Hi All,
Most of you are (I hope) busy writing your assignments for EG7515 and EG7516 (or EG7533a for the ECC applicants doing EMSD).
May I remind you all of the importance to engage fully with the literature (Books, Journal papers and NOT Google/Wikipedia). I will arrange another Library Infoskills talk for those who missed it (or feel like they need a refresher). In the the meantime, please remember that there are two videos and a PowerPoint file providing academic writing skills, searching for literature with Science Direct and the Harvard Referencing Guide - downloadable from the MSc Resources page: http://www.ukscience.org/pg/academic-resources/ and the video links are available on this page (Blog) on the upper right of this text.
Thanks
Mark
Thursday, 20 October 2011
Monday, 17 October 2011
Finishing Students: Message from Steve Hoon
Well done all of you who have managed to submit your bound MSc Dissertations along with e-copies on disk in time for the this Autumn's Exam Board. It has been great to see a goodly number this year from both this year's cohort and from earlier 'writing up' students. However there are a few myths and bits of misinformation circulating about the need for 'e-posters' which are only required from 'writing up' students.
So, from the 'horses mouth':
For students registered on the new EG7591/2 MSc units you are done and dusted - No more work needed, no e-posters. Yeah! That s those of you who started your MSc full time in Sept 2010 or part time students who entered your final year (your first attempt at it) between July/Sept 2010.
However 'writing up' students, you will be registered on the older units EG4313/4. you still need to submit an A0 e-poster as you were I will print out your e-poster at A2 or A3 for assessment purposes. e-posters are now over due.
EG4313/4 students are those who first registered for an MSc course in September 2009/10 or before as EITHER a full time student OR as a part time students entering your final year 3 for the first time.
Finally, our external Prof. Frank Chambers would quite like to meet with any of you who might be available on the afternoon of the 3rd or morning 4th of November (to be confirmed) when he comes up for the exam board. If you are, please could you e-mail Mark so that he can then confirm and coordinate final details with you and Prof. Chambers.
Steve
So, from the 'horses mouth':
For students registered on the new EG7591/2 MSc units you are done and dusted - No more work needed, no e-posters. Yeah! That s those of you who started your MSc full time in Sept 2010 or part time students who entered your final year (your first attempt at it) between July/Sept 2010.
However 'writing up' students, you will be registered on the older units EG4313/4. you still need to submit an A0 e-poster as you were I will print out your e-poster at A2 or A3 for assessment purposes. e-posters are now over due.
EG4313/4 students are those who first registered for an MSc course in September 2009/10 or before as EITHER a full time student OR as a part time students entering your final year 3 for the first time.
Finally, our external Prof. Frank Chambers would quite like to meet with any of you who might be available on the afternoon of the 3rd or morning 4th of November (to be confirmed) when he comes up for the exam board. If you are, please could you e-mail Mark so that he can then confirm and coordinate final details with you and Prof. Chambers.
Steve
Friday, 14 October 2011
EGS Seminar 18th October 2011
Tuesday 18th October, E34, John Dalton East Building, from 1.00-2.00 pm.
Sandwiches, coffee and tea are available from 12.30 pm in room E402.
Crusts and Carbon:
Ntwetwe Pan, Makgadikgadi Basin, northern Botswana
Dr Andrew Thomas, MMU
CO2 emissions from soils and sediments are approximately 10x greater than those from fossil fuel combustion. Organic matter in soil effectively locks up C and delays its entry to the atmosphere as CO2. The soil C store is, however, vulnerable and atmospheric warming is enhancing the global flux of CO2 from soils to the atmosphere. Disturbance and land use change can also trigger processes which can increase CO2 emissions. Understanding how the organic C store will be affected by changing climate remains an urgent research priority.
There is currently a poor understanding of the amount of C contained within soils of all southern African biomes. The extensive hyper-saline ephemeral lakes within the Makgadikgadi Basin in northern Botswana have been assumed to contain no organic carbon and contribute negligible CO2 to the atmosphere. The salt pan is devoid of vascular plant life, but a thin cover of cyanobacteria and algae thrive on the underside of the surface salt crust. This presentation explores the role of salt-biological crusts in the Makgadikgadi pan C cycle, presents data on the flux of CO2 from the variety of pan biomes and determines its sensitivity to changing temperatures and flooding. Alongside the scientific findings, I hope the talk will also convey some of the sense of wonder and occasional fear we experienced in undertaking the fieldwork in this remote and truly beautiful place.
Sandwiches, coffee and tea are available from 12.30 pm in room E402.
Crusts and Carbon:
Ntwetwe Pan, Makgadikgadi Basin, northern Botswana
Dr Andrew Thomas, MMU
CO2 emissions from soils and sediments are approximately 10x greater than those from fossil fuel combustion. Organic matter in soil effectively locks up C and delays its entry to the atmosphere as CO2. The soil C store is, however, vulnerable and atmospheric warming is enhancing the global flux of CO2 from soils to the atmosphere. Disturbance and land use change can also trigger processes which can increase CO2 emissions. Understanding how the organic C store will be affected by changing climate remains an urgent research priority.
There is currently a poor understanding of the amount of C contained within soils of all southern African biomes. The extensive hyper-saline ephemeral lakes within the Makgadikgadi Basin in northern Botswana have been assumed to contain no organic carbon and contribute negligible CO2 to the atmosphere. The salt pan is devoid of vascular plant life, but a thin cover of cyanobacteria and algae thrive on the underside of the surface salt crust. This presentation explores the role of salt-biological crusts in the Makgadikgadi pan C cycle, presents data on the flux of CO2 from the variety of pan biomes and determines its sensitivity to changing temperatures and flooding. Alongside the scientific findings, I hope the talk will also convey some of the sense of wonder and occasional fear we experienced in undertaking the fieldwork in this remote and truly beautiful place.
Thursday, 13 October 2011
Postgraduate Staff-student Liaison meeting
Hi All,
Next week, Wednesday 19th October is the next Postgraduate Staff-student Liaison meeting.
EMSD & EMB students can e-mail me on the following address regarding any issue :
marian.oprea88@gmail.com
Best wishes,
Marian Oprea
EMSD & EMB Course Rep
Next week, Wednesday 19th October is the next Postgraduate Staff-student Liaison meeting.
EMSD & EMB students can e-mail me on the following address regarding any issue :
marian.oprea88@gmail.com
Best wishes,
Marian Oprea
EMSD & EMB Course Rep
Monday, 10 October 2011
Autumn Term Research Seminar Series 2011
Seminars take place in room E34, John Dalton East Building, Tuesdays at 1.00 pm.
Sandwiches, coffee and tea are available from 12.30 pm in room E402.
Liverpool Hope University
Sandwiches, coffee and tea are available from 12.30 pm in room E402.
11 October 2011
Constructing the View of Valletta: The Commodification of the Gaze and the (Re)development of Tigné Point, Malta
Dr Janet Speake,
Liverpool Hope University
Monday, 26 September 2011
STUDENT REPS
Hi All,
I need to have a Student Representative for each of the main degree pathways. A student Rep is a bit like a Union shop-steward who brings any problems and gripes (of their fellow students) to the attention of the university via Staff-Student Liaison Meetings. Reps can also report nice things and heap praise on staff - although that is rare! Any issues raised MUST then be discussed and minuted by the EGS Degree Network Committee meetings (and hence people like Head of School and the Dean) - so there is real accountability.
If you would like to be considered for the position of course Rep, please email me to let me know. If more than one person is interested, we can have a mini-election on Wednesday to decide.
I already have a rep for Countryside Management (Jonathan Leyland - jon.Leyland@btinternet.com), so I need a Rep for EMSD, SA and EMB please.
If you are interested, please drop me an email before 11am on Wednesday this week (m.cresswell@mmu.ac.uk).
Thanks
Mark
I need to have a Student Representative for each of the main degree pathways. A student Rep is a bit like a Union shop-steward who brings any problems and gripes (of their fellow students) to the attention of the university via Staff-Student Liaison Meetings. Reps can also report nice things and heap praise on staff - although that is rare! Any issues raised MUST then be discussed and minuted by the EGS Degree Network Committee meetings (and hence people like Head of School and the Dean) - so there is real accountability.
If you would like to be considered for the position of course Rep, please email me to let me know. If more than one person is interested, we can have a mini-election on Wednesday to decide.
I already have a rep for Countryside Management (Jonathan Leyland - jon.Leyland@btinternet.com), so I need a Rep for EMSD, SA and EMB please.
If you are interested, please drop me an email before 11am on Wednesday this week (m.cresswell@mmu.ac.uk).
Thanks
Mark
Message from Mike Wood
Hi All
A quick update on Exercise 2 for Wednesday’s seminar.
There are some useful documents on the following webpage: http://www2.accaglobal.com/af/reporting
However, it looks like links to individual corporate sustainability reports may have been removed from the ACCA website. I suggest you just search on Google for CSRs for a few companies (e.g. the Co-Operative, Shell etc…many companies have these reports) and use these as the evidence base for your arguments.
See you on Wednesday
Best wishes
Mike
A quick update on Exercise 2 for Wednesday’s seminar.
There are some useful documents on the following webpage: http://www2.accaglobal.com/af/reporting
However, it looks like links to individual corporate sustainability reports may have been removed from the ACCA website. I suggest you just search on Google for CSRs for a few companies (e.g. the Co-Operative, Shell etc…many companies have these reports) and use these as the evidence base for your arguments.
See you on Wednesday
Best wishes
Mike
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