Jun 11
The Festival of Doctoral Research went online this year. In the two-day conference-style event on the 9th and 10th June considering the unique challenges that have faced PGRs this year, celebrating PGRs’ achievements in the face of these, and reflecting upon what PGRs’ experiences during the pandemic mean for their future and that of doctoral research. …
May 17
3MT engineering entry – During lockdown Last year Maria won runner up prize for 3MT within the Faculty. This year she decided to give it another go. Due to the coronovirus lockdown, the entry level competition for Engineering is taking place via Youtube.
Aug 09
Helen Currie showcases her migratory-fish research at a UK festival to spread awareness to the public. Photo Credit: Gerardo Espindola Garcia Helen Currie, a fourth year CDT SIS Postgraduate Researcher, has been featured in Nature International Journal of Science talking about her outreach work with the University of Southampton Public Engagement team.
Jun 30
In June 2019, Freya Radford and Mhairi Miller, two CDT-SIS students, attended Glastonbury Festival to promote their current research into microplastics. They engaged with the public in the Green Futures Tent, part of the Green Fields area, about the underrepresented problem of microplastics in soil.
Aug 22
International Centre for Eco-hydraulics Research (ICER) and CDT SIS researchers for the first time went to Green Man Festival in the Brecon Beacons in Wales as part of the University of Southampton Public Engagement team Roadshow. The researchers were working in the Einstein Gardens Science tent to exhibit the research that ICER and the CDT …
May 14
The CDT returned on May 13th 2018 to the South Downs Green Fair at the Sustainability Centre near Petersfield, Hampshire with the University of Southampton Public Engagement team.
May 12
The Lyme Regis Fossil Festival takes place every year in Lyme Regis, Dorset which is situated on the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site. This year the CDT SIS PGRs attended as part of the University of Southampton Roadshow team.
Apr 22
Fisheries scientists from the University of Southampton ran a day long interactive stall to promote World Fish Migration Day and the launch of the AMBER Citizen Science portal at the Mottisfont House and Gardens National Trust site, UK on the 21st April 2018.
Apr 06
CDT-SIS returned to BBC Countryfile Live for the third year in a row on the 2nd August – 5th August 2018. This year we had some fantastic new volunteers in our first years who started in September 2017 as well as some brilliant familiar faces from other CDT outreach events. All of the volunteers did …
Sep 02
The Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable Infrastructure Systems attended the Bournemouth Airshow on the 31st August-1st September 2017. Two of our iPhD researchers, Helen Currie and Gerardo Espindola Garcia, attended the event to showcase the CDT’s research into fish passage, fish migration, hydroelectric power and the reintroduction of the European or Eurasian Beaver into …
