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 for free
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 a joint Annual Meeting with the Société Française d'Écologie with over 1100 delegates
Published and promoted more than 800 high-quality articles in our international journals
Provided training, advice and mentoring for ecologists at Undergraduate level and beyond
Provided a summer school for talented under-graduates
Supported PhD students in developing their own outreach projects
Trained over 100 early-career researchers in how to communicate their science to policy-makers
Supported early-career researchers on work shadowing placements at Defra, Welsh Government and European Parliament

3. JOIN US: www.britishecologicalsociety.org
Contact us for information about the 2nd 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 Annual Meeting in Edinburgh, UK December 2015
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