The FBA are running a two day training course on 'Identifying caddis' on Thursday 6th and Friday 7th June 2013 at the FBA, Windermere. A small number of places are still available on the course. To find out more details and to book a place, please go to www.fba.org.uk/fba-training-courses.

The FBA are running a two day training course on 'Identifying aquatic beetles' on Tuesday 4th and Wednesday 5th June 2013 at the FBA, Windermere. A small number of places are still available on the course. To find out more details and to book a place, please go to www.fba.org.uk/fba-training-courses.

The FBA are running a one day training course on 'Entomology for anglers Level 2' on Saturday 1st June 2013 at the FBA, Windermere. One place is still available on the course. To find out more details and to book, please go to www.fba.org.uk/fba-training-courses.

Please note that this course has already taken place, but contact us for dates in 2014.

The FBA are running a one day training course on 'Entomology for anglers Level 1' on Saturday 11th May 2013 at the FBA, Windermere. A small number of places are still available on the course. To find out more details and to book a place, please go to www.fba.org.uk/fba-training-courses.

Do you tweet or does the very thought strike fear into the heart? Did you know that the FBA does via @freshwaterbio? A recent article published in FBA News in Spring 2013 (No. 59, p10) discusses why and how freshwater colleagues use this form of social media. To download the article go to the downloads page.

The Freshwater Biological Association in partnership with the University of Cumbria is offering an opportunity for a graduate or post graduate wanting to develop skills and experience by working on an innovative GIS web-development project. The position is based at the FBA in Windermere, for more information please see our Jobs & Notices page https://www.fba.org.uk/jobs-notices.

A new job opportunity has become available for a Freshwater Bioremediation Researcher based at the FBA (Windermere). For more information please see our Jobs & Notices page https://www.fba.org.uk/jobs-notices. (Please note, as of 26th March the position is no longer being advertised)

The Great British Winter, a BBC series on the countryside and natural history in winter, is broadcast this week. Watch BBC2 at 6.30pm on Tuesday to see the episode on lakes and rivers, and look out for scenes filmed at or near the FBA's Windermere site, including our own Honorary Research Fellow Ian Wallace, Ian Winfield from CEH and some of our captive Arctic charr.

The FBA are running a two day training course on 'Identifying freshwater invertebrates' on Wednesday 20th - Thursday 21st March 2013 at the FBA, Windermere. A small number of places are still available on the course. To find out more details and to book a place, please go to www.fba.org.uk/fba-training-courses.

The next meeting of the Scottish Freshwater Group will be at the University of Stirling on Thursday, 4th April. For details and a programme, see: www.facebook.com/ScottishFreshwaterGroup.

The following day (Friday 5th April), the West Midlands and North West England Freshwater Group meeting will be held at the University of Manchester. To see the agenda and abstracts, and to register, go to: nwfwgroup.doattend.com.

The London Freshwater Group will be meeting on Friday 22nd March at the Natural History Museum, to celebrate its 40th anniversary; details will follow when the timetable is confirmed.