Biodiversity, Wildlife And Ecosystem Health Msc

Nikita Shiel-Rolle from The Bahamas graduated from the Biodiversity Wildlife and Ecosystem Health programme in 2014. Today she says:
"Almost exactly two years after completing the program I want to share with you how valuable the MSc programme was for me. Not without it’s challenges especially as I was working full time, however I have been able to directly apply what I learned in the MSc progamme into my daily conservation work with Young Marine Explorers. You may be interested in this TedX talk that I gave last year, again many of the concepts that I talk about mirror the discussion that we would have had during the MSc programme."
Check out her TedX talk below!

http://mysteriousuniverse.org/…/porch-l ights-have-altered-…/

Anyone around Edinburgh tomorrow (1st April)? The Science Festival is full of treats, including this open discussion at the Botanics on translocation: http://www.sciencefestival.co.uk/event-de tai…/natures-tardis

Students on the MSc Digital Education have created a game for Innovative Learning Week to chart just how distributed the University of Edinburgh is. Feel free to share images of your work location, and try to identify the images there shared by others! http://edinburgheverywhere.parseapp.com/i ndex.html

And if you want the original paper Lizzie wrote that led to the BBC article, check it out at: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/ s13364-015-0257-6. Light reading for the weekend!

Sounds interesting!

Some of you may remember Jess from her week on bumblebees in last year's Conservation Genetics course! Here is her new paper.

Read about one of last year's students, Lizzie, and her survey confirming increasing polecat distribution in the UK: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environ ment-35386042

Has your dissertation this year contributed to furthering knowledge or understanding of social responsibility or sustainability? If so, you could be in with a chance to win a £150 prize in the Office of Social Responsibility & Sustainability's Dissertation competition!! http://www.ed.ac.uk/…/themes/research-t …/dissertation-prizes

Check out the Semester 2 online courses for MSc students from the Institute of Academic Development! Includes "Working Effectively Around your life" and "Dissertations for publication".

Are you planning on attending the Winter Graduation Ceremony? Please join us for a drinks reception - check your @sms email for details! http://www.ed.ac.uk/…/news/2015/winter- graduation-reception…

Reminder to applicants and prospective students to register for any of these online information sessions this Wednesday for advice and informatino: http://www.ed.ac.uk/st…/postgraduate/on line-events/timetable

We'd like to hear from you! Instead of just giving you a survey we encourage you to send us an ‘Audio Postcard’ from wherever you are studying. We'll be gathering a collection and it would be great to hear from students on this programme! For more details and the submissions received already see - http://odl-snapshots.is.ed.ac.uk/

New students getting ready to join us? Check out the 'getting started' guide for ODL students at: http://www.ed.ac.uk/…/getting-…/odl-g etting-started-download. Personal Tutors will be in contact to confirm attendance of new and returning students in Welcome Week (14th Sept)

Online information sessions for applicants Wed 26th August. There's sessions on admissions (3pm), getting started, careers, ask our students, and an ODL specific session at 12pm. http://www.ed.ac.uk/st…/postgraduate/on line-events/timetable