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Category Environmental and Animal Sciences

Unitec staff and students present at recent SRARNZ conference

Authors: Dr Marleen Baling and Unitec Frogs, geckos and skinks might sound like the ingredients for a witch’s potion but they are also the subjects of fascinating research projects presented by Unitec’s School of Environmental and Animal Sciences at the… Continue Reading →

Industry experience for Unitec science students

Co-authored by Dr Diane Fraser Since 2011, Unitec’s School of Environmental and Animal Sciences (EAS) has worked to partner students at Level 7 with external organisations, as part of their self-directed study course for their Bachelor of Applied Science degree…. Continue Reading →

Dissemination of research in the time of Covid-19

In the first few months of this year, the spread of Covid-19 saw rapid changes to the teaching and learning environment that staff at tertiary institutes had to lead and adapt quickly to, for the welfare of students and their… Continue Reading →

Unitec researchers publish paper on bioremediation for asbestos

Following the launch of the Environmental Solutions Research Centre (ESRC) in September 2019 (covered in articles by Scoop and Voxy), the Director, Associate Professor Terri-Ann Berry, has co-authored a paper, Challenging Global Waste Management – Bioremediation to Detoxify Asbestos, with… Continue Reading →

New research into climate change’s effect on weeds

Unitec’s Dr Glenn Aguilar, Associate Professor Dan Blanchon and Lauren Hannah have co-authored a new research paper on the projected spread of the Mexican Daisy (Erigeron karvinskianus), a garden flower turned invasive weed that is spreading its way through the… Continue Reading →

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