded to the recent Discussion Document on the future of the Adventure Activities Licensing framework. We are delighted with the response and encouraged by the amount of engagement on this subject. We received…
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The RGS is running a number of courses and workshops related to outdoor activities in the near future. For more information and details on applying visit RGS’s Geography Outdoors page.
Richard was born on 17 November 1937 in the Lancaster Royal Infirmary to Ruth née Ainsworth (a children’s author) and Frank Gilbert (a chemist). He died on 16 January 2018, aged 80, in York Hospital after a short final illness. He was educated, mostly, at St George’s School in Harpendon in Hertfordshire, one of the…
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