Southampton News

Wellbeing BioBlitz bitesize walk – today 2pm! There is a walk around campus today, starting at 2pm, focussing on Bryophytes. If you are interested, meet on the red brick area outside the SUSU building.   External seminar speaker – tomorrow 1pm 85/2207 Dr Sheena Cotter The evolutionary ecology of personal and social immunity “I am […]

Frances Mullany asked me to let you all know about HerpSoc. She says “We have a facebook page called ‘University of Southampton Herpetological Society’ that anyone can join to get details on upcoming events. Our meetings usually happen once a fortnight on a Tuesday evening, comprising of various talks from guest speakers and other more interactive activities […]

Ada Lovelace day – thank you to those of you who came along to the events last week, they were very well received. In her talk, Emily Grossman highlighted the need for a culture change about how we perceive scientists. One interesting study she highlighted was the draw-a-scientist test. Student expect scientists to be men, […]

Ada Lovelace day On Wednesday 14th October the Centre for Biological Sciences will have its 2nd annual Ada Lovelace day celebration, to highlight issues relating to women in science. Our special guest this year is Dr Emily Grossman from Sky 1’s panel show “Duck quacks don’t echo” (more details here http://www.southampton.ac.uk/biosci/news/events/2015/10/14-emily-grossman.page?). Undergraduates are invited to […]

Southampton BioBlitz The 2nd annual Southampton BioBlitz is taking place for 24 hours from evening of 5th June. Find out more here http://www.southampton.ac.uk/sustainabilityaction/experience/bioblitz.page. We are looking for student volunteers to help out. Please sign-up to help out at the main event here https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1U5o7ezOPA3N95YtQeMZmyKnorYB3Ws97ODKHmR8MlFI/viewform?c=0&w=1. We are also doing mini-BioBlitzes in local schools in the run-up to […]

Southampton Feedback Champions Yesterday the Southampton Feedback Champions conference was on, where CfBS’ feedback champion Rebecca Wainwright (well done Rebecca, you were excellent at presenting, very engaging and good pace – my feedback to you), definitely championed on your behalf. You can find out more about the project by following them on Twitter (@feedbackchamps) and […]

New Forest walk and talk – invitation from Zoe Harris Please join us for a 2-day residential conference in the New Forest from 27th-29th April! The conference consists of a day of walks in the New Forest learning all about the historic landscape and current work being undertaken there. Day 2 is a day of […]

The Herpetological Society guest speaker – Thursday 19th March 12-13:00 – Building 46/2003 (Physics) Project Chicchan – Biodiversity Conservation in the Americas. Rowland Griffin, snake ecologist and founder of the project, will be giving a talk on reptile and amphibian conservation in the Americas.  He will also be introducing some exciting opportunities to get involved […]

BioBlitz 2015 On the evening and 5th June until the evening of 6th June we will be holding the Southampton BioBlitz on campus. This is an opportunity for members of the public to come along to find out about the species around them. Local species experts will come along to officially record what we find […]

Zoe Harris is organising the British Ecological Society’s Plant Environmental Physiology special interest group’s 4th annual young career scientist mini symposium. It will take place from 27th-29th April and focus on the New Forest. More information is available here http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pepg-new-forest-walk-and-talk-tickets-15156703107. It costs £80 or £50 for British Ecological Society or Society of Biology members (this […]