{"id":41,"date":"2018-03-19T13:46:15","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T12:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.exeter.ac.uk\/exetermarine\/?p=41"},"modified":"2018-03-19T13:46:15","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T12:46:15","slug":"exeter-msc-students-sharing-marine-science-widely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exetermarine\/2018\/03\/19\/exeter-msc-students-sharing-marine-science-widely\/","title":{"rendered":"Exeter MSc Students Sharing Marine Science Widely"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/biosciences.exeter.ac.uk\/staff\/index.php?web_id=brendan_godley\"><strong>Prof Brendan Godley <\/strong><\/a>\u00a0teaches a MSc module on Marine Biodiversity and Conservation at the<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/biosciences.exeter.ac.uk\/cec\/\">Centre for Ecology and Conservation<\/a><\/strong> on the University\u2019s Penryn Campus. The students learn about a wide diversity of topics and undertake independent study on two major topics within their specific interests. These are assessed by a dissertation and an oral presentation to their peers, respectively. This year, the tutor challenged his students to go a stage further and produce an infographic to communicate the message of their oral presentation to a wide audience that could then be shared on Twitter or other social media platforms. Brendan wrote;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201c<em>Communicating science, especially conservation science, to a wide audience is a key skill we all need to work on. This was my initial reasoning for setting the task. I think. however, that the exercise really challenged the students to distil and clarify their key take-home messages in advance of giving their talks. They achieved both of these aims with some aplomb and were widely complimented on their work<\/em>.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The module sees a range of invited marine conservation practitioners sharing their sectoral experience with the students. Katrina Ryan of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindfullywired.org\/\"><strong>Mindfully Wired<\/strong><\/a> a consultancy which specialises in science\u00a0communication was one of the invited experts this year and gave the students feedback on their infographics as part of her session. Katrina added;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;It&#8217;s wonderful to see vital communication skills being fostered as part of these students&#8217; wider conservation science learning. Condensing such complex subject matters into compelling graphics is a real challenge, but the students did a superb job and, as a result, many had significant impact on social media&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_79\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-79\" style=\"width: 297px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-79\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exetermarine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/203\/2018\/01\/Capture-259x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"297\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exetermarine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/203\/2018\/01\/Capture-259x300.png 259w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exetermarine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/203\/2018\/01\/Capture.png 642w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-79\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tweet from Hetty Upton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.exeter.ac.uk\/research\/feature\/mscinfographics\/\">Click her to see a storify of the tweets<\/a>, starting with the single most impactful by Hetty Upton.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>#ExeterMarine<\/strong> is a interdisciplinary group of marine related researchers with capabilities across the scientific, medical, engineering, humanities and social science fields. <strong>If you are interested in working with our researchers or students, contact <a href=\"http:\/\/www.exeter.ac.uk\/iib\/contactsandstaff\/fullstafflist\/profile\/index.php?web_id=Michael_Hanley\">Michael Hanley<\/a>\u00a0or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.exeter.ac.uk\/research\/marine\/\">visit our website<\/a>!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prof Brendan Godley \u00a0teaches a MSc module on Marine Biodiversity and Conservation at the Centre for Ecology and Conservation on the University\u2019s Penryn Campus. 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