New NERC Doctoral Training Partnership announced for London institutions

UCL and eight other leading London institutions have today announced the creation of a new London NERC Doctoral Training Partnership, which will specialise in training the next generation of environmental scientists. One of 15 Doctoral Training Partnerships (DTPs) across the UK funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and revealed today by the Minister for Universities and Science, the Rt. Hon. David Willetts, the £100 million total investment reflects NERC's renewed commitment to postgraduate training. Supporting 1,200 PhD students across the fifteen partnerships, this will result in at least 240 new students beginning training every year for five years, with the opportunity for partners to co-fund, boosting the number of studentships available. The London NERC Doctoral Training Partnership brings together over 375 academics working across most of the environmental sciences.  It is a unique collaboration between UCL, Birkbeck University of London, Brunel University, Institute of Zoology, King's College London, The Natural History Museum, Queen Mary University of London, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Royal Holloway University of London.