31/01/2020
This post is much different to the others I’ve written about and perhaps the one of most importance to me at this present moment.
A conference was held on the 31st of January that allowed all students on the M-degree (or thinking of transferring on to it) to discuss potential masters projects with members of staff.
Not all staff members were present to talk to, but a handout was available on blackboard that contained a compilation of the master’s project options and we were encouraged to email any staff with questions we had.
I only spoke to two staff members; Alison Cameron and Katherine Jones.
Alison was running a couple of projects and the one that piqued my interest was a project on the Little Tern colony near Rhyl. It offered field research which I know I’m very interested in doing and because of the nature of the project it meant I would already have my data collected before term started in September.
Katherine was running several projects and the ones I was most interested in were around the theme of animal enclosure size in zoos. Although not field based, I do have a passion for conservation in and welfare of animals and believed it might follow on nicely from my ethics and welfare module I’m currently studying.
Whilst both of these seemed very workable for me, I decided on a totally different project altogether.
After my success in my primatology module I considered maybe this would be a good route to pursue, I spoke to my current dissertation supervisor about the primate-based projects he was running and have decided to put my name down for a trip to Zanzibar! Whilst there I will be collecting data (topic to be decided) on Red Colobus monkeys, most likely assisting a PhD student that’s currently out there.
I’m excited and nervous for this, as although I collected my own data for my dissertation project, this is a really big step up.
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