Meeting our visiting Exmoor Ponies at Cuckoo Tors ecology research site near Buxton! We are managing this land to benefit nature and natural processes and the ponies are all part of the plan – provided through the Wild Peak Grazing Network with Derbyshire Wildlife Trust . Who would have thought …
I’m back from the IUCN UK Peatland Programme in Derry with Moors for the Future Partnership, connecting with people and organisations involved in caring for peatlands and restoring these special places. Peatlands need restoring because they have been damaged through land management choices (e.g. draining), air pollution (e.g. industrial revolution …
Out at Allestree Park Community Rewilding project with Field Biology students of University of Derby – performing habitat condition surveys with Eleanor Atkins and soil carbon flux measurements with Cyril Mbachu. The global mean CO2 concentration in the atmosphere is currently about 420 ppm – and the pre-industrial value was …
Visit the University of Derby blog for this article I wrote about the new UK budget in March 2020. It’s just over a week since the Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak unleashed his ambitious ’spending spree’ budget, marking an end to austerity as a UK economic policy. Instead there …
I visited a Derbyshire primary school to contribute to a lesson on soil for 7 year olds. It was great fun doing experiments on permeability with the children and I also took the opportunity to break down stereotypes of who can be a scientist. I brought in an auger and …
Had a great time today meeting students in Buxton and delivering a taster session to give an idea what it is like at university and encourage young people to consider it. The 3 day residential event was run by University of Derby and aimed at raising aspirations of year 10 …
I visited a Derbyshire primary school to tell class 1 my experiences of going to Mexico. I went to Mexico in 2004 to present this poster, it was my second ever international conference. I didn’t speak to the children about the poster but I did get to tell them a …
I was interviewed by BBC radio Derby to comment on new touch-free packaging for chicken being introduced by Sainsbury’s. In short I think it’s a good idea so long as it does not lead to extra plastic waste, but I also find it is normally possible to handle standard packages …
Discussing personal and household hygiene on BBC radio Derby with Andy Twigge. Here are my notes and sources on the subject – make up your own mind:
Here is a video we made to showcase our Biology degree programme! I’m the programme leader – if you are interested then please get in touch directly with me or via the university.