THS:UKI & UK Centre for Seabed Mapping (UK CSM) are pleased to welcome the Port of London Authority (PLA) as a Gold Sponsor of the UK CSM Bursary Scheme!

David Parker, Hydrographer of the Port of London, said: “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯 𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘉𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘎𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘳. 𝘐𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘺𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘯𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘓𝘈 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘺𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨.”

The team behind the bursary are incredibly grateful to the Port of London Authority for its commitment to investing in the next generation of hydrographic professionals and supporting the future of our industry.

Applications for the 2026 UK CSM bursary are now open to individuals who are applying for eligible UK hydrographic and seabed mapping MSc courses, helping talented people access the education and skills needed to enter or progress within the profession. Find more information here: UK Centre for Seabed Mapping Bursary Scheme – The Hydrographic Society

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