On 27th February, 33 PhD students of the third NERC Centre for Doctoral Training in Oil and Gas cohort (2016), left their respective HEI’s and gathered together at Heriot Watt University for the first time since attending the NERC CDT Annual Conference and subsequent two week residential Environmental Impact and Regulation Module there in November, […]
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Double recognition for CDT student at Newcastle
Alex Svalova, a CDT student in the 2014 cohort studying at the University of Newcastle, is in a winning groove as she has been chosen to showcase her research at the UK parliament in Westminster on 13th March as part of the STEM for BRITAIN programme. Alex is joining 5 other PhD students in Science, […]
CDT represented at American Geophysical Union’s Fall meeting
Callum Fry, a CDT student in the 2015 entry cohort studying at the University of Southampton, was selected to present a poster of his work at the American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) fall meeting held in San Fransisco from 12 – 16th December 2016.
NERC CDT student secures position as visiting researcher in USA
Xiaodong Yang, who is now in his third year as a CDT student, has secured a position as a visiting researcher at the prestigious Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts, USA.
Annual Conference 2016
83 PhD students comprising the first three annual intakes to the NERC Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Oil & Gas were joined by a similar number of representatives from industry, academic partners, government and regulatory authorities for the CDT’s 2nd Annual Conference held in James Watt Centre 2 on 7th November.
Sun shines on the NERC CDT Partners’ Workshop at the Dalmahoy Hotel, Edinburgh
Twenty representatives from all 7 core academic partners, 8 associate partners and 5 industry partners met for a two day workshop on 20/21 April at the Dalmahoy Hotel near Heriot-Watt’s Riccarton campus on the outskirts of Edinburgh. This was an opportunity for the CDT partnership to review the operation of the NERC CDT research and […]
Petroleum Basins Analysis, Orkney visitors and YP Mentor Networking – all in a week’s work for the CDT’s second student cohort
The 2015 cohort returned to Heriot-Watt in mid-February for the second module in their year 1 training programme. An Introduction to Geology session was held at the Dovecot Tapestry Studios in Edinburgh City Centre, hosted by Andy Bell, regional team leader, Global Geology Research and including a ‘treasure-hunt’ to identify various stones used in the […]
UK Government pledges major support for Heriot-Watt University-led initiatives
Prime Minister David Cameron has announced a series of measures to support the oil and gas industry, including the recent extension to the Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC) Centre of Doctoral Training (CDT) in Oil and Gas led by Heriot-Watt.
NERC announces extension for its Centre for Doctoral Training in Oil & Gas
The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) has today announced that it will provide @£1m to fund a fourth annual intake of PhD students to its Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Oil & Gas. This will take the total number of students funded under this scheme to 120 by 2017 as NERC’s 10 studentships leverage […]
Biostratigraphy and Carbonate Sequence Stratigraphy
The NERC CDT training programme comprises 20 weeks of training, 16 of which are mandatory training for all students and 4 weeks comprise optional modules. The overall aim of the training program is to give students the opportunity to take advanced level courses applicable to their area of research, and to widen their knowledge and […]
2015 Environmental Impact and Regulation module
The first two weeks of November have seen the new 2015 cohort of CDT PhD students undertake their first tailored training modules, based at Heriot Watt University. The students were introduced to the CDT community at the Annual Conference, which was followed by a two-day Induction course giving a half-day session to each of the […]
Annual Conference 2015
The NERC Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Oil & Gas held its annual conference on November 2nd 2015 at Heriot-Watt University. The conference was opened by the University’s Principal, Prof. Williams, the Scottish Minister for Energy, Business and Tourism, Fergus Ewing MSP, and NERC’s Director of Science & Innovation, Dr Ian Gillespie.
And then there were eleven…Woodside Energy join as core industrial partner
Australian-based Exploration Company, Woodside Energy, has become the latest company to declare its support for the NERC Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Oil & Gas, bringing the total number of industrial core partners to eleven. Moreover, Woodside has backdated its support to the beginning of the scheme to mirror that of the other ten […]
Cairn energises NERC CDT by signing up as 10th industry sponsor
One of Europe’s leading independent oil and gas exploration and development companies, Cairn Energy, has agreed to support the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Oil & Gas.
Scottish Minister for Energy on fact-finding visit to the CDT
Fergus Ewing, Scottish Minister for Business, Energy and Tourism, explores the importance of geological interpretation for extending the life of the mature North Sea Basin.