Undergraduate Sandwich Intern: Capturing critical data from botanical books
Undergraduate Sandwich Intern: Capturing critical data from botanical books
Full Title: Undergraduate Sandwich Intern: Investigating best practice in capturing critical data from botanical books
Every year a large number of books are published containing new botanical information. Such science-based changes and additions are critical data for accurate conservation and policy decisions as well as the basis for future science. Most of which are not available in electronic form, so it is essential that such data are databased to make the results of the science widely available. Therefore, at Kew we screen books for new data and incorporate that into the International Plant Names Index (IPNI) and the World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) databases.
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We are looking at possibilities of doing this in a more decentralised way. World Flora Online (WFO) is such a decentralised model, and we would like to investigate how data is incorporated there today and what is needed to incorporate data to achieve the same data quality as IPNI and WCVP provide, either by importing edited data into WFO or editing data in WFO and feeding back into Kew databases. For this internship, applicants must have some knowledge of working with scientific plant names.
Please state your education dates in your application.
This role is based at Kew with the option of regular home working, subject to operational requirements.
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew) is a leading plant science institute, UNESCO World Heritage Site, and major visitor attraction. Our mission is to understand and protect plants and fungi for the well-being of people and the future of all life on Earth.
We are working to end the unprecedented extinction crisis and to help create a world where nature is protected, valued by all and managed sustainably. We will achieve these goals by drawing on our leading scientific research, unrivalled collections of plants and fungi, global network of partners, inspirational gardens at Kew and Wakehurst, and our 260 years of history.
Join us on our journey as protectors of the world’s plants and fungi.
The salary for this position is £24,535 per annum (pro rata) [Intern Grade]
Our fantastic benefits package includes opportunities for continuous learning, a generous annual leave entitlement, flexible working to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance, an Employee Assistance Programme and other wellbeing support such as cycle to work scheme and discounted gym membership. We also offer a competitive pension, an employee discount scheme and free entry into a wide range of national museums and galleries, as well as access to our own beautiful gardens at Kew and Wakehurst.
If you are interested in this position, please submit your application through the online portal, by clicking “Apply for this job”.
We are dedicated to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to interview disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post.
No agencies please.