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Paper accepted in Teaching Statistics. Minor revisions! Passed SARA Lifeboat Coxswain assessment.
My Final Year Project student achieved the highest mark in the cohort! MS resubmitted to TSJ following revisions. Lead the statistical analysis for the UCU Alternative Proposal for Cardiff University "Academic Futures". Nominated for "Most Outstanding Learning Experience" in the Enriching Student Life Awards. Participated in the Learned Society of Wales ECR forum on Disability in Wales. Manuscript submitted to Movement Ecology. Awarded 2 x Cardiff University On-Campus Internship Placement Student Grant Awards (£2,392 each). Resubmitted MS to TSJ following revisions. Co-chaired workshop at the University of Edinburgh on Teaching Study Design and Analysis in the Life Sciences. Taught week-long statistics course for Year 2. Won the Emergency Services ‘Blue Light’ Hero of the Year Award at the South Wales Health and Care Awards 2024, submitted a manuscript to the Journal of Animal Ecology, and chaired a roundtable discussion at the BES Annual Meeting 2024 on "Towards a statistics curriculum for ecologists". Minor revisions in TSJ! Published "Training Statistics-Savvy Ecologists", delivered the SWBio DTP Statistics Week, attended a communicating statistics to the public workshop at the University of Cambridge, went on holiday to the Canary Islands, and launched the RIDE HIGHER's Disability Inclusion Survey! Manuscript submitted to the Teaching Statistics journal, and an intense period of statistics teaching to MSc, MRes, Y1 UG students! Presenting research at Bioscience Education Summit 2024. Presenting research at CETL-MSOR 2024. Flew a helicopter! Article accepted on teaching statistics to ecologists. Co-leading the Coastal Biology Field Course in Pembrokeshire. Delivering a presentation and chairing roundtable discussions at ISEC 2024. Presenting at UKCOTS and delivering workshop on Teaching Statistics to Undergraduates in Life Sciences. Applied for Santander Universities Research Awards 2024. Attending the Educational Research in the Biosciences workshop. Won the Research Culture Fund 2024 grant - £2569 to establish a Biostatistics Network at Cardiff University. Manuscript submitted to the Wildlife Professional on teaching statistics to ecologists Application submitted to the Worshipful Livery Company of Wales and to the Research Culture Fund 2024. Guest lecturing for the University of Bristol, grant application submitted for BES Pedagogic Research Grant, roundtable discussion proposal accepted at ISEC 2024. Nominated for 3 x ESLA Awards! Manuscript accepted in Frontiers in Psychology and Successful grant application (Co-PI) for Cardiff University Learning and Teaching Internship. Lecturing on the Brain and Behaviour Module. Fieldwork with Final Year Project students in Dale, Pembrokeshire and visiting the marine archives of the National Museum of Wales Invited Seminar at the University of Bath and submitted manuscript on Self-Regulated Learning. Plant Based Universities - Cardiff won a 45 % vote share on its Students' Union Motion and I again led the teaching of the SWBio PhD Statistics Week. I married Leah! I also for the first time led the delivery of the Year 1 statistics tuition at the School of Biosciences, Cardiff University (> 500 students!). Awarded Pobl Trust grant for lifeboat station. A busy month - my twin brother and his wonderful (now) wife got married! I also presented at Bioscience Education Summit 2023 and CETL-MSOR 2023, signed the Plant-Based Universities Open Letter, developed the first "Statistics Shorts", and won the UK and Ireland Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Statistics Support. Shortlisted for Rising Star - Early Career Academic at the Celebrating Excellence Awards, Cardiff University Coastal Ecology Field Course in Pembrokeshire. Nominated for Celebrating Excellence Award and UK and Ireland Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Statistics Support Launched the Plant-Based Cardiff University initiative Promoted to Lecturer in Statistics and made permanent at Cardiff University! Presented at SIGMA Network and Bioscience Horizons. Nominated for ALDinHE Award. Attended FIELD workshop on non-invasive animal tracking in Aljezur, Portugal. AFHEA mentoring and Bioscience Degree Scheme Coordinator Submitted FHEA portfolio and presented at Coventry University. Nominated for two Enriching Student Life Awards (ESLA): Most Engaging Staff Member and Most Uplifting Staff Member. Attended FIELD workshop on sea survival in Aljezur, Portugal. Commenced the Leading Learning and Teaching Workshop Invited to contribute to Water Safety Workshop in Portugal. We also adopted Wilma (a miniature Dacshund). Seedcorn Grant Review Panel and a much needed rest in Croatia! Led the SWBio DTP Statistics Week! Enhancing Fieldwork Learning Showcase Programme: Towards achieving sustainability in fieldwork, and Week-Long Research Experiences. Also took on Module Lead for BIT010 (MRes) and Assessment Lead for BI1002 (Y2). Co-supervising my first MSc students from the School of Mathematics at Cardiff University I graduated from my PhD and proposed to my now fiancé(!) in the same day! Burwalls 2022 - Annual Conference for Teachers of Statistics and Dale Fort Marine Ecology Field Course. Cardiff University's Teaching and Learning Conference 2022! This month was my 30th birthday and I and my partner welcomed Ukrainian refugees into our home. Attended my first SOTL conference! CUEFP Teaching Practice for Effective Learning & assessing AFHEA portfolios FIELD workshop on best practices in delivering field trips for HE students in Aljezur, Portugal. Commenced Cardiff University Education Fellowship Programme Invited research seminar: Organisms and Environment Seminar Series, Cardiff University Attending British Ecological Society Annual Meeting 2021 – Volunteering for the Education and Careers Committee Joined the Newport lifeboat branch of the Severn Area Rescue Association (SARA) as a volunteer trainee crewman. PhD thesis corrections approved and QA Level 3 Award in First Aid at Work (RQF) PhD thesis corrections submitted and teaching intensive statistics courses for MSc and PhD students at Cardiff University. Obtained A2 CofC and GVC Certificates (Drone Pilot License). Started a new role as Tutor (in Data Analysis and Statistics) at the School of Biosciences in Cardiff University. Fieldwork at the Isle of Wight and North Wales - seagrass meadow health assessments and potential restoration site surveys. Completed Drone GVC and A2 CofC courses, sea trials of RV Gwenhidw, and surf day at The Wave! Fieldwork in the Isle of Wight and Drone training. I passed my PhD viva! I also chaired a discussion on Global Challenges at the BES & Linnean Society Student Futures and Research Conference. Took on the role of Communications and Online Resources Rep for the British Ecological Society Movement Ecology Special Interest Group! Seagrass planting fieldwork in Porthdinllaen I submitted my PhD thesis to Swansea University! Finished our aim of planting 1.1 million seagrass seeds in Dale for Seagrass Ocean Rescue! Extensive and intensive fieldwork efforts with the Seagrass Ocean Rescue team to plant several hundred thousands seagrass seeds in Dale Became an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA), undertaking seagrass monitoring fieldwork in Dale, Pembrokeshire Began working as a Seagrass Support Research Technician for Seagrass Ocean Rescue. Seagrass seed picking in Porthdinllaen. Application for the Global Wales International Mobility Fund and Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA) Granted membership of the Oxford University Press (OUP) Bioscience Student Panel, became a Drone Flyer and Operator. Draft workshop report of the World Marine Mammal Conference (WMMC) Workshop on Best Practice Recommendations for the Tagging of Cetaceans and Pinnipeds Seagrass Ocean Rescue stakeholder engagement with WWF, North Wales Wildlife Trust and fieldwork in North Wales Seagrass restoration fieldwork for Seagrass Ocean Rescue - the largest ever seagrass restoration project in the UK. Presenting research at the UKIRSC 14th Annual Conference in Galway. Presenting research at the World Marine Mammal Conference (WMMC). Volunteered at tag workshop and led poster pod Attended FIELD Workshop in Portugal on Mental Health and Wellbeing on Residential Field courses Manuscript submitted, attended RNLI Casualty Care Course, contributed to Collision Risk Review Methods.Blog published: "Making Tags Less of a Drag: Optimising Biologging Devices with Computational Fluid Dynamics". Research presentation at the Environment Evidence Conference 2019 Paper Published! Methods in Ecology and Evolution Blog. WMMC Conference Student Travel Grant. Minor revisions on manuscript! Research aboard the RV Mary Anning. Paper accepted and published in MEE. Offer of Employment from the British Antarctic Survey! Dolphin eDNA research in Pembrokeshire. Minor revisions on MEE manuscript. Interviews with the British Ecological Society and British Antarctic Survey. Deploying tags on grey seals on Ramsey Island. Attending RNLI CEP and Sea Survival course. RYA Powerboating Instructor Course and RYA Advanced Powerboat Exam - qualified as a commercial skipper. Teaching "Ecology of Marine Animals" including lectures on biologging technologies, tracking methods and diving physiology FIELD Workshop in Portugal, hosting and presenting my research at the UKIRSC Conference at Swansea University. Won Best Poster Prize. Obtained high resolution data from the German Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency for thesis chapter analysis. Manuscript in review with Methods in Ecology and Evolution. Presenting research at WEEN Conference. Won Best Oral Talk. Manuscript in review with the Journal of Animal Ecology Special Issue on Biologging. Tagging fieldwork in Germany. Multiple tags recovered in the same month. Attended the BES Career in Movement Ecology Workshop. SCUBA diving expedition to the Isles of Scilly for annual eelgrass (Zostera marina) monitoring surveys. RNLI Seamanship Crew Course in Poole HQ and BES Summer School. Presenting research at BES Movement SIG annual meeting. SCUBA diving expedition to Falmouth, Cornwall. Multiple tags recovered in Germany! Further seal tagging fieldwork with the Sea Mammal Research Unit on Bardsey Island. Presenting research at the European Cetacean Society (ECS) Annual Conference in La Spezia, Italy. Won Best Short Talk Prize! Returning to Germany for further fieldwork - tag deployments on harbour seals. Travel to Germany for fieldwork and biologging tag tests. Remote first aid training for the BES Summer School 2018. Teaching on the PR Statistics Animal Movement Ecology (ANME) workshop. Presenting at UKIRSC 2018 12th Annual Conference in St Andrews and have joined the ILB/ALB Crew at The Mumbles RNLI. Second tag recovered in Germany & presenting at the BES Annual Conference in Ghent, Belgium First tag recovered in Denmark! Tag deployment (x3) in Germany, training for the BES Ecological Ambassadors Scheme, RSB Bioscience Careers Day & #imabiologist New Scientist Live - Ask a Biologist! and Enhancing the Employability of Biosciences Students SCUBA diving expedition to the Isles of Scilly for annual eelgrass (Zostera marina) monitoring surveys. PhD mentoring at the BES Summer School Hilbre Island Fieldwork - Daily Diary deployed on grey seal adult Presenting at ECS in Denmark and RIEL Essay Prize 2017 Presenting at Marine Research Symposium and Marine Energy Wales Inaugral Conference. Commencing 6-month Science Policy internship at the Royal Society. First Aid training for BES Summer School and RSB Travel Grant Loch Fleet Fieldwork - SMRU tags deployed on harbour seals Presenting at the UKIRSC 2017 in Plymouth Presenting research at the British Ecological Society (BES) Annual meeting in Liverpool PRStatistics - Spatial Analysis of Ecological Data Fieldwork - tagging harbour seals at The Wash, Norfolk Presenting at the British Science Festival, Swansea University. Moved to The Mumbles! First seal tag prototype in production. BDMLR Marine Mammal Medic Training and KESS II Transnational Grad School - Won Best Poster Prize Spatial Data Analysis in R Workshop, University of York and workshop on Mathematical Modelling in Movement Ecology, University of Essex British Science Week and presenting at the Marine Energy Pembrokeshire (MEP) annual seminar APHA Home Office Training Course The start of the PhD! Attending UKIRSC 2016 and presenting at the CIEEM Welsh Annual Spring Seminar. |
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