...Jo-Anne Chuck; Julie Old This case study describes the conflicts between the needs of a university animal ethics committee to meet legislative requirements and the pedagogical outcomes for third year undergraduate project students working with animals in an Australian context. The projects...

... - what would they have done differently? Postgraduate responses in the workshop are summarised in Table 2 and reflected a wider range of concerns. Post-graduates appreciated that a PhD requires a range of professional skills beyond those specific to particular projects or techniques, including generic...

... in order to brainstorm the pros and cons primarily of current tertiary curricula in undergraduate zoology degrees and programs for postgraduate study. Matt and Adam are both very enthusiastic about their chosen career as academics; about the exotic places it can get you to and the exciting projects...

... and existing research projects, visiting the millipedes occasionally for recreation. THREAT TO THE MILLIPEDES In 1991, as part of the second phase of building for the Graduate School of Manage- ment, it was proposed that Mars Creek should be dammed (above the millipede site) to create a lake. The idea...

... ambassador. She then took up a PhD at the University of Queensland, graduating in 2012 and going on subsequently to work as a postdoctoral fellow at UQ and then as a senior research fellow in the Fenner School at the Australian National University. She returned to the University of Sydney after winning...

... all our science graduates could solve problems by working in teams as a result of their excellent communication skills and extensive content knowledge. Was this ever the case? It is only since the Learning and Teaching Academic Standards (LTAS) project in Science funded by the Australian Learning...

... in person for effective learning. Solutions can build on modified approaches used overseas and in other disciplines in Australia. Fisheries Wildlife Management Conservation Biology graduate education professional doctorate Aitchison, C., Catterall, J., Ross, P. and Burgin, S. 2012...

... fascination with our extinct giant animals known as the megafauna couldn t have had a more dramatic start. In 1830 the magistrate of Bathurst, George Ranken, lowered himself down into a cave near Wellington, NSW, by tying his rope onto a rocky projection. When the projecting rock holding his rope broke, he...

... is thought to be a key to career advancement or that staying in one job is indicative of falling into a rut. This may be a good move for some, but in his case this was far from true, since permanence and stability of employment have enabled him to undertake long-term projects, to revisit old projects...

... audience). While some have questioned the wisdom of this change in audience (eg see Darling 2018; McClain and Neeley 2014) we are now able to create bespoke audiences who are engaged with the content and can create real impact for the research project. Cradle-to-Grave Communication The rise of research...

... transferred from their exhibit area (now the Cape Hunting Dog exhibit) to the off exhibit breeding area completed in 1983. In early 1986, Rebecca Larkin, a newly graduated veterinarian, began an intensive study of cheetah behaviour for a Diploma in Wid Animal Management and Husbandry. Her research has been...

...Peter Fairweather Scrutiny of Environmental impact Statements (EIS) as scientific documents is still in its infancy in Australia, yet we already have litany of complaints about their quality. My examination of I31 EISs covering a range of projects, habitats and legislatures revealed that few...

... depend too much on short term studies. This shortcoming was recognized many years ago (Likens 1989), but the fact that much ecological research is carried out by graduate students doing a 2-5-year graduate degree means that we are limited in obtaining a long-term view of an ecosystem. This is changing...

... projects before where I tried to expand too quickly, and the technology has been a bit rough at the edges. If people aren t close and New approaches to zoology: Plenary 1 DOI: httpsdoi.org/10.7882/AZ.2019.036 Following the first session of the forum, we held a question and answer session facilitated...

... to actually do the work. it s called palaeo-conservation. It s catching hold around It s not about data management. So I don t know if the the rest of the world and they re watching what we re responsibility lies with DigiVol as a project, but I think that doing. For example, the Burmese project, we ve gone...

... research on the company in order to understand the types of projects they work on, their ethics and their reputation. Is it a company you would feel comfortable working for? Talk to the company directly many larger consulting companies have graduate programs and are more than happy to discuss...

... harvest to sustainable that semi-vegetarianism stuff, that we had - in our discussion development, but I think really Robyn answered your with a lot of people about these issues - Peter Ampt is now question, in a roundabout way, by saying from caring running the FATE project [Future of Australia s...

... qualification or Apprenticeship F Certificate I F Certiftcate II F Certifictae III F Certificate IV F Diploma F Associate degree or Advanced diploma F Bachelor degree F Bachelor degree (Honours) F Graduate certificate or Vocational graduate diploma F Graduate diploma or Vocational graduate diploma F Masters...

... Australian Zoologist volume 36 (2)2012 243 whole animal biology during their undergraduate and graduate training and reinforcing what also should be being taught at school. However we know this is either not occurring, or only rarely. Similar comments are made by botanists (Adam 2010). If we do not know...