Hello and welcome to SEEN (Southampton Ecology & Evolution news)!
For first year students, SEEN is an email of interesting links, including employability information, which I send to all Biology and Zoology students every fortnight during term-time. If you find something interesting on the internet, please send it to me and I will include it in the next edition.
I look forward to hearing from you!
Judith
For 1st years
The field course – dates are now confirmed at 5th-15th April (don’t worry about missing lectures that day, we will sort it out for you). Phoebe Cross made this youtube film last year http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmDbyjTOefM&feature=plcp
There are some short guides on various topics available on the Higher Education Academy (HEA) websitehttp://www.heacademy.ac.uk/resources/detail/subjects/bioscience/student-short-guides
Finance – the HEA has suggested that you may find this information from Martin Lewis usefulhttp://www.moneysavingexpert.com/students/student-loans-tuition-fees-changesutm_medium=email&utm_source=The+Higher+Education+Academy&utm_campaign=1663536_BiosciencesNewsletterSep2012&dm_i=12ZA,ZNLC,5IZX9K,303YW,1
In the news – just a few in this issue, I need your help!
Exploding termites –Â http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19001083Â – thank you Lex!
Twenty years ago global leaders pledged to protect the Earth’s climate and biodiversity at the Rio Earth Summit. This year they met again, you can read more in this Nature Rio+20 special
http://www.nature.com/news/specials/rio20/index.html
It is the speed of climate change that is of such concern, slow climate change can boost biodiversityhttp://www.nature.com/news/species-multiply-as-earth-heats-up-1.11350
Spiders vs conkershttp://www.thereaction.net/news/y2010/m10/spiders_versus_conkers_definitive_guide.aspx the films are funny to watch but they clearly need some directed on how to measure animal behaviour J
How to publish in Nature, a short youtube guide (sort of)Â http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClfwnVh8z6s&feature=youtu.be
Why are our brains so big? http://www.sciencemag.org/content/338/6103/33.full
Learn more about your brain here http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/brainsmart/
Stem cell derived germ cells produce babies http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2012/10/oocytes-normal-mice.html?ref=hp – reviewhttp://www.nature.com/news/mouse-stem-cells-lay-eggs-1.11545  – reviewhttp://www.sciencemag.org/content/early/2012/10/03/science.1226889.abstract – article
Badger cull – you may have been following this story already http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19832603
Find out some facts about bovine TB and its relation to badgers hereL The Krebs report found that culling is not the best method of control and you may have seen an online petition which shows that many members of the public are also against it http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19709033
I thought SEEN might be a good way for us to share information about it, send in your links!
Electric cars, a good idea you might think. But most electricity is not green http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19830232 – review
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1530-9290.2012.00532.x/abstract – article
Looking forward to your links for the next edition!
Judith
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