Posted by Beth in Biological Sciences on December 14, 2018
Today is the final day of my penultimate semester and I thought I’d use this post to look back over the last three or so months! This term has been the hardest so far in my degree, it was a big change to get used to having to fit project research in the lab […]
Posted in Studying | Tagged Christmas, Committee, Equestrian and Polo, Final year, Lab work, Semester One, studying, UOLEPC
Posted by Beth in Biological Sciences on November 27, 2018
It’s that time of year still when you may be thinking about what subject to do at university and I would just like to share with you some of the reasons I chose to study Biological Sciences and why it was the right decision for me! I chose biosciences after previously starting a different degree […]
Posted in Studying | Tagged Applying, Biosciences, Course, Decisions
Posted by Beth in Biological Sciences on June 24, 2018
As you will know if you read part 1 of this post, I spent last week on the conservation biology field course. This makes up part of the teaching for the third year module, which I will study next year in semester 1. Over the week we went to locations around Leicestershire and Rutland to […]
Posted in Studying | Tagged Biodiversity, Conservation Biology, field trip, Third year, Wildlife |
Posted by Beth in Biological Sciences on June 17, 2018
By now most students have left Leicester for the summer and are at home enjoying the freedom that comes with the end of another academic year. But for those of us studying the third year module ‘Conservation Biology’ we had a five days of field based teaching. This took place in locations around Leicestershire […]
Posted in Studying | Tagged Biodiversity, Conservation Biology, field trip, Third year, Wildlife
Posted by Beth in Biological Sciences on April 21, 2018
During our field trip we had to complete a group research project. We worked in groups of three and our group was assigned the topic of cyanogenesis in legumes and mollusc herbivory. Basically some plants produce two compounds which are keep separately in the leaves but when the leaves are damaged (due to chewing) the […]
Posted in Studying | Tagged A Field Guide to Evolution, Cyanogenesis, field trip, Mallorca, student project
Posted by Beth in Biological Sciences on April 18, 2018
On the Sunday I landed back in Birmingham airport after a week and a half in Mallorca on a field trip. The field trip formed the majority of teaching for the ‘A Field Guide to Evolution’ module and I can honestly say it has one of the best things I have done at uni so […]
Posted in Studying | Tagged A Field Guide to Evolution, botany, field trip, Mallorca, sea, species diversity, sun, Zoology
Posted by Beth in Biological Sciences on March 30, 2018
That’s it, it’s the end of the second term (well almost, I still have the field trip which starts on Wednesday) and the start of the Easter holidays! I thought I might take this chance to reflect on what I have been up to over the last few months! This term started with […]
Posted in Studying | Tagged Committee, dissertation, Easter, End of term, Equestrian and Polo, field trip, gym, Internship, Lab Placement, Lets Do Leicester, Module choices, Revision, Sport, Term 2
Posted by Beth in Biological Sciences on March 10, 2018
I have an exciting start to the Easter holidays to look forward to as I head of to Mallorca, for just under two weeks, on a field trip. The field trip will make up to majority of teaching for the module ‘A field guide to evolution’ and the assessment for this module is a report […]
Posted in Studying | Tagged evolution, field trip, Mallorca, Study
Posted by Beth in Biological Sciences on August 23, 2017
Hi guys, for my first blog post I wanted to do a quick introduction about myself and a few of the topics I might write about over the next year. So here are some facts about me and my life so far at the University of Leicester. 1) I’m a second year Biological Sciences student. […]
Posted in Studying, Uncategorized | Tagged Biological science, Cafes, Equestrian, Gatsby, Polo, Work Placement, Zoology
Posted by Arllen in Biological Sciences on May 29, 2017
So whilst everyone is finishing up their exams, I thought I’d write a post about feedback and the importance of getting it whenever you accomplish a task. Finishing a piece of work, an interview, an exam, brings with it so much relief and joy that it is near impossible to find the urge […]
Posted in Studying | Tagged Advice, Assessments, Careers, Exams, Feedback, Revision, studying
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