Student experience
Read our student blogs to get a flavour of life as an undergraduate or postgraduate at the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences.
Meet our alumni: an interview with Jake Atterby
Student experience 5th November 2019
Jake Atterby completed the MEarthSci with the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences this year and has now moved on to study a PhD at the University of Birmingham. I talked to him about his experience at Manchester, and not least, Mission Jurassic…
Rocks in the African desert: fieldwork in Angola, part 2
Student experience 29th October 2019
Dr Stefan Schröder continues his tale of an African adventure, covering the geologic process of rifting, desert camping and some surprising fossil finds.
Tuff Titans, Go!
Student experience 15th October 2019
Join geochemists Megan and Connie, and geologists Ena and Dan on their mapping mission in North Wales.
Rocks in the African desert: fieldwork in Angola, part 1
Student experience 14th October 2019
In the first of two blog entries, Dr Stefan Schröder takes us on an African fieldwork expedition with PhD students from Earth and Environmental Sciences, Manchester.
Team Uganda! A volunteer’s perspective.
Student experience 8th October 2019
Second year Environmental Science student Emma Bishop told us about her experience volunteering in Uganda during the summer of 2019.
Saving the Birds n Bees: Environmental Leadership Challenge
Student experience 9th July 2019
Natalia Jagielska, MEarthSci student at the University of Manchester, gave us some insight into her work for the Environmental Leadership Challenge as part of Uprising Leadership. The scheme encourages young students and professionals in major metropolitan areas to run their own campaigns. The campaigns aim to improve the local environment by involving local communities and organisations, proposing sustainable solutions, creating useful resources or educational activities.
Environmental Science Field Week
Student experience 1st July 2019
At the end of April 2019, second year Environmental Science undergraduates took part in “field week”. Klaudia Jedyka decided to share her findings with us to provide insight into the student experience.