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SEEN 6.12 Southampton News
BioBlitz 2016 volunteering We are looking for volunteers for our BioBlitz events this summer. Our events have 3 themes this year: 1. On campus; 2. In local schools; 3. In the city centre. On campus: we will be having a BioBlitz on campus on Wednesday 8th June. The aim of the day will be for […]
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SEEN 6.12
Georgia Harper sent in this link to an article in PLOS One looking at the impact of a large-scale nature engagement campaign http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0149777 (thank you Georgia!) Imogen Gast says âIn the same vein as the chewbacca weevil, I found a nice little news report about a newly discovered wasp named after Brad Pitt. http://www.sci-news.com/biology/parasitic-wasp-species-brad-pitt-03842.htmlâ […]
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SEEN 6.12 Employability
Biodiversity internship Internship to work on a biodiversity management for Chilworth Conservation area still being advertised on the Excel placements website. The deadline for applications is 22nd May. Career planning workshop If you are unsure what to do after graduation, sign-up for the Biological Studentsâ Planning Career workshop here https://mycareer.soton.ac.uk/home.html A special invitation […]
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SEEN 6.12 Species of the week
The Bony-Eared Assfish (Acanthonus armatus). http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/03/160312-animals-assfish-weird-names-science-oceans/ (thank you Rob H!)
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SEEN 6.12 Website of the week
Freya Brown found a chrysalis in her garden last week. We identified it as a skipper using this guide http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/identification.php
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SEEN 6.11 Species of the week
Itâs Hedgehog awareness week http://www.britishhedgehogs.org.ukÂ
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SEEN 6.11 Website of the week
If you didnât know, the MRes Wildlife Conservation students have a blog â read their posts here http://blog.soton.ac.uk/wildlifeconservation/2016/04/29/an-update-from-kenya-managing-grassland-for-grazers/
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SEEN 6.11
There are 2 SEEN keen beans in this edition! Firstly from Carla Broom (thank you!): “There’s an amazing documentary series on BBC2, ‘Steve Backshall’s Extreme Mountain Challenge’ where he visits places that humans have never been and has a look at lots of incredible species and nature http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b074c5jk/steve-backshalls-extreme-mountain-challenge-episode-2 Also an albino gray whale has been […]
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SEEN 6.11 Southampton News
On the origin of species reading group â Chapter 3 will be discussed next Wednesday at 1pm in 85/6007. Itâs not to late to join!  Final year student Sophie Watts has written a blog post for Biowed.ie â read it here http://bioweb.ie/predation-in-chest-waders/ (well done Sophie!)
Posted in Southampton News
SEEN 6.11 Employability
Excel paid summer placements â 2 currently being advertised on the Excel website: 1 â Southampton City Council â effect of lighting on bats â deadline 8th May 2 â Chilworth Conservation â biodiversity management plan â deadline 22nd May  Paid internship with RHS, sent to Chris by alumni Steph Bird – https://www.rhs.org.uk/about-the-rhs/work-for-the-rhs/vacancies/Plant-Health-Internship-Swab-a-Slug  Woodland […]
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