Ogden students win places on international science expeditions

The Ogden Trust and the British Schools Exploring Society offer joint bursaries of £1,000 for pupils at Specialist Schools sponsored by the Trust to join BSES expeditions.  These are serious scientific expeditions to remote and challenging environments which carry out valuable field work and research.  Participants require an interest in ecological and environmental science and a spirit of adventure. 
 
BSES was founded in 1932 by Surgeon Commander Murray Levick from an idea formed when he was a  zoologist on Captain Scott's final expedition 1911-1912 www.bses.org.uk
 
The Ogden Trust sponsored students from Easington Community School, Co Durham accepted for the 2007 BSES expeditions are:


Leanne Defty:  Canadian Yukon
Scott Holloway:  Amazon
Nicola Wright:  Amazon
Demi Strong:  Arctic
 
and Alexandra Keelan from Range High School, Formby has also been selected for the Canadian Yukon expedition

All students aged 16-20 who are attending, or who have attended, an Ogden sponsored school (see "Specialist Schools" list) can apply for these scholarships.  The 2008 expedition destinations are:  the Amazon Jungle, the Himalayas, the Norwegian Arctic Circle and Antarctica and there are also two gap-year expeditions in 2008 to the Norwegian Arctic Circle and Antarctica.
 
The deadline for applications is the end of March 2008.