health and safety

Holding it in (the learning, not the pee) – The gendered importance of toilet breaks for geoscience students during field-courses

Ingrid Anell November 22, 2024

Field-based teaching is a cornerstone of geoscience education. Concepts such as scale, complexity, spatial awareness, 3D geometries, methods, skills, and techniques are inherently difficult to teach from a lecture theatre. However, achieving the benefits of field-based teaching might require a learning module not always considered as a prerequisite: planning and providing information about bathroom breaks. …[Read More]

How to EGU22: COVID-19 regulations for attending the meeting on-site

Hazel Gibson April 27, 2022

Now that the registration for on-site participation of EGU22 has closed, those of you who are joining us in Vienna will be getting ready to travel! As a part of your registration to attend in-person, you will have provided your agreement to follow the requirements to enter EGU22 at the Austria Center Vienna that were …[Read More]

LGBTQIA+ in the field

Hazel Gibson June 19, 2020

As a part of any field-based science work, whether it be as an individual scientist, research team or with students, we must first conduct a risk assessment. This often focuses on the physical dangers that you, your colleagues or students may encounter whilst working in stressful and sometimes unfamiliar environments. More recently, field-based risk assessments …[Read More]