As Digital Content Manager, specialising in BAS online engagement campaigns, Amanda leads on the creation, co-ordination, publishing and impact analysis of content on our digital and social media channels; including the BAS website, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. Amanda also manages social media channels for the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Prior to joining BAS, Amanda engaged in science communication during her academic career  in Archaeology, and later led public communications for an Essex school. Amanda joined BAS in 2018 in the role of Science Support Administrator with the BAS Research Development and Support team. Amanda joined the BAS Communications team in January 2020 in the role of Digital Communications and Engagement Officer, before becoming the BAS Digital Communications Manager in March 2021.

Amanda holds an MA in Archaeology and Anthropology from Cambridge University and an MSc in Geoarchaeology from Reading University. She is currently undertaking undertaking a postgraduate qualification in Practical Science Communication with the Cambridge Institute for Continuing Education.

1. Diversity in UK Polar Science Initiative – Key outcomes

   A series of events and activities to raise awareness of opportunities in UK Polar Science

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1. GUEST BLOG: Saving Antarctica! The 30th Anniversary of the signing of the Protocol on Environmental Protection

   The Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty was agreed in 1991 and came into force in 1998, once it had been ratified by all 26 (currently 28) Antarctic […]

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2. GUEST BLOG: Polar Diplomacy

   2021 marks several anniversaries for diplomacy in the Polar Regions. This month (19 September) we celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Arctic Council. Whilst the Arctic and Antarctic are truly […]

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1. COP26 Polar Net Zero

   Join online – this interactive event challenges young people around the globe to think about the part they can play in creating a low carbon future.

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