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Centre for Bioscience Professional Development Programme

Making the Most of Fieldwork

Tuesday 14 March 2006

Losehill Hall, Castleton, Derbyshire

The second of the Centre for Bioscience's fieldwork events was held in the beautiful surroundings of Losehill Hall, Castleton - the Peak District's Centre for Environmental Learning. The day was structured around two invited presentations and swapshop contributions from delegates. A summary of the day and links to relevant resources are given below:

Programme
 
10.00 Registration; Tea and Coffee
10.20 Welcome and Introduction to the day
10.30 Pedagogic research in a science context
Ian Hughes, University of Leeds
11.10 Swapshop 1 - Delegates' examples of practice or issues associated with fieldwork
13.00 Lunch
14.00 Preparing students for fieldwork
Chris Southgate, University of Central Lancashire
14.30 Swapshop 2 - Delegates' examples of practice or issues associated with fieldwork
15.15 Presentation from Losehill Hall
15.45 Plenary
16.00 Close and depart

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Related resources

Applied Undergraduate Research Skills
This CETL aims to develop undergraduates’ applied research skills, as practiced within research intensive departments, through students’ active engagement with two major primary research resources: fieldwork and the use of university collections and museums.

Experiential learning in environmental and natural sciences
This CETL aims to build on the University of Plymouth's experience in the areas of fieldwork, laboratory work and work-based learning.

View the general information we have on fieldwork in the biosciences.