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This post is a brief flavour of our field course to Kenya back in November and is written by Natalie and Laura. Both of our research projects are based in Kenya so this trip was particularly exciting for us as we got to see where we would be gathering our data! During the field course […]

With the taught component of Semester 1 well and truly behind us, we’re all getting our teeth into our research projects now and beginning to discover the big, wide world of research…! The last few weeks have been a real change from the rest of our academic careers so far as we’ve begun to get started […]

Hi, I’m Robert Cooke, the token guy on the course, and I will be telling you all about the delight that is exam season! As always, after Christmas we all realised how much more work we should have done over the Christmas holidays, with assessments coming in thick and fast as soon as we returned […]

Our MRes Wildlife Conservation students are currently undertaking their research projects. However, there are some blog posts on the way. In the meantime, you can follow them on Twitter: @NatalieWinmill @RobertSCCooke @LauraMPratt @RachelSGardner @EleanorRendells @DaniFree85

Hi, my name is Eleanor and I’ll be filling you in on our activities post-Kenya! Since we returned from Kenya, we’ve been keeping ourselves busy with another round of lectures and seminars, a few assignments, a couple of road trips, our first test and of course, Christmas dinner! It’s been our busiest time yet but […]

Hi, I’m Dani and I am going to be writing about our first weeks on the course prior to our trip to Kenya. The first 6 weeks of the course have gone past in a bit of a whirl! But it has all been very exciting and very memorable. It all began at the end […]

Visit the MRes programme webpage for more information on the course: http://www.southampton.ac.uk/biosci/postgraduate/taught_courses/wildlife_conservation.page? The MRes Wildlife Conservation team Who we are:   Name: Danielle Free Age: 28 Undergraduate course & year of graduation: BSc Animal Behaviour and Welfare (Hons), 2012 (Guildford) Research project: Understanding social dynamics and their relevance for breeding success in captive populations Highlight […]