William Kay MRSB met hundreds of members of the public between Thursday 28th September and Sunday 1st October to discuss his work and answer questions about his research as part of the “Ask a Biologist” activity during the 2017 ‘New Scientist Live’ event. Members and Fellows of the Royal Society of Biology (RSB) delivered hands-on… Read more »
Article by Kate Isherwood, KESS 2 PhD Student (School of Psychology, Bangor University). Originally published by The Conversation on September 4, 2017. Read the original article. The UK is facing a mental health crisis in the workplace. Around 4.6m working people – 7% of the British population – suffer from either depression or anxiety. In total, 25% of all EU citizens will report a… Read more »
On Thursday 27th July at the National Botanic Garden of Wales, ESF funded project KESS 2 presented awards to three competition winners during an engaging evening of live Presentations and an exhibition of Research Images, titled ‘Making Waves’. The event, attended by students, companies and academics, showcased just some of the ongoing EU funded research… Read more »
In honour of Europe Day on 9th May 2017, the KESS 2 team at Cardiff University hosted a successful social event at the Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC). The KESS 2 programme is funded by European Social Funds (ESF) and the event brought together participating students and academics for a lunchtime of networking… Read more »
Funding from the European Social Fund (ESF), accessed through KESS 2, enables students to undertake higher-level research study in Wales across a variety of projects in collaboration with company partners. On 9th May 2017, our KESS 2 students celebrated Europe Day by sharing with us a #EuropeDaySelfie and told us a little bit more about how EU funds have… Read more »
Bangor Sustainability Week 2017 will be hosted from 02.05.17 until 04.05.17 by KESS 2 partners, The Sustainability Lab at Bangor University . A series of events will be held throughout the week, see the poster below or visit The Sustainability Lab website for further details about how you can get involved! Find out more about KESS 2’s… Read more »
On Sunday, 12th March 2017, KESS 2 PhD student Pip Jones (Bangor University) and her ‘Electric Weather Sheep’ featured on the BBC agricultural show Countryfile as part of a programme looking back on farming methods in Snowdonia over the past 60 years. The KESS 2 funded project, which is supported by European Social Funds (ESF),… Read more »
Former KESS PhD student, Dr Iliana Bista, has published her latest research in the prestigious ‘Nature Communications’ with studies focusing on environmental DNA at Llyn Padarn in Snowdonia National Park. Read the full story on Bangor University’s news page here: www.bangor.ac.uk/biology/news/
Congratulations to our very own KESS 2 student Kathryn Howard on being awarded one of three ‘Women in Science’ scholarships at Bangor University. Kathryn, 24, from St Austell, is studying for an MRes in the School of Electrical Engineering and is conducting research into microwave engineering. The scholarships were awarded to three outstanding female students… Read more »
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