The second Norwich Model Arctic Council for university has been a long time in coming! Finally, after a three-year hiatus due to the pandemic, we were recently able to gather together again at the University of East Anglia for our most extensive university conference. It was a triumphant return — read all about it in …
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Schools Newsletter – July 2022
The academic year is finally coming to an end, and we’re all looking forward to the summer break. We wish you all the best for yours — and we hope you’ll join us for one of our Model Arctic Council conferences for secondary schools next year. Read our July newsletter to find out more about …
Norwich Model Arctic Council for University 2
The second Norwich Model Arctic Council (NORMAC) for University has been a long time in coming. It was intended to take place in the summer of 2020, a year after the first NORMAC for University. The pandemic scuppered those plans, as well as plans for the summer of 2021. So it was with a keen …
Schools Newsletter – May 2022
Earlier this month, we returned to Wycombe Abbey for our second Wycombe Model Arctic Council (WYCOMAC) conference — our final schools conference of this academic year. Read all about it in our May newsletter—and catch up on our other schools MACs this year as well. We’ll be back in touch before the academic year ends …
Wycombe Model Arctic Council 2
It was a pleasure to return to the leafy and beautiful school grounds of Wycombe Abbey last weekend for the second Wycombe Model Arctic Council (WYCOMAC), which took place alongside Wycombe Abbey’s Model United Nations conference. Originally scheduled for January, WYCOMAC 2 was postponed to May due to the pandemic, and disruptions to scheduling meant …
University Newsletter – May 2022
We’re pleased to announce that we’ve extended the registration period for our second Norwich Model Arctic Council by two weeks, to Friday 13th May. Take advantage of this extension and register now for our final university MAC this academic year! Read our May university newsletter for more information. And if you missed our April newsletter, …
Presentation at 7th UK Arctic Science Conference
Yesterday, I took part in a session on ‘Innovation in Arctic education and public outreach’ at the Seventh UK Arctic Science Conference, organised by the UK Arctic Office, the Durham Arctic Research Centre and Durham University. I reported on the launch of the Scotland Model Arctic Council (SCOTMAC) for undergraduate students, which took place a …
University Newsletter – April 2022
It’s good to be in touch with you again since our February newsletter! We delayed our March newsletter to bring you news of our first-ever Scotland Model Arctic Council (SCOTMAC), which took place a few weeks ago at the Scottish Association for Marine Science. It was a great success — read all about it in …
Schools Newsletter – April 2022
It’s good to be back in touch with you after our last newsletter in February. We delayed our March newsletter in order to bring you news of Norwich Model Arctic Council (NORMAC) 6, which took place that month, as well as an update on the postponed Wycombe Model Arctic Council (WYCOMAC) 2. NORMAC 6 was …
Student remarks on SCOTMAC
I’m most grateful to Erica Zaja, a fourth-year undergraduate student reading Ecological and Environmental Sciences at the University of Edinburgh, for her very positive reflections on the first-ever Scotland Model Arctic Council (SCOTMAC). Erica took part as a delegate, never having experienced model diplomacy, and she had this to say in her guest post on …