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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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 … Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
From morphology to microbiome: integrated common garden-genomic studies in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) Read More
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… Read More
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 … Read More
“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… Read More
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,… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
Sediment Detective Strikes again! Helping to save freshwater lakes, in the Philippines, for the future Read More
Nathan Magnall’s Viva Success Congratulations to Nathan Magnall who successfully defended his thesis ‘Multiscale analysis of the 2011-2012 Cordón Caulle rhyolite lava … Read More
Research article published Congratulations to Cohort 2 student, Paul McLachlan who has published his first research paper recently. The paper, “Geophysical character… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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 … Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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 … Read More
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… Read More
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, … Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More
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… Read More