Author Archives: Judith Lock

SEEN 3.11 species of the week

The greater wax moth – it can sense frequencies higher than any other animal http://www.nature.com/news/moth-smashes-ultrasound-hearing-records-1.12941

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SEEN 3.11 app of the week

Nature.com Reader app – now you can read your favourite Nature articles on your phone (maybe we’ll be able read one of your publications one day…)

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SEEN 3.11 Southampton News

MRes Wildlife Conservation The website now contains information about fees and research projects http://www.southampton.ac.uk/biosci/postgraduate/taught_courses/wildlife_conservation.page   SUSU Excellence in teaching awards Thank you for nominating lots of CfBS lecturers http://www.susu.org/making-a-difference/union-awards/2012/eta/nominees.html ! Our winners are: At faculty level: Vincent O’Connor – Best feedback At discipline level: Keith Fox – Outstanding lecturer Neil Gostling – Innovative teaching

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SEEN 3.11 Placements

Summer internship with Ordnance survey Career Destinations has just learned that Ordnance Survey want to recruit first and second year students across six different internship programmes, including HR, Marketing and Operations. The closing date is 17th May. Further details online: http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/news/2013/04/ordnance-survey-launches-summer-internships-programme.html.

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SEEN 3.11 Employability

Otterbourne Primary School As mentioned in the last edition of SEEN. If you’re interested in helping out with their environmental week (24th-27th June) please let me know by 16th May.   Hampshire bioblitz Again, if you’re interested in being teamed up with a local expert on 22nd June, please let me know by 16th May.

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SEEN 3.10 Southampton News

MRes Wildlife Conservation – the website is finally live! We still have important information to add, such as fees and research project details, but these will be added on next week. Third years, we are hoping to invite you along to an event to find out more. As alumni, you will receive a 10% discount […]

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SEEN 3.10 Placements

Excel placement Our summer placement with Southampton City Council, investigating the bats on Southampton Common, is currently being advertised here http://www.southampton.ac.uk/careers/employability/workexperience/excel_uk.html under “Engineering and Scientific” with job title “Ecologist Researcher”. The placement will be paid and is part-time for 12 weeks over the summer. Our local partners really want students with experience of a final […]

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SEEN 3.10

Olly Vaughan (1st year, reading group member!) thought you should all read this letter written by Richard Dawkins to his daughter when she turned 10. Thank you Olly! http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/12/28/richard-dawkins-letter-to-daughter/   Pete Boyd (PhD student), found this on Jerry Coyne’s blog. Pete describes is as “animals complaining about their evolved traits”, thank you Pete! http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2013/04/18/dear-evolution-letters-animals-bemoan-their-lot/   […]

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SEEN 3.10 app of the week

Photosynth allows you to take panoramic photos using your smartphone.

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SEEN 3.10 Species of the week

The mallard duck http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2313006/Record-breaking-Mallard-takes-water-huge-brood-TWENTY-FOUR-ducklings.html

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