It turns out, I’m not so great at keep the promises I make our blog readers… I AM working on the next post for the Making the most of your PhD series. In the mean time, this 10 minute interview actually fits the theme of the Making the most of your PhD series quite well. …[Read More]
Geology makes a difference to Society
The Geological Society of London have just today released a great report highlighting how geology contributes to our society. All too often the impression is that all geologists do is study rocks. Whilst in essence, this is what we do, the implications of geological research are far reaching and not always understood by the wider …[Read More]
Making the Most of your PhD – Engage & communicate
As promised, here is the next post in the series I started towards the end of last year: Making the Most of you PhD. This is the third post in the series and I want to cover a subject very close to my heart. (For the previous posts in the series, have a look here …[Read More]
10 Minute Interview – Earth Science Communicator
Dan and I are both advocates for the communication of science,via all possible means, and that is why this week’s interview is close to our hearts. Sarah Day’s role at the Geological Society of London focuses on conveying the importance of the study of the science behind how our planet works. I met Sarah about …[Read More]
A round-up of some newsworthy geomagnetism stories
Happy New Year to you all! We’ve had a long Christmas break at Geology Jenga, but we are back! For 2014 we’ve got some really interesting 10 minute interviews lined up, as well as the continuation of the ‘Making the most of your PhD’ series and musings on all the things that interest Dan & …[Read More]
Making the Most of your PhD: Think about the next move
Welcome to the second post in this series of how to make the most of your PhD. If you missed what these posts are all about, check out last week’s post to get all the details! For this post, I wanted to talk about getting some generic (and very transferable, also known as soft) skills. …[Read More]
Make the Most of your PhD
People decide to do a PhD for a whole host of different reasons. Some are driven by wanting to explain the unknown, whilst others see it as a means of securing a better job. No matter what your reasons are there is one certain thing, you’ve got to enjoy learning and you’ve got to be …[Read More]
10 Minute Interview – Promoting Earthquake Education amongst Persian Communities
During the summer I took part in a fantastic public engagement activity, I’m a Scientist, Get me Out of Here! It’s an X-factor style competition where school students get to meet and interact with scientists. The students are the judges and vote for their favourite scientist to win a cash prize to communicate their work …[Read More]
Making the most of your PhD – Part I
It’s been a busy few weeks and one of the reasons for it has been that I’ve recently taken part in an entrepreneurship competition. I attended a three day workshop, where me and my team were given training and guidance on innovation and how to commercialise research. At the end of the three-day workshop, teams …[Read More]
10 Minute Interview – Volcanic Lightning, amongst other things!
It has been a while since our last 10 Minute Interview, we thought it was time to post another. They are proving to be some our most successful posts. Sourcing people to take part hasn’t been too difficult (yet!) but if you think you might like to contribute, Dan & I are always looking for …[Read More]