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KiteSite Team Member- Philippa Oppenheimer

I am a first year Animal Science student who has always had a keen interest in anything biodiversity related. I had only been back from a conservation project in Costa Rica a month when I found myself in a very … Continue reading

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KiteSite Team Member – Mark Wells

I am currently in my second year at university studying for a degree in Computer Science. My interest in this project stems from wishing to extend my knowledge of mobile application development through a practical project to create a bespoke … Continue reading

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KiteSite team member- Jon Tanner

I am currently a  second year student within the School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental science. I wished to become a member of the Whiteknights biodiversity app project to gain experience of how multidisciplinary academic projects operate. An insight in … Continue reading

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KiteSite designer – Liam Basford

I am a second year student studying Typography & Graphic Communication, my interest for joining the biodiversity app team stemmed from my desire to work with people from different fields. As a practicing designer I will be required to work … Continue reading

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Whiteknights Biodiversity App (KiteSite) – Hello from Liz White

With the Whiteknights Biodiversity app project funded by the Teaching and Learning Development Fund now well underway, it’s my pleasure to introduce myself as the representative for the School of Biological Sciences on this project. This is hopefully the first … Continue reading

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TLDF – Whiteknights Biodiversity App

At the start of term a group of five academics representing five different academic schools in three faculties offered six Teaching and Learning Development Fund student placements for the development and testing of the Whiteknights Biodiversity App. Yesterday the team … Continue reading

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The Secret Garden

In 2003 I became the Assistant Warden at Bridges Hall.  One of my responsibilities was to help maintain the walled garden that had been manged by the Hall since 1966.  The garden is surrounded by a high Victorian brick wall … Continue reading

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BioBlitz vascular plant species quiz…and the winner is…

Question: How many vascular plant species were recorded on campus during the 24 hours of the University of Reading BioBlitz 2013? Well the records have now all been submitted and checked and here at Whiteknights Biodiversity  Dr M is proud to announce … Continue reading

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The University has been awarded a First Class Award in the People & Planet Green League 2013, the UK’s only comprehensive and independent green ranking of universities.  

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eXtreme Bioblitz Botany!

Botanical records from the University of Reading Bioblitz last weekend currently being collated by Dr M, how many vascular plant species (native/naturalised) do you think are on the campus?  Results coming soon…

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