Student Feedback

Past students have gone on to a wide range of careers, some of which are listed.

'Being at the Natural History Museum for a year has definitely increased my chances of future employment'

'A well-rounded course.'               '...excellent lecturers!'

Molecular phylogenetics:  'The practical was extremely well run and I feel that I learnt a lot which will be very useful in future - it is great to get an opportunity to practice these techniques which many of us had never done before.'

Palaeontology and stratigraphy:  'Great stuff!!'

'A fascinating introduction to systematics.'

'It definitely helped me get interviews.'

"The course has a good reputation."

Field course: 'I really enjoyed this'

Phylogenetic reconstruction:  '...a necessary evil, but I learned all that was needed for future use!'

'A really good module and excellent lecturers'

Research project:  '...one of the highlights of the MSc year.  The choice of projects was very wide and I feel it is a very valuable part of the course!'

'The project has been brilliant!'

Careers

PhDs:

• Systematics of Early Diapsids at Bristol University
• Evolution and diversity of parasitic wasps, Imperial College, Silwood Park
• Mammalian macroevolution and conservation, Imperial College, Silwood Park
• Molecular systematics and evolution of dung beetles, the Natural History Museum
• Molecular systematics and ecology of snails, the Natural History Museum
• The implications of subspecific taxonomy for conservation policy, Institute of Zoology, Regent's Park
• Molecular evolution and diversity of microsporidia, the Natural History Museum
• Evolution of functional diversity in dung beetle communities, the Natural History Museum
• Using phylogeny to infer functional and evolutionary factors responsible for diversification in weevils, the Natural History Museum
• Molecular systematics of anopheline mosquitoes, vectors of malaria, the Natural History Museum
• Behavioural ecology of fig wasps, Imperial College, Silwood Park
• Tritrophic guilds of trees, leaf-miners and their parasitoids, Imperial College, Silwood Park
• Systematics of caecilians, University of Glasgow
• Phylogeography and Conservation Biology of Arid Zone Lizards at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
  

Work:

• Field worker sampling invertebrates with Frontier in Tanzania
• Research Assistant writing identification key for Iphiaulax parasitic wasps, the Natural History Museum
• Research Assistant writing identification key for Curriea parasitic wasps, Imperial College, Silwood Park
• Assistant Research Coordinator in marine research project with Frontier in Madagascar
• Assistant Entomologist on a three-year contract re-writing the Handbook of British Fleas, the Natural History Museum
• Research Assistant working on post-Jurassic nautiloid evolution, the Natural History Museum and Bryn Mawr College, Philadelphia, USA
• Sorting and identifying benthic samples for impact assessments for oil and gas companies for the Marine Biological Services Unit, the Natural History Museum
• Part-time explainer for the Education Unit, developing projects for Earth Lab and Investigate Centre, the Natural History Museum
• Education Officer working with visiting schools at Drusilla’s Zoo, Sussex
• Part-time research assistant in mollusc section, the Natural History Museum
• Commercial bioprospecting of insect venoms in Brazil
• Freelance taxonomist in the Fern Herbarium at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• Research Assistant in Endocrinology at St Barts, Queen Mary and Westfield College
• Researcher and Animal Handler for the BBC Natural History Unit
• Research Officer for the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF)
• Product Development Assistant at crop research company, breeding beneficial insects
• Freelance journalist for science magazine
• Research Assistant at the Natural History Museum, doing SEMs of weevils and moths
• Involved in doing Environmental Impact Assessments for the marine environment at St. Ives in Cornwall
• Digital Photographer working with E O Wilson at Harvard, preparing photographs of ants for his next book
• Deep-sea Meiobenthologist at Southampton Oceanography Centre