Fieldwork

The Centre for Bioscience supports fieldwork through events, consultations and funding.

Consultation

We responded to the consultation to comment on the Biosciences Benchmark Statement, asking that the requirement for fieldwork be strengthened, similar to that in the geography benchmark.

David Slingsby's Bulletin editorial 'Bioscience in the Field' invited comment on fieldwork provision and its advantages

Publications

Designing Effective Fieldwork for the Environmental and Natural Sciences

The guide provides support and ideas to academic and technical staff engaged in the design and delivery of fieldwork in the environmental and natural sciences. It draws on literature and experiences from the disciplines of environmental science, geography, Earth science and the biosciences. The guide has been prepared for higher education in the UK, with the focus predominantly, but not exclusively, at the undergraduate level.

The guide is available to download from www.gees.ac.uk/pubs/guides/eesguides.htm Alternatively the Centre has a limited number of printed copies to distribute (heabioscience@leeds.ac.uk).

Bulletin articles

Fieldwork: e-learning benefits the part-time student
Glenn Baggott

Using Learner Response Systems for Ecological Fieldwork
Rod Cullen, Mark Langan and Robin Sen

Going to the Zoo!
Joel Parker

Making the Most of Fieldwork: Doing Less to Achieve More!
Graham Scott and Raymond Goulder

Bioscience in the Field
David Slingsby

Funded work

Distant access to an ecological field experiment
Dr Alan Fielding, Manchester Metropolitan University

Events

Making the Most of Fieldwork
24/06/2004 - Liverpool John Moores University

Making the Most of Fieldwork
14/03/2006 - Losehill Hall, Peak District National Park Study Centre

New Legislation, New Opportunities - Implementing the new disability legislation
08/04/2002 - Loughborough University