PhD and training opportunities

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PhDs at BGS

Available PhD opportunities are listed below and also advertised on Twitter via @DocBGS. PhD research with BGS provides more information on:

  • the types of PhDs we offer
  • eligibility
  • equality, diversity
  • inclusion and how to apply

Current opportunities

Disentangling groundwater from fluvial flood risk across Northern Ireland’s permeable flood plains

Supervisors: Stephen Birkenshaw (NU), Paul Wilson (BGS – Geological Survey of Northern Ireland), Chris Jackson (BGS)
Location: Newcastle

Improving flood protection across scales: novel geophysical methods to investigate vulnerable linear flood defences

Supervisors: Mihai Cimpoiasu (BGS), Oliver Kuras (BGS), Ross Stirling (NU), Jessica Holmes (NU), Colin Davie (NU), Adrian White (NU), Jim Whiteley (Atkins Realis)

Location: Newcastle/ BGS

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PhD research with BGS

Studying for your PhD at BGS.

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BUFI

BUFI is the home of doctoral research at the BGS, which is one of the UK’s largest providers of postgraduate research training in geoscience.

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BUFI science festival

BUFI Science Festival

The BUFI Science Festival is an annual competitive event to showcase the science undertaken by BGS PhD students.

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