{"id":6997,"date":"2017-08-02T12:32:34","date_gmt":"2017-08-02T12:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainableagriculturewaitrose.org\/?page_id=6997"},"modified":"2024-07-09T12:50:38","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T12:50:38","slug":"training","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/sustainable-agriculture\/training\/","title":{"rendered":"Training"},"content":{"rendered":"

Training
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWaitrose is leading a \u00a32m collaborative training partnership with Lancaster University, University of Reading, University of Warwick and Rothamsted Research to address global food security.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n


\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n

The award from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council<\/a> (BBSRC) will fund 18 four year studentships on three themes:Sustainable crop productionSustainable soil and waterBiodiversity and ecosystem services in agriculture<\/p>\n


\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n


\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFood Challenges\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n


\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n


\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCurrent PhD Opportunities\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n


\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n


\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHow to Apply\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n


\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n


\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMeet our Students\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n


\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n


\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tProjects\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Latest news\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Waitrose CTP Summer Team-Building Event<\/a><\/p>\n

Written by Jennifer Davies. I (along with so many others) had a rocky start to the first year of my PhD but, for me, the end of the year was much smoother. After 12 months of being limited to virtual …\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t September 10, 2021\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

I attended the Global Food Security Policy Lab- and it was great!<\/a><\/p>\n

Written by: Miranda Burke. The global food security programme, if you haven\u2019t heard of it, is a UK cross-government programme on food security research. They use interdisciplinary and whole system r…\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t June 1, 2021\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Can you judge a potato by its cover?<\/a><\/p>\n

Written by: Ed Hill-King I am a PhD student with the Waitrose CTP in the first year of my four-year programme and beginning my laboratory research in the Lancaster Environment Centre. My research is f…\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t April 30, 2021\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Making the Most of Your PIPS<\/a><\/p>\n

Written by: Dion Garrett –\u00a0My experiences of working with an industry partner and taking advantage of the opportunities they have to offer As part of the Waitrose Collaborative Training Partner…\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t April 14, 2021\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

It is a bug eat bug world …<\/a><\/p>\n

… and we should take advantage of that. Written by: Lucy Crowther. In recent decades, our agricultural system has grown increasingly reliant on chemicals for the control of insect crop pests. Bu…\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t March 19, 2021\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

The use of insect exclusion mesh to protect soft and stone fruit from damage by SWD (Spotted Wing Drosophila)<\/a><\/p>\n

Written by: Nick Buck & Michelle Fountain Background SWD is a fruit fly native to south east Asia capable of causing yield reductions by ovipositing in\u00a0soft and stone fruit increasing fruit susce…\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t March 17, 2021\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

1
\n\t2<\/a>
\n\t3<\/a>
\n\t4<\/a>
\n\t…
\n\t6<\/a>
\n\t→<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Training Waitrose is leading a \u00a32m collaborative training partnership with Lancaster University, University of Reading, University of Warwick and Rothamsted Research to address global food security. The award from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) will fund 18 four year studentships on three themes:Sustainable crop productionSustainable soil and waterBiodiversity and ecosystem services in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":381,"featured_media":5683,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"builder.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6997","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/sustainable-agriculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/sustainable-agriculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/sustainable-agriculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/sustainable-agriculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/381"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/sustainable-agriculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6997"}],"version-history":[{"count":174,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/sustainable-agriculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20145,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/sustainable-agriculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6997\/revisions\/20145"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/sustainable-agriculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/sustainable-agriculture\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}