Join us

Join us for an insight into Ecology and Conservation at Lancaster and what it is like to study with us in Lancaster Environment Centre, your home department. Find out more about your chosen degree, discuss any questions you may have with our current students and staff, and experience taster lectures and demonstrations in your subject.

• Join us: Welcome to Ecology and Conservation

Schedule

Time	Session
10:00am	Welcome to Lancaster Environment Centre Find out more about the home department and community you will become a part of within Lancaster Environment Centre from our Head of Department, Professor Phil Barker
10:15am	Ecology and Conservation subject talk Dr Sal Keith will give an introduction to Ecology and Conservation at Lancaster followed by questions and answers with staff, current students and recent alumni.
10:45am	A day in the life of a current student and a short tour of the Department
10:55am	Optional break or chat Take the opportunity to have a short break or chat with other offer holders and current students.
11:15am	Live taster lecture Of rats and reefs, with Professor Nick Graham When rats are absent, abundant seabirds despot huge quantities of nutrients onto tropical islands, which in turn leach onto coral reefs enhancing fish and coral growth, and promoting healthy ecosystem functioning. Nick will discuss some of these relationships in a taster lecture.
11:30am	Demonstrations The global importance of tropical ecosystems, with Professor Jos Barlow This demonstration highlights the importance of studying tropical ecology, even when situated at 54 degrees in latitude. We will examine how much of the world’s biodiversity is in the tropics, how well we know tropical species, and how threatened they are by human actions. Supporting the conservation of the UK’s endangered butterflies, with Dr Andy Wilby This demonstration shows how research by students at Lancaster Environment Centre, in collaboration with butterfly conservation, is helping to conserve the pearl-bordered fritillary, one of the UK’s most rapidly declining butterfly species.
12:05pm	Questions and answers This is your chance to ask any questions you may have to staff or current students.

One to one talks

Following the event, if you would like to have the opportunity for a one to one chat with an academic please email lec.ug@lancaster.ac.uk. Equally, if you have any questions following this event, please feel free to contact us.

Help with online events

We use Microsoft Teams to deliver our online events. For the best experience, you may find downloading the app will help.

Online events will be live from 10 minutes before our scheduled start time.

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If you have any queries about joining an online event, email us at digital-events@lancaster.ac.uk.