Diary of a CEEC fieldworker

By Harry Ewing, PhD candidate in BIO Email: h.ewing@uea.ac.uk Twitter: @Ewing_birds Fieldwork can be both mentally and physically exhausting, but it can also yield enormously valuable and rewarding experiences. This blog post documents my first PhD field season, setting up a new study system in the wilds of Eastern England. Exploring The Brecks When people…

UEA’s Ireland Field Ecology trips

This is a blog about the UEA’s field ecology trip to Ireland written by several demonstrators: Kris Sales, Jessie Gardner, Jenny Donelan, Seth Thomas, Ellie Fairfield & Claire Buchan. UEAs Field Ecology course to the Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, South West Ireland has run for decades. Originally, students camped in a barn of a farmer…

Adventures in SciComm: podcasting from a conference

By Mike Pointer, PhD Candidate in BIO. Conferences are a great way to engage with our research community. Podcasts are a great way to engage with the wider public. Earlier this year, before the pandemic took over our lives, I had a go at combining the two, reporting from PopGroup53 as part of an episode…