Forensics
Birds, Bones and Blogs
I’ve always had an interest in history, whether it was a young obsession with dinosaurs, archaeology, or recent history. I perhaps may not have understood the disciplines too well at first, but I certainly have ...
Being a real life crime scene investigator: Blog 2 – Studying at Cranfield
Studying the Forensic MSc Programme full-time at Cranfield University provided me with a valuable stepping stone to pursue a career in the forensic field. I elected for the MSc Forensic Archaeology and Anthropology degree as ...
Being a real life crime scene investigator: Blog 1 – Life before Cranfield
The first crime scene I ever attended was on a hot summer’s day in 2012: a male living alone in a storage facility, decomposed beyond facial recognition and in the perceptible ‘bloat’ stage of decomposition. ...
Engineers, scientists, armed forces personnel and industry come together for the 52nd HRV Conference and Workshop
We recently hosted the 52nd UK Conference and Workshop on Human Response to Vibration at the Sudbury House Hotel in Faringdon, just a few miles down the road from our base at Shrivenham. The conference ...
Who were the humans buried on Rat Island?
One of them could have been a convicted criminal or murderer. One was likely a clay pipe smoker, and another had damage to his shoulder similar to that found on skeletons thought to be archers ...
Injuries, insects and inspiration…
There was one thing I loved when I was at high school – and it wasn’t studying for my GCSEs! It was horses. I was sure that my future was in professional horse-riding and as ...