1. Why join the BES? www.britishecologicalsociety.org
Free 12 months membership for Undergraduate/ Masters/ 1st year PhD students
Why join the BES?
Member only grants to fund training, travel, and research
Participate in training and our career initiatives
Access our world-renowned high-impact journals
Communicate your science to decision-makers and help ensure that policy is informed by sound evidence
Engage with our education and pubic engagement programmes
Reduced registration to all BES meetings where you can network with a global community of ecologists
Connect with ecologists in your field through our Specialist Interest Groups
Receive 25% discount when publishing open access articles in BES journals

2. In the last 12 months we: www.britishecologicalsociety.org
Awarded over £300,000 in grants to our members
Hosted the INTECOL conference and enabled students from 37 countries to attend
Published and promoted more than 700 high-quality articles in our international journals
Provided training, advice and mentoring for ecologists at Undergraduate level and beyond
Hosted a student only symposium
Trained 30 early-career researchers in how to communicate their science to policy-makers
Supported women in science through a mentoring scheme
Supported early-career researchers on work shadowing placements at Defra, the Scottish Government, Welsh Government and European Parliament

3. JOIN US: www.britishecologicalsociety.org
Contact us for information about the first BES Undergraduate Summer school for aspiring ecologists
Take a look at the special interest groups and join any that match your areas of interest
Book your place for our Joint Annual Meeting with the Société Française d’Ecologie in Lille, France 9-12 December 2014
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