Previous Talks

Clyde bat group talk – October 2025

Past talks

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The incredible Francesca Trotman spoke to us about her work with Love the Oceans who are striving to create a Marine Protected Area
Seal Centre Pieterburen talk from Margarita Mendez about rehabilitating and releasing seals
Sea Shepherd talk – we learnt about the astounding lengths this organisation goes to to protect our marine life
We learnt about E.S. Russell – Glasgow graduate and pioneer of fisheries managementy
Ian Cowgill spoke on on the History of the Fair Isle Bird Observatory
Glasgow University graduates spoke about the career paths they are on now!
Megan gave a talk on her experience volunteering with Archelon, a Greek turtle rehab NGO.
Amelia gave a talk on the importance of bogs and peatlands, her internship with RSPB in The Flow Country and other opportunities to work for RSPB.
Love the Oceans are a marine conservation organisation in Jangamo Bay, Mozambique.
Gus gave a great talk on realities of working as a field ecologist and how you can put yourself in a position to work in that field in the future!
A vet from the Seal Centre Pieterburen in the Netherlands gave a talk on talk on seal rehabilitation.
Scottish Badgers gave another great talk about badgers. There are volunteering opportunities!
The UofG Hedgehog Friendly Campus Group gave a great talk on how we can help make our campus more hedgehog friendly!
We had six final year students present their advice for Honours Porjects in our second annual ‘Meet The Fourth Years’ talk
Volunteering opportunities with our friends at FrogLife
Dr Jill MacKay talk – a lecturer at Edinburgh University in Veterinary Science speaking about her journey and animal behaviour
APP Primodomus talk from Jolien Geens about the rescuing big cats and primates
RZSS talk on helping Scotland’s species outside of the zoo
Love the Oceans – this group support communities in sustaining their oceans
Saving the Wildcats talk – how this organisation aims to prevent the extinction of the Wildcat
We heard from the team at Wildlife Aid to discuss their mission and some amazing rescues
We teamed up with GUBeekeeping for this talk with the Bumblebee Conservation Trust
The Marine Dynamics Academy offer internships in South Africa working with the “Marin
e Big 5″
Vets Go Wild promoting their Ikhala Vet Clinic and opportunities for wildlife research
Internship opportunities at LoveTheOceans, plus a ZooSoc discount!
Beavers are back in Britain!
Dr Daniel Streicker works at UofG IBAHCM and started the Streicker Group for his research into a rabies vaccine in vampire batss
Scottish Badgers gave us an amazing talk about their conservation work across Scotland, thanks to GUSeaSoc for co-hosting!
Dr Luke Powell’s DNA meta-barcoding research with the Biodiversity Initiative and the UofG IBAHCM

Liz Ferrell with the Bat Conservation Trust giving our annual ‘Bat Walk and Talk’