Research Seminar 2011

Looking Forward

The Seventh Malham Tarn Research Seminar

Friday 18^th – Sunday 20^th November 2011

In the last month Adrian Pickles has moved to the post of Head of Centre at Preston Montford Field Centre and I have moved into post here, coming from Juniper Hall Field Centre.  As a Yorkshireman, I am happy to have returned ‘home’.  I am pleased and excited that there are a number of promises of talks already and will be working on developing the programme further over the coming week.

The Malham Tarn Research Seminar is an important means of focusing ideas about the area around Malham Tarn and brings together the results of ongoing research and monitoring. This will enable participants to consider issues of landscape, ecology and heritage in the wider area and reflect on the opportunities for research and monitoring identified in the Malham Tarn National Nature Reserve Management Plan.

Two areas of special interest this year are the future hydrological management of the Tarn Moss peat cliff and identifying, recording, storing and using the potentially vast range of data about the area.

The exact programme will depend on the full range of speakers and presentations but the weekend will begin on Friday night with an informal get together over dinner, when the final programme will be available. Formal presentations would then start on Saturday morning running through the day. On Sunday there will be will the opportunity to make site visits and for a wider ranging discussion if this is needed, with departure after lunch.

Whether you are a new researcher or already established in the area it would be marvellous to see as many people as possible at the Seminar. 

If you are planning to come, please do give me a call on 01729-830331 or e-mail me on mike.mt@field-studies-council.org to discuss your presentation and the programme.   Please contact us if you need a registration form

If you have already responded please spread the word to anyone else who you think should be here. They, and you, can be sure of a warm welcome at Malham Tarn Field Centre for some or all of the proceedings.  If you are unable to attend but would like to contribute in some way or kept on the mailing list for future seminars please let me know.

Mike Cawthorn
Head of Centre

Research Seminar 2009

Good Luck to Adrian Pickles!!!

After 10 years at Malham Tarn Field Centre, Adrian Pickles our Head of Centre has left to a new position within the FSC. Adrian has taken the position as the new Head of Centre at the Preston Montford Field centre in Shropshire.

Adrian had first come to the Centre in the 1980s as part of a team researching groundwater and erosion rates and then later went on to work  as a Centre Assistant for 6 months.  For the seven years before joining the FSC he worked as Head of Science at Blessed Robert Johnson Catholic College in Telford. 

After a decade managing Malham Tarn Field Centre, Adrian has seen the centre through difficult times, during the outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease in 2001.  After this time, Adrian was key in developing operational systems for the centre to work more effectively. He has been a key part in developing relations with Universities and individuals to conduct vital and interesting research into the area. In this time the Centre has been awarded a Gold Safety Shield Award and been accredited with the Learning Outside the Classroom Badge. This has all been achieved with running a centre with a great atmosphere, as one of the large centres in the FSC portfolio.

We would like to wish Adrian all the best at his new centre and hope he comes back soon to visit! 

Bets on for the first snowfall!

As the time approaches when the UK gets darker and colder into the winter months, Malham Tarn staff eagerly (or some not so eagerly) await the first winter snowfall.

Bets are on for when the first snowfall will be.........

Make your guesses now and post a comment to this blog or on the Facebook group page
Malham Tarn Field Centre FSC.

New Head of Centre Mike Cawthorn

The staff at Malham Tarn Field Centre would like to welcome our new Head of Centre, Mike Cawthorn. Mike has recently taken over from Adrian Pickles after Adrian left to become the Head of Centre for Preston Montford Field Centre in Shropshire.

With a career in travel management, followed by further education as Head of Outdoor Education for Kendal College in the Lake District,  Mike joined the FSC in 2009 as Head of Centre at Juniper Hall, where he managed the continued growth and development of business activities with upgrading of accomodation and education provision.

Mike is an avid sailor and  keen skier, has 4 guitars, two dogs, and one son who currently works at Juniper Hall.

It is an exciting time for staff and guests as Mike joins the team and we would like the chance to welcome him to Malham Tarn.