Bursaries for natural history training courses
News: https://nbn.org.uk/news/bursaries-for-natural-history-training-courses/

In order to encourage more taxonomic experts in Scotland, seven bursaries are being offered towards training courses in natural history field studies.

Alien amphibian and reptile species in the UK
News: https://nbn.org.uk/news/alien-amphibian-and-reptile-species-in-the-uk/

Amphibian and Reptile Conservation has just published a booklet on the UK’s alien amphibians and reptiles.

 

The Microverse project
News: https://nbn.org.uk/news/the-microverse-project/

The Natural History Museum's, The Microverse, project takes biological recording to a microscopic scale and invites 250 schools and colleges to collaborate.

QGIS – tools for biological recorders
News: https://nbn.org.uk/news/qgis-tools-for-biological-recorders/

Rich Burkmar has created a QGIS plugin tool, which uses NBN Web Services and helps do the things that biological recorders find most useful with GIS.

New checklists in UK Species Inventory
News: https://nbn.org.uk/news/new-checklists-in-uk-species-inventory/

The MSBIAS Marine checklist and the GBNNSIP checklist of non-native species are now in the UK Species Inventory.

Drupalgeddon response
News: https://nbn.org.uk/news/drupalgeddon-response/

Drupal 7 sites have been reviewed in the light of the security issues earlier this month.  If you think your site may be vulnerable get in touch.

NBN Gateway User Review – initial results
News: https://nbn.org.uk/news/nbn-gateway-user-review-initial-results/

Read the initial results of the NBN Gateway user review questionnaire, with the full report due in the coming months.

NBN Conference review by Bangor University students
News: https://nbn.org.uk/news/nbn-conference-review-by-bangor-university-student/

For the first time, a small number of students were sponsored to attend the NBN Conference.  Here, two students from Bangor University share their experience.

November 2014 NBN eNews
News: https://nbn.org.uk/news/november-nbn-enews/

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