October 2011
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Marine Wildlife in Boscombe
Whilst the Bournemouth public and council are in a constant debate over the worthiness of Boscombes very first artificial surf reef, marine explorations have been diving into the depth of its biodiversity developments. Today and Yesterday Marine Biology students from Bournemouth University’s School of Applied Sciences are hosting a ‘Marine Wildlife in Boscombe’ event in [...]
Mass graves in Libya
Bournemouth University’s Senior Lecturer in Forensic Archaeology, Ian Hanson, has featured in a New Scientist article about mass graves in Libya. An estimated 5000 people went missing during Gaddafi’s dictatorship and, following his death last week, the country’s transitional government is preparing to exhume and identify bodies in mass graves. Speaking to New Scientist journalist [...]
Polar explorer Antony Jinman comes to BU
Always dreamt of skiing across unexplored acres of Artic? Discover groundbreaking samples that challenge global knowledge of climate change? Polar explorer and public speaker Antony Jinman is coming to BU to give a talk entitled ‘Wanting to do something different or follow your dream?’ on Monday the 21st of November from 5-7pm in The Shelley [...]
Dr Genoveva Esteban successfully launches School’s Research Seminar Series 2011/12
Dr John Stewart wrote: Dr Genoveva Esteban talk on ‘Cryptic biodiversity: microscopic life, out of sight out of mind’ successfully launched the School of Applied Sciences Research Seminar series, on Tuesday 11th October. Amongst other things she discussed the remarkable fact that the species of the smallest aquatic life forms are distributed globally and are [...]
BU’s researcher to appear on BBC One
Next weeks Inside Out programme on BBC One will feature Bournemouth Universities Dr Sarah Bates, a neuropsychologist working in BU’s Psychology Research Group. The programme will look at Dr Bates work on Prosopagnosia, or face blindness, a condition which an estimated 2.5% of the population have. Inside Out will be broadcast next Monday the 17th of October [...]
