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CoCoHaCa Cruise Blog

Posted on July 6, 2017 by bees

DAY ONE Finn Ni Fhaolain I was so excited to get the call from Andy (Wheeler) earlier in the year to join him and a great group of scientists from around the country for a research cruise to the Porcupine … Continue reading →

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Plant Science London Field Trip – Part 3

Posted on April 11, 2017 by bees

by Michael Rochards (APB3) One of the world’s largest agrochemical, seed, and biotechnological companies, Syngenta, is a diverse active site with cross functionality. After tea and biscuits, we were introduced to the company by the biologist Jim Morton, who after … Continue reading →

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Plant Science London Field Course – Part 2

Posted on April 6, 2017 by bees

Day Two by Bianca Govi (APB3) Today we took a trip to Sussex to complete our tour of Kew by visiting Wakehurst Place. The site is unique in that it houses in-situ and ex-situ conservation efforts, and boasts the highest … Continue reading →

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Plant Science London Field Course

Posted on April 4, 2017 by bees

Day One by Calum Sweeney (APB3) The day started with a tour of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew (RBG Kew)and their herbarium. The herbarium contains 7 million specimens of approximately 140,000 plant species. Jurriaan de Vos guided us through the … Continue reading →

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MSc Marine Biology Fieldcourse to Millport, Cumbrae, West of Scotland

Posted on March 27, 2017 by bees

by Mary Kate Bolger As part of our course we went on a 5 day fieldtrip to Millport in the Isle of Cumbrae, Scotland.  We were apprehensive before we set out as warnings about storm Doris increased.  Sure enough when … Continue reading →

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Millport Fieldtrip ZY4020

Posted on October 5, 2016 by bees

By Ciara Sexton (Zoology 4) The Temperate Marine Biology Fieldtrip to Millport was an excellent course. The variety of marine biology that we were able to study in such close proximity was great. We were taken out on a research … Continue reading →

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TY2016: A week at UCC School of BEES from a TY perspective

Posted on April 20, 2016 by bees

Cora Twomey, Davis College. This week I attended a week work experience programme for TY’s at UCC’s School of BEES. In my opinion it was a great opportunity not just being college and main campus and attending lectures, but by … Continue reading →

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TY2016: BEES WEEK

Posted on April 20, 2016 by bees

Andrea McSweeney St.Angela College Cork I found this week very interesting, personally I didn’t know much about BEES or see myself in a BEES course in the future but this week showed me what one would be like. I really … Continue reading →

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TY2016: The BEES-t Week

Posted on April 20, 2016 by bees

Isabel Gallagher, Coláiste Muire, Ennis This week I attended the BEES Transition Year Programme 2016. I thoroughly enjoyed this week and gained a lot of useful information about the Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences course here at UCC. I was … Continue reading →

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TY2016: Buzzing after my week at BEES

Posted on April 20, 2016 by bees

Aoife Dillane                                                                                Presentation Secondary School Tralee This week I attended the BEES TY programme at the school of biological earth and environmental sciences in UCC. I really enjoyed my week here and would highly recommend it to anyone interested … Continue reading →

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