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SEEN 5.1 App of the week
I have been using this one to record rhododendron http://www.rinse-europe.eu/smartphone-apps
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SEEN 5.1 Species of the week
Emperor penguin http://twentytwowords.com/emperor-penguins-come-to-a-rope-across-their-path-are-completely-baffled-by-the-problem/
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SEEN 5.1 Southampton News
I am organising an Ada Lovelace event this Wednesday to celebrate women in science. Ada Lovelace day is actually tomorrow but we will celebrate on Wednesday afternoon. There are still a few spaces left, if you would like to attend http://tinyurl.com/lbrne5l You can find out more about Ada Lovelace here http://findingada.com/. Our event is listed […]
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SEEN 5.1 Employability
Careers day A date for your diary – the annual Centre for Biological Sciences careers day, organised jointly with BioSoc, will take place on Wednesday 12th November. You will be able to sign-up for a range of sessions to help you regardless of whether you are very focussed on your career or haven’t selected a […]
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SEEN 5.1
There have been lots of links sent in – thank you all (especially Emma and Rob)! Emma Joslin gives us all the annual reminder that membership to the British Ecological Society is free for 12 months for all undergraduates, masters students and 1st year PhD students http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/membership/bes-student-membership-offers/. Emma also noticed that that Royal […]
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SEEN 4.12 Southampton news
Southampton bioblitz Southampton Bioblitz 2014 – we are looking for student volunteers to help out on the day. You will get: to work with local ecological experts, help out members of the public, graduate passport points, something great for your CV, a free t-shirt! You can sign up here for the whole day (14th June) […]
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SEEN 4.12
MRes student Dani Free was obviously thinking about the bioblitz when she found this guide to using citizen science for monitoring the environment on LinkedIn (thank you Dani!) http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/choosing_and_using_citizen_science_guide_2014_23.html PhD student James Hansford thought you might all be interested to know that ZSL are looking for volunteers for the Tsaobis Baboon Project. Positions are […]
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SEEN 4.12 website of the week
The bank vole – read more about their adaptive divergence due to a random mutation which resulted in a variation in haemoglobin, which increased resistance to oxidative stress, giving a selective advantage during post-glacial warming http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/281/1786/20140021.full
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SEEN 4.12 Species of the week
The bank vole – read more about their adaptive divergence due to a random mutation which resulted in a variation in haemoglobin, which increased resistance to oxidative stress, giving a selective advantage during post-glacial warming http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/281/1786/20140021.full
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SEEN 4.12 Employability
Work experience For those of you hoping to pursue a career in ecological consultancy, Hampshire Ecological Services Ltd (run by Biological Sciences alumnus John Poland) will be offering a limited number of voluntary work experience opportunities to shadow ecologists on fieldwork. Hampshire Ecological Services hope to help address the consultancy ‘skills gap’ and give graduates […]
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