Elizabeth Raine, DPhil in Zoology (2014) When meeting new people and asked to explain what I study for my DPhil I am ashamed to say I often try to steer clear of mentioning dung beetles. It’s not generally seen as socially acceptable to immediately start talking to a complete stranger Read more…
Neal Thomas Barsch, MSc in Economics for Development (2016) The digital universe by 2013 had grown to an estimated 4.4 zetabytes of total stored data [1]. This is 4.4×1012 gigabytes, or about 660 million years’ worth of HD video. In the lab, or connected to the Internet, collected data makes Read more…
Siân J.M. Brooke, DPhil student at the Oxford Internet Institute (2016) You use social media. Be it Facebook, Twitter, or even a MySpace you haven’t visited since the early ‘00s, the clear majority of us now have an online presence. The most widespread social media sites will often display your Read more…
Melissa Bedard, DPhil in Medical Science (2015) We all know the classic plot line featured in countless spy and action movies. An intelligence team is defending a country against a foreign enemy or quelling an internal revolution. The team discovers that there is a traitor in their midst, trying Read more…
Ronald Guthrie, DPhil in Environmental Research (2016) Life on Earth has been punctuated sporadically by mass extinctions. Evidence of these events are preserved in the rock record. A change in the environment can result in a sudden and widespread decrease in biodiversity, increasing extinction levels above the background rate, Read more…
How many times have you explained your research to someone not in your field? Had to simplify complex concepts and paradigms? Do you enjoy it? This year the MCR is introducing a new opportunity for students to write about their work for a general audience, in the form of an Read more…
This year was the inaugural Teddy Hall Expo. A chance for all three bodies (the JCR, MCR and SCR) to work together ans show off their work and studies. It was a day of displays and talk exemplifying the range and depth of academic endeavours of Teddy Hall. See here for the Read more…