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Duncan Mercer prize awarded
The Duncan Mercer prize is awarded by OSC to individuals of exceptional ability, achievement, and most importantly, those who have gone to greatest effort to help OSC (and its employees) with alacrity, in ways above and beyond what is expected. … Continue reading
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Are P values and hypothesis testing obsolete?
A normal day in the OSC office, pondering about science, and two things came up: Is hypothesis testing using p values still way forward in science? Do red unicorns exist? Yes, we did say that. Allow us to elaborate… In … Continue reading
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OSC Helping to Support UKRI/EPSRC funded Doctoral Training in Mathematical Modelling, Analysis and Computation (“MAC-MIGS”)
We are pleased to announce that Ocean Science Consulting will partner with the University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University in a new £12M UKRI/EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Mathematical Modelling, Analysis and Computation which will train 75 PhD students … Continue reading
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Thor of Valhalla
In 2018, OSC purchased a new ship, named Thor of Valhalla. Here is the story of how she travelled from Norway to the UK and the adventures she had on the way. Thor started her life as Svein Magne in … Continue reading
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OSC ISO Re-certified
OSC are proud of the standard of service they supply to clients. On 29th November 20117, OSC once again satisfied International Standards Organisation (ISO) and Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series (OHSAS) audits. OSC’s ISO 9001 accreditation ensures quality management … Continue reading
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WARNING: Fraudulent email identity theft
OSC’s Managing Director, Dr. Victoria Todd has had her identity stolen by a cyber thief. If you have received an email from the address: drvictoriatodd@mail.ru or from anybody claiming to be Dr Victoria Todd with a gmail or non OSC … Continue reading
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OSC to attend A Community on Ecosystem Services 2016 conference in Florida
OSC will be attending the A Community on Ecosystem Services (ACES) conference, to be held from 5-9 December 2016 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA. The conference focuses on linking science, practice and decision-making around sustainability and ecosystem services. One of our founding Directors, Dr … Continue reading
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Marine Mammal Observer & Passive Acoustic Monitoring Handbook
Today, OSC are celebrating the publication of their new book, the Marine Mammal Observer & Passive Acoustic Monitoring Handbook. Fresh from the printers, copies arrived at OSC’s office in Dunbar this morning – champagne & cookies all round! The ‘Marine … Continue reading
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Ocean Science Consulting gains ISO certification
Ocean Science Consulting Ltd (OSC) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded International Organization of Standardization (ISO) certification by Alcumus ISOQAR (a United Kingdom Accreditation Services [UKAS] accredited certification body) for the supply of marine environmental and offshore … Continue reading
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Dredging impacts on marine mammals
We recently had our review paper ‘A review of impacts of marine dredging activities on marine mammals’ accepted for publication in ICES Journal of Marine Science. Marine dredging is an excavation activity carried out worldwide by many industries. Concern about … Continue reading
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