Student Impact

Entrepreneurial Thinking For Scientists – Envision workshop

In February 2020 Envision students were invited to think about their research from a different perspective, that of an Entrepreneur. Find ou…

Beth Clarke – HM Government Open Innovation Team placement

Details of student and placement Name: Beth Clark Institution: Bangor University Placement Host: HM Government Open Innovation Team I…

Fracking magma

Carbon Storage in Secondary Forest

Near-Island Enhancement in Mesopelagic Communities

Tracking Bees Using Drones

Fall armyworm control on maize in Kenya

Mud, Sweat and Tears: PhD fieldwork in Uganda

#Envisionhighlight from Laura Hunt Fieldwork presented some unique challenges, including using heavy coring equipment in deep lakes from the…

Envision students’ highlights and challenges

We asked our students what their biggest highlights and challenges have been throughout their time as Envision PhD students. Both my most ex…

Adventures on an icebreaker doing Arctic science

Jack Garnett describes the wonder of a 3-week scientific expedition to the Arctic collecting samples for his ‘ENVISION’ PhD rese…

Amy Withers – NPIF Innovation Placement Programme

Details of student and placement Name: Amy Withers Institution: Lancaster University Placement Host: AgSpace Ltd What motivated you to apply…

Charlotte Smith – NPIF Innovation Placement Programme

Taking part in the NPIF Innovation Placement Programme gave me an opportunity to work with the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC); pioneers of…

David Arnott – NPIF Innovation Placement Programme

Details of student and placement Name: David Arnott Institution: Bangor University Placement Host: North York Moors National Park Authority …

Tim Peters – NPIF Innovation Placement Programme

Details of student and placement Name: Tim Peters Institution: Bangor University Placement Host: The Woodland Trust What motivated you to ap…

Best presentation runner up at Marine Biology Association Postgraduate Conference

Congratulations to Beth Francis who won the “best presentation runner up” at the Marine Biology Association Postgraduate Conference in P…

Working in the Cabinet Office’s Open Innovation Team

As a final year PhD student, I started to consider what to do after submitting my thesis. I decided it would be valuable to gain some experi…

Mechanisms and Outcomes of Predator-Prey Interactions: Scaling Across Space and Time

In January of this year, I was fortunate enough to gain the RTSG top up funds which enabled me to attend the “Mechanisms and Outcomes of P…

From morphology to microbiome: integrated common garden-genomic studies in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

Giles Exley training to use a power boat

Royal Yachting Association Level 2 Powerboat Handling Training

Additional funding from Envision allowed me to undertake training in powerboat handling at Preston Marina. My project looking at the environ…

Advanced Spatial Statistics Course for Researchers using ArcGIS

By the end of the two-day course I feel like I’ve learnt a lot. Having had very little experience of using Arc GIS and teaching myself to …

“Communicating your science” – My Experiences

In early January I found details of an amazing sounding course, run jointly by the British Ecological Society (BES) and the Zoological Socie…

View publications by our Envision students!

ALGAR, A. & TARR, S. 2018. Fossils, phylogenies and the evolving climate niche. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2, 414-415. BLOCKLEY,…

From the Laboratory to Westminster…my placement in the Open Innovation Team

As a third year PhD student I decided to undertake a placement to broaden my career prospects and get some professional experience outside o…

Envision Internships

Envision students have been undertaking 3 month policy placements with the Open Innovation Team at the Cabinet Office in London. So far Nick…

Sediment Detective Strikes again! Helping to save freshwater lakes, in the Philippines, for the future

Ice Enrichment Of Chemical Pollutants: A Significant Phenomenon In A Warmer Arctic

Discovering the world under the rainforest

Nathan Magnall’s Viva Success

Congratulations to Nathan Magnall who successfully defended his thesis ‘Multiscale analysis of the 2011-2012 Cordón Caulle rhyolite lava …

Research article published

Congratulations to Cohort 2 student, Paul McLachlan who has published his first research paper recently. The paper, “Geophysical character…

Cabinet Office Policy Placement

At the end of February 2017 I stopped research for my PhD to go on placement with the Cabinet Office’s new Open Innovation Team. On my fir…

Bangor University research is set to assist newly protected species

We know that trade and transport of ivory is strictly controlled to safeguard the elephants, and that other animal by-products such as the u…

Devil rays get worldwide protection, and genetic tools could catch out illegal traders

Jane Hosegood, an Envision DTP student in her 3rd year at Bangor University is studying ‘Novel genetic tools for conservation and man…

Investigating sea ice and Bering Sea palaeoceanography during the middle Pleistocene global climatic shift

Savannah Worne The NERC Isotope Geoscience Facilities Steering Committee is an excellent opportunity for UK based researchers to apply for f…

Bedload transport of sediment mixtures in shelf seas

Connor McCarron In my PhD project I am investigating the transport of sand and gravel mixtures in shelf seas through bedload transport. When…

Tim Peters and Dwynwen Cider

Since moving to North Wales to start a forestry degree at Bangor University, I noticed many productive apples trees were not being picked an…

Communicating Science & Field Trips

Paul McLachlan I understand the importance and enjoy communicating science through a range of physical and virtual formats. It is important …

Envision student success in Cabinet Office internship

The Cabinet Office’s Open Innovation Team generates analysis and ideas for priority projects by collaborating with academics and other…

Figure 1 Common mycorrhizal network in a forest 400 x 400 px

Investigating the transfer of carbon between trees via common mycorrhizal networks

Figure 1: Common mycorrhizal network in a forest (van der Heijden et al, 2014) T. D. Peters¹, D. L. Jones¹, A. R. Smith¹ ¹Scho…

Soil Micro-Aggregate Bond Energies and Modelling Fragmentation

Rachel Efrat – British Geological Survey Supervisors: Barry Rawlins John Quinton Andy Whitmore Chris Watts Summary Micro-aggregates, c…

Lake Sediments Unlock the Secrets to Past Climate Seasonality

Nick Primmer – University of Nottingham Supervisors: Matthew Jones Sarah Metcalfe Achim Brauer Melanie Leng Phil Barker Summary Some l…

Tropical Forest Roots and the Regulation of Greenhouse Gases

Nick Girkin- University of Nottingham Supervisors: Sofie Sjogersten Nick Ostle Nial McNamara Ben Turner Summary Tropical forested peatlands …

Towards a Universal Model for Lava Emplacement

Nathan Magnall – Lancaster University Supervisors: Mike James Hugh Tuffen Charlotte Vye-Brown Summary The emplacement (flow and coolin…

Caves Hold the Clues to Demise of the Neanderthals

Laura Deeprose – Lancaster University Supervisors: Peter Wynn Phil Barker Melanie Leng Summary The disappearance of the Neanderthals, …

Sea level and Salinity Drive Evolution in Stickleback Fish

Laura Dean – University of Nottingham Supervisors: Andrew MacColl Suzanne McGowan Xu Chen Summary Many of the lochs of North Uist, Sco…

Novel Genetic Tools for Conservation and Management of Manta and Mobula Rays

Jane Hosegood – Bangor University Supervisors: Gary Carvalho Mark de Bruyn Rob Ogden Summary Manta and Mobula rays are species under t…

Dragons Feel the Heat: Thermal Vulnerability of Lizards

James Hicks – University of Nottingham Supervisors: Adam Algar Andrew MacColl Ahimsa Campos-Arceiz Summary Climate change is having an…

Adaptation to Environmental Stress by Evolution of Non-Genotypic Heterogeneity Within Microbial Populations

David Foster – University of Nottingham Supervisors: Simon Avery Steve McGrath Paul Dyer Kirk Semple Ricky Wildman Summary Genetic var…

Flow Modification in a Tidal Farm and Potential Effects on Marine Habitats

Dan Potter – Lancaster University Supervisors: Andrew Folkard Suzana Ilic David Evans Stephen Quayle Summary The project aims to inves…

Bedload Transport of Sediment Mixtures in Shelf Seas

Connor McCarron – Bangor University Supervisors: Katrien Van Landeghem Jaco Baas Laurent Amoudry Ian Taylor Alan Roberts Summary The m…

Mixing in the Surface Mixed Layer of Temperate Shelf Seas

Brian Scannell – Bangor University Supervisors: Tom Rippeth Mattias Green Jeff Polton John Siddorn Summary The ocean plays a vital rol…

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