Tag: Canberra
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Reflections on the 2014 Fenner Student Retreat
One of the things I love about the Fenner School is the annual Research Student Retreat. Each year, all Fenner PhD and MPhil students are invited to attend a 2-day ‘retreat’, which basically involves a mixture of workshops, social activities, wine, cheese and fire pit frivolity. The School arranges all of the core retreat ingredients – overnight…
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Biodiversity offsets in practice: the case of the Striped Legless Lizard
Last week I joined a field trip run as part of the Biodiversity Conservation (ENVS3039) course at the ANU. The students have been introduced to the concept of biodiversity offsetting during lectures, but now they can put that knowledge into practice. As part of their assessment, the students were asked to develop a biodiversity offset proposal to compensate…
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phdincanberra
I’m trying the tumblr thing again, but this time using as a way to document my PhD travels in Canberra in photos. Check it out here (there’s also a permanent link in the menu to the left): www.phdincanberra.tumblr.com
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New city, new position, new project
I recently left the University of Queensland to start in a new position at the Fenner School of Environment and Society, at the Australian National University, Canberra. For the next few months I’ll be working under the supervision of Dr. Phil Gibbons, who will also be one of my supervisors for the PhD I’ll be…
Megan C. Evans 