Dear all, Applications are now open for the NERC funded short course "Taxonomic skills and field techniques for freshwater ecology and quality". This is a five-day course held onsite at the Natural History Museum, London, UK. Course dates: 19-23 May 2025 Application deadline: 24 April 2025 Cost: Free Course website: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/study/training/freshwater-ecology.html This five-day course combines a mixture of lectures, practicals and a one-day field excursion to the New Forest to introduce course delegates to the principles and applications of field technique skills, sample collection, microscopy and taxonomic identification of freshwater species relevant to water ecology and quality. This course has been running for six years and has a capacity for 15 participants. It is suitable for PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, early career biology and environmental science researchers and individuals who work in the environment and ecology sectors. By working closely with Museum scientists, participants will gain expertise to meet the needs and challenges of their current and future careers. Further information, together with links to the application form can be found on the course website: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/study/training/freshwater-ecology.html Dr Nick Crumpton Short Course Programme Coordinator The Natural History Museum Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD UK nick.crumpton@nhm.ac.uk Nick Crumpton (to subscribe/unsubscribe the EvolDir send mail to golding@mcmaster.ca)