May 2015

Naivety when entering university As an undergraduate, I thought that work – at least not before my third year – would be the farthest thing from my mind. Influenced by my childhood love for dinosaurs, my undying passion to be the next David Attenborough as well as a never ending curiosity with the mechanics of the human body, it was always clear that a BSc Biology degree was for me.  I had a wide range of interests and a passion to learn. Continue reading →

It is easy to discard social media as another gimmick for big international companies to collect information about us or as a platform to promote insignificant exchange of information about our daily lives.   The point has been made before, social media is a vast network and, yes, it promotes the dissemination of futile information, but it has something traditional media do not always offer: it is democratic – if you have access to the internet - and it is free. Continue reading →