The COVID pandemic makes doing a PhD all the more challenging, but so does going unheard by enthusiastically supportive colleagues and supervisors.
Two impossible things
What not to do as a STEM educator
I speak from my experience as a science communicator and offer tips to tackle common facilitation foibles in university classrooms. My tips are easy to implement, shift agency and effort from the teacher to the students and are well-supported by education research.
Best of #ESA2020
Today marks the end of this years conference with the Ecological Society of Australia. Having attended talks ranging from Indigenous land management to Functional Ecology, this is my unashamedly biased list of best talks from the conference (feat. guest appearances in pictures by other speakers I enjoyed). Vanessa Cavanagh, UOW @nessscavvv Vanessa is a Bundjalung... Continue Reading →
Orangutan versus jungle man
A creative recount of the orangutan viewing-experience of a lifetime.
Tomb, sarcophagus, ant
Ant plants (myrmecophytes) use specially-adapted leaves called domatia to capitalise on their relationship with ants.
Why you can bet your life on forests
Forest conservation is a rapidly evolving and global issue that will play a central role in mitigating climate change and supporting quality of life on our home planet.
