environment
Did the agricultural sector get enough attention at COP26 – the cow in the room?
I attended the COP26 in Glasgow from 10-12th November 2021. It was an event that I was really excited to attend as I had been interacting with the COP26 Universities Secretariat who were instrumental ...
How to make green investments part of the global sustainability cycle
We need sustainable investment, not token finance for green projects that leave traditional ways of doing business untouched. Planting more trees, or funding eye-catching blue sky technologies is not the answer. There is growing commitment ...
Standing on my soapbox for women in STEM
On a notoriously wet lockdown December’s day in 2020, I came across Soapbox Science. A platform promoting women in science? A platform to get my research out to the masses? Yes please. Soapbox Science is ...
Magnets in the sand castle
If you spent your childhood close to the beach, you would probably share the hobby of building sandcastles. With plastic pails, shovels, and water cans, you would spend hours playing with sand. When the night ...
Six lessons businesses need to learn in order to ‘build back better’ after the crisis
The threat of this pandemic has brought the fragility of our civilisations into stark relief. It will focus policymakers and businesses alike on the importance of protecting and strengthening the health of our communities and ...
A group project story from four perspectives: Air Quality Monitoring at the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford
Dr Chris Walton – supervisor I have been involved with group projects before, but this was my first time as main supervisor. I was supported by one of our Research Fellows Dr Célia Lourenço and ...