My Wix Blog - 8 posts 500 words each any extra stuff relevant to a possible career. One final
reflection 500 words.
https://editor.wix.com/html/editor/web/renderer/edit/6f7c9d58-11c9-43ac-9c8c-1531beaa11d
8?editorSessionId=AF131729-16B2-4F32-3CD0-4018D55A5A2C&metaSiteId=e6872277-fd
4f-4e9f-b1a4-92005352b572
Examples
https://dannyhoskinsblog.wordpress.com/
https://lauramaychamberlain.wordpress.com/
https://ashleywilsdon.wordpress.com/
https://rperolls.wordpress.com/
https://bubioblog.wordpress.com/author/marchjones/?fbclid=IwAR32O80j2KYEnNYwpVqZQ
pwskhK5INBixU38shosWsWJNfckSDyBlTcj04s
https://towlerc01.wixsite.com/herpingfromhome/post/conservation-and-the-media-with-steve-
backshall
https://thehopefulgeneticist.wordpress.com/blog/
https://jamesbinici.wordpress.com/2020/10/27/an-introduction-to-exploration-through-the-life-
of-steve-backshall/
https://zoologyandanimalbehavior.wordpress.com/2020/10/25/volonteering-in-the-peruvian-j
ungle/
https://zoologylounge.wordpress.com/blog/
https://thannaford0.wixsite.com/zoologycareer/post/first-post
https://longheather00.wixsite.com/mysite/post/bangor-meets-backshall
2020.10.01 - Lecture 1 - Intros and Blogs
Dabble in something different - think about career out of the box.
Assessment - 100% blog - write 9
- First 8 - write on seminar, module session or any extra curricular activity relevant to a
possible career choice - 300-500 words each
- Final reflection - titled ‘what next’ etc - 500 words - reflect on skills learned, what you
did/attended and what you plan to do next 5 years
Marked in march
,My Wix Blog - 8 posts 500 words each any extra stuff relevant to a possible career. One final
reflection 500 words.
https://editor.wix.com/html/editor/web/renderer/edit/6f7c9d58-11c9-43ac-9c8c-1531beaa11d
8?editorSessionId=AF131729-16B2-4F32-3CD0-4018D55A5A2C&metaSiteId=e6872277-fd
4f-4e9f-b1a4-92005352b572
Reference hyperlink style
Use any blogging platform - wix,
wordpress etc
Short telling headline - avoid puns
Make it easy to read and grab
people’s attention to stop people
scanning
Very flexible wordcount
Embed videos, link videos,
detailed captions - make it very
interesting
Marking
1. Online writing style and layout
- Awareness of audience - not written like scientific
report - to peers so needs to be intelligent
- Follow online writing style advice eg BBC
- Use of images/media
- Use of links
- Awareness of SEO - search engine optimisation
2. Explanation of event
- Concise yet detailed description of what happened -
what was said in the seminar etc - pick out the most
important infor or case study.
3. Reflection on career choice
- How has the event helped in your career choice?
- Don’t think narrowly eg only about the subject of the
talk
- Have you taken any action - or will you?
4. Final reflective post
- Last blog post
5. Professionalism
- Eg adding extra effort into contact details, social medias, about us pages
, My Wix Blog - 8 posts 500 words each any extra stuff relevant to a possible career. One final
reflection 500 words.
https://editor.wix.com/html/editor/web/renderer/edit/6f7c9d58-11c9-43ac-9c8c-1531beaa11d
8?editorSessionId=AF131729-16B2-4F32-3CD0-4018D55A5A2C&metaSiteId=e6872277-fd
4f-4e9f-b1a4-92005352b572
2020.10.02 - Life and Environment Seminar
30 years of primate research in Kibae: What does the future
bring? Colin Chapman
Borneo - lost a lot of forests - 15 million primates lost
Logging doesn’t include forest deforestation but is degradation. 6m tropical forest logged
each year. Doesn’t include bushmeat hunting
Kibale - snare trapping - for small ungulates - catches other animals like chimpanzee which
loses its fingers - very shocking images
4m primates consumed each year in amazon
Population decline doesn’t include diseases like ebola - caused chimps to decrease by 89%
and gorillas 56%. Doesn’t include losses from climate change - areas where there will be
most increase in temperature because of climate change correlates where there are more
concentrated populations of primates - also areas in brazil and madagascar are where the
endangered species are most populated.
Monkeys themselves causing changes - markhamia lutea - like eating flowers- ones they like
they could eat the whole flower preventing pollination etc
Elephant abundance going up - also affecting deforestation - eat bark killing trees.
Kibale climate - more rain, less drought but higher temperature, earlier rainy season → these
affect plant composition by decreasing proteins, increasing tannins which also decreases
proteins by binding to them. Increased fiber - not good?
By river - lots of food available for leaf eaters but little populating near the river because its
poor quality with lower protein to fiber ratio
Wet conditions also allow parasite eggs to persist longer = increased infection risk.
More contact with people = increase in transmission - ebola, covid, e.coli
2020.10.05 - Lecture 2 - Careers, Research and Planning
Look on ‘prospects’ to look for graduate jobs.
Search through linkedin to students studying similar subject and see what recently graduates
went to do - you can search by area if you know where you want to live after graduation
2020.10.06 - Lecture 3 - CVs and Applications
2020.10.08 - Lecture 4 - Interviews and Assessments
Processes after submitting application and being shortlisted
- Online test - competence tests
- Psychometric profiling
reflection 500 words.
https://editor.wix.com/html/editor/web/renderer/edit/6f7c9d58-11c9-43ac-9c8c-1531beaa11d
8?editorSessionId=AF131729-16B2-4F32-3CD0-4018D55A5A2C&metaSiteId=e6872277-fd
4f-4e9f-b1a4-92005352b572
Examples
https://dannyhoskinsblog.wordpress.com/
https://lauramaychamberlain.wordpress.com/
https://ashleywilsdon.wordpress.com/
https://rperolls.wordpress.com/
https://bubioblog.wordpress.com/author/marchjones/?fbclid=IwAR32O80j2KYEnNYwpVqZQ
pwskhK5INBixU38shosWsWJNfckSDyBlTcj04s
https://towlerc01.wixsite.com/herpingfromhome/post/conservation-and-the-media-with-steve-
backshall
https://thehopefulgeneticist.wordpress.com/blog/
https://jamesbinici.wordpress.com/2020/10/27/an-introduction-to-exploration-through-the-life-
of-steve-backshall/
https://zoologyandanimalbehavior.wordpress.com/2020/10/25/volonteering-in-the-peruvian-j
ungle/
https://zoologylounge.wordpress.com/blog/
https://thannaford0.wixsite.com/zoologycareer/post/first-post
https://longheather00.wixsite.com/mysite/post/bangor-meets-backshall
2020.10.01 - Lecture 1 - Intros and Blogs
Dabble in something different - think about career out of the box.
Assessment - 100% blog - write 9
- First 8 - write on seminar, module session or any extra curricular activity relevant to a
possible career choice - 300-500 words each
- Final reflection - titled ‘what next’ etc - 500 words - reflect on skills learned, what you
did/attended and what you plan to do next 5 years
Marked in march
,My Wix Blog - 8 posts 500 words each any extra stuff relevant to a possible career. One final
reflection 500 words.
https://editor.wix.com/html/editor/web/renderer/edit/6f7c9d58-11c9-43ac-9c8c-1531beaa11d
8?editorSessionId=AF131729-16B2-4F32-3CD0-4018D55A5A2C&metaSiteId=e6872277-fd
4f-4e9f-b1a4-92005352b572
Reference hyperlink style
Use any blogging platform - wix,
wordpress etc
Short telling headline - avoid puns
Make it easy to read and grab
people’s attention to stop people
scanning
Very flexible wordcount
Embed videos, link videos,
detailed captions - make it very
interesting
Marking
1. Online writing style and layout
- Awareness of audience - not written like scientific
report - to peers so needs to be intelligent
- Follow online writing style advice eg BBC
- Use of images/media
- Use of links
- Awareness of SEO - search engine optimisation
2. Explanation of event
- Concise yet detailed description of what happened -
what was said in the seminar etc - pick out the most
important infor or case study.
3. Reflection on career choice
- How has the event helped in your career choice?
- Don’t think narrowly eg only about the subject of the
talk
- Have you taken any action - or will you?
4. Final reflective post
- Last blog post
5. Professionalism
- Eg adding extra effort into contact details, social medias, about us pages
, My Wix Blog - 8 posts 500 words each any extra stuff relevant to a possible career. One final
reflection 500 words.
https://editor.wix.com/html/editor/web/renderer/edit/6f7c9d58-11c9-43ac-9c8c-1531beaa11d
8?editorSessionId=AF131729-16B2-4F32-3CD0-4018D55A5A2C&metaSiteId=e6872277-fd
4f-4e9f-b1a4-92005352b572
2020.10.02 - Life and Environment Seminar
30 years of primate research in Kibae: What does the future
bring? Colin Chapman
Borneo - lost a lot of forests - 15 million primates lost
Logging doesn’t include forest deforestation but is degradation. 6m tropical forest logged
each year. Doesn’t include bushmeat hunting
Kibale - snare trapping - for small ungulates - catches other animals like chimpanzee which
loses its fingers - very shocking images
4m primates consumed each year in amazon
Population decline doesn’t include diseases like ebola - caused chimps to decrease by 89%
and gorillas 56%. Doesn’t include losses from climate change - areas where there will be
most increase in temperature because of climate change correlates where there are more
concentrated populations of primates - also areas in brazil and madagascar are where the
endangered species are most populated.
Monkeys themselves causing changes - markhamia lutea - like eating flowers- ones they like
they could eat the whole flower preventing pollination etc
Elephant abundance going up - also affecting deforestation - eat bark killing trees.
Kibale climate - more rain, less drought but higher temperature, earlier rainy season → these
affect plant composition by decreasing proteins, increasing tannins which also decreases
proteins by binding to them. Increased fiber - not good?
By river - lots of food available for leaf eaters but little populating near the river because its
poor quality with lower protein to fiber ratio
Wet conditions also allow parasite eggs to persist longer = increased infection risk.
More contact with people = increase in transmission - ebola, covid, e.coli
2020.10.05 - Lecture 2 - Careers, Research and Planning
Look on ‘prospects’ to look for graduate jobs.
Search through linkedin to students studying similar subject and see what recently graduates
went to do - you can search by area if you know where you want to live after graduation
2020.10.06 - Lecture 3 - CVs and Applications
2020.10.08 - Lecture 4 - Interviews and Assessments
Processes after submitting application and being shortlisted
- Online test - competence tests
- Psychometric profiling
