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Agent based models (ABMs) are increasingly being recognised as a valuable tool to address a wide range of ecological research problems. Recent technological developments in both software and computing hardware provide unprecedented opportunities to ecologists to build powerful ABMs, which can be used to simulate the behaviour of populations of individuals, and to understand the [...]

Stand out from the crowd – What additional skills and qualities do employers want? On Tuesday 26th February 2013, Anna Frizzell (BU graduate, 1997) now an Environmental/Sustainable Business Advisor came and gave a lecture to ApSci Investigative & Reporting Skills students. Based on 31 years’ experience as an employee and 15 years’ experience as a [...]

The School launches its’ series of personal development events to boost student employability. Meet the Teachers – Friday 22nd February 2013, 5pm-7pm, Kimmeridge House, Talbot Campus Thinking of a teaching career with your science degree?  Hear from teachers across primary, secondary, further &higher education, and receive advice on the Secondary School Central Initial Teacher Training [...]

Thanks to all who attended the guest lecture with Paul Barnett, the Forensic Operations Manager for Dorset Police. In a room that was full to capacity, Paul delivered an excellent and thoroughly interesting talk regarding the movement of forensic investigations from the 1970′s until the present day. Times have definitely changed since detectives could stand [...]

Congratulations to Polly Dimelow who won the Applied Sciences Placement Poster competition with her poster promoting her placement on the ‘Maltese Temple Landscape Project’ run by Professor Tim Darvill and John Gale. The £100 cash prize was awarded for the poster with the most amounts of student votes at our annual Placement & International Fieldwork [...]