his blog has some thoughts on notes from designing the shift from fully campus based learning to a blended approach for the start of the academic year in September 2020. Instead of being simply a backwards review I have posted as it is still relevant and contains challenges we face to move into the next academic year – either with or without covid-19 in attendance.
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Drones and Textile Evidence – A guest blog
Last year I supervised a final year student, Alistair Bucknell, for his research project. We decided to look at the use of drones in forensic investigations and any affect they may have on crimescene evidence. Alistairs work was so thorough that we decided to submit it to a scientific…
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Brian Cox and education through the media
I read a very interesting piece in the Guardian today reporting that Brian Cox had urged television chiefs to do more to educate as well as entertain. Can science and particularly forensic science be used to help educate through entertainment? Television is the most powerful way of getting ideas across. Often,…
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CSI:Sheffield – the crime scene house
People walk past the front door of this unassuming red brick terrace house in S1, unaware of what is going on behind closed doors. Little do they know what lies behind the neatly painted door… A typical Sheffield terrace property hides a number of secrets, can our students piece together…
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In defence of the forensic science degree
I have read some negative comments in the press about forensic science degrees, whilst experiencing a large amount of positive feedback from students. So, why should you study forensic science and what are the pros and cons of it as a degree subject? As I said in my first blog, I was inspired by reading the book ‘Science and…
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Methamphetamine lab children – exposed to drug fumes
In New Zealand there is a big methamphetamine problem. In the years from 2000 to 2009 the number of clandestine laboratories found and raided by Police increased from 9 to 135. In a third of these cases there are either children present when raided or who live at that…
Why study Forensic Science? Undergraduates tell all…
Last week I decided to have a quick poll amongst my Forensic Science first year students. The academic year is in full swing, the students are settling into life as undergraduates and I wanted to know why were they here? What had made them chose to study forensic science? …