As my journey at university comes to an end, and the last assignment of my three years at Bangor is impending, this final reflection serves as my conclusion. Including my opinions on the content and seminars delivered as part of Bangor University's Science and Employability module I reflect on the importance this module has had [...]
Month: May 2019
Exploitation Adaptation: An expert lecture on predation threat behaviour.
On Friday 22nd February 2019 we were lucky enough to attend a guest lecture by ecologist Dr. Sarah Papworth of The Royal Holloway University, London, as part of the Life and Environment series of seminars held at Bangor University. Dr. Sarah Papworth is an expert ecologist and senior lecturer in conservation biology. Since completing her [...]
Sexual Feeling: A expert lecture examining the evolutionary function of animal masturbation.
On Friday the 9th of November 2019 I attended a public lecture as part of the Life and Environment series of seminars held at Bangor University. Featuring guest-lecturer and University College London PhD Student - Matilda Brindle. Matilda Brindle is a scientist based at the UCL school of Anthropology with a primary focus on animal [...]
Pitch Perfect: a Dragon’s Den Style Innovation Sprint.
Bangor University students were invited to attend a dragons den style 'innovation sprint' as part of the Science and Employability module held in the third (and final) year. Following the enterprise lecture series from Chris Walker earlier in the term, we culminated our practical career workshops with a biology based innovative sprint. Placed into teams [...]
Planning for Profit: Building a Business Plan
Do you consider yourself to be an innovation whizz? Are you always coming up with brand news ideas or products that could *potentially* save the world? YES! But how do you put theory into workable practice... You know you need to start working on that business plan, to garner investment and support - but with [...]
The Tip of the Iceberg: using glacial geology to piece together the last British ice-sheet.
On Friday 22nd of March 2019 we were invited to attend a faculty lecture as part of the weekly Life and Environment series of seminars held at Bangor University, featuring guest lecturer from the University of Sheffield - Professor Chris D. Clark. Professor Clark is an expert in glacial geomorphology, gaining his PhD in 1990 from [...]
Conservation conversation. 