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Chinese visit traces fish invasion source
Rudy Gozlan's Chinese Expedition
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Wildlife call leads Young Thinker to UK award
Bournemouth University researcher Sally Keith
Researcher identifies missing WWI soldier
Private Alan Mather
Footprints lead research trail to Namibia
Footprints in Namibia
Queen's birthday honour for BU Stonehenge expert
Professor Tim Darvill OBE
Big dig begins to unravel Iron Age mystery
The Big Dig is underway
BU study a highlight of World Environment Day
Research shows the economic and environmental benefits of ecological restoration
Industry award for innovative use of GIS
BU’s Andy Ford, centre
New book profiles the biodiversity of the New Forest
The new book which profiles the biodiversity of the UK’s New Forest in Hampshire
Students focus display on Wimborne’s people
‘Yesterday’s Wimborne, Today’s History’ is on display in the town
BU appoints Professor of Conservation Ecology
Professor Rudy Gozlan
Deer project is One to watch on the BBC
BU on ‘The One Show’
Meat-eating plants stunted by heavy metal
Sarracenia Leucophylla
BU experts predict archaeology’s future
Professor Tim Darvill (pictured) and Ian Hanson have both shared their views
Jurassic Coast project earns Young Scientist prize
Tom Hearing and his poster
RMS Titanic: Protection, Preservation & Peril
Free public lecture to focus on the wreck of the RMS Titanic and how best to preserve it for future generations
Bluestonehenge project takes major award
One of the country’s leading environmental statisticians will deliver his Professorial Inaugural Lecture in March at BU
New map sings Hampshire's praises
A broadsheet map detailing the history of Hampshire's rich folk heritage.
Understanding our environment – by numbers
Ancient shipwreck yields early trade secrets
Rare Bronze Age finds provide evidence of complex and widespread trade links some 3,000 years ago
Shipwreck artefact reflects Dorset history
The Swash Merman
Funding award to support footprint research
Professor Matthew Bennett carries out footprint research
BU anthropologist joins CSI NY lab
Patricia Furphy will work as a Visiting Scientist
Professor Timothy Darvill is made a member of the prestigious Deutsches Archäologisches Institut
Professor Timothy Darvill
BU students touch the clouds to save earth
Expedition takes students high into the Andes Mountains to help conserve some of the world’s most threatened habitats
Primates face extinction by climate change
Old World monkey populations in Africa will be hardest hit
Newhenge feature not lost on BU archaeologists
A scan of the world-famous Nahoon Footprints
Ancient footprints come to life in 3D
BU expert to feature on Radio 4’s ‘Living World’
Sika Deer ecology in Purbeck
Bluestonehenge: A new stone circle near Stonehenge
The Stonehenge Riverside Project
21st century scan could reveal rare sculpture
The Fishbourne Palace sculpture
The Truth about King Arthur
Mark James and fellow students from his degree
Graduate appears on BBC1’s Countryfile programme
Footprints lead BU to research prize shortlist
Ground-breaking work in conservation sciences leads BU academics to shortlist for major prize
Archaeologists return from Tanzanian fieldwork
Dr Kate Welham at the Tanzanian World Heritage Site
Hominin research takes another big step
Further footprint material has been gathered during a field study in Kenya
BU Masters student reigns Supreme
Exhibition organiser Yvonne Hellin-Hobbs
Restoring degraded ecosystems benefits biodiversity
The restoration of dryland forests in Latin America
ConSci academic features in prestigious journal
Dr Amanda Korstjens, pictured right, with her assistant in Uganda
Aliens land in CCEEC
A topmouth gudgeon – the fish being used by CCEEC researchers
Study reveals biodiversity loss
Good research follow-up re-visits Dorset woodland study of the 1930s
Ahoy, BU pirates off the starboard bow!
Forensic science students from Bournemouth University
How science saved the Large Blue butterfly
BU professor contributes to major research
Con Sci student unearths ancient stone mortar
BSc Heritage Conservation student Lucia Fenikova
Deadly parasite could endanger UK Salmon and Trout populations
Research is being led by Dr Rodolphe Gozlan
Staff member plays a leading role in defining a new world landscape type
Dr Chris Wood on his latest visit to China
Dr Miles Russell on BBC's The One Show
Lookout for Dr Miles Russell on The One Show on 9th June
Bournemouth students star in Time Team’s The Secrets of Stonehenge
Stonehenge reveals more of its secret past
Annual Boss Stone Carving winners are announced
BU students carve it up
BU Experts warn of ignorance over benefits of non-native wildlife
Dr Rudy Gozlan pictured at BU
BU students master museum skills
BU students at the St. Barbe Museum
Swash Channel Wreck event hailed a success
Recent BU event attracts the crowds
Dr Miles Russell, Piltdown Man and The One Show
Lookout for Dr Miles Russell on the BBC
BU expert working to preserve ‘Biological Eden’
Is this the biological Eden?
Presidential Approval for BU Seminar in Disaster Management
BUDMC holds its latest seminar
ConSci staff member co-authors new book
People of the Long Barrows Dr Martin J Smith & Megan Brickley
Bournemouth University is MAD About the Swash Channel Wreck
Come and visit the Maritime Archaeology Day
One day ecology management workshop announced
Places are limited for the event being held in May
Prestigious PSGB Conference programme finalised
Prof Emeritus Jan A.R.A.M. van Hooff is speaking at the PSGB Spring Meeting
Research on extinction risk featured in New Scientist
The issue is explored in a recent article in New Scientist
The Singing Landscape touring exhibition
The Singing Landscape: a celebration of Cecil Sharp
ConSci graduate wins prestigious award
Explore Stonehenge by doing a BSc in Archaeology
New paper features in the March issue of Antiquity
Discover the engraved motifs on the ancient rocks
Ancient Footprints Reveal Modern Traits
BU expert leads international research into the world’s second oldest footprints
BU's PG Archaeology courses leading the way
BU courses have a completion rate of 95%
CS Marine Archaeologist's win photo award
Paola Palma, Lecturer in Marine Archaeology and the Swash Merman
Partnership Boost for Marine Archaeology Research
Paola Palma, Lecturer in Marine Archaeology
Dr Steve Fletcher appointed Associate Editor of Coastal Management
Dr Steve Fletcher of the CCEEC
CS staff return from two weeks fieldwork in northern Kenya
Kenya believe it?
Placement students report back from their overseas studies
Alex Whiscombe and Tomas Peel
Dr Amanda H. Korstjens achieves status of Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Dr Amanda H. Korstjens
New speaker and public lecture for PSGB conference
The PSGB meeting will explore 'Form and Function'
Conservation Sciences staff member to give public lecture
The Stonehenge Riverside project
National Geographic Top Ten Archaeology Sites
BU to host 2009 PSGB spring meeting
Research Centre adds landscapes and carbon assessment content
Explore the research content within CEEC
The Iron Age Research Student Seminar (IARSS) 2009
The Iron Age Research Student Seminar
Professorial inaugural lectures for 2009
Come and enjoy a toxic treat on the 21st January
BU Celebrates World Class Research
BU receives world class recognition of its research
Students test their knowledge at fun event
Everyone's a winner?
BU Lecture to Reveal Importance of Mass Grave Evidence
Excavating mass graves
The Swash Channel Wreck Seminar
Come along and hear the full story
Forensic Experience Offered via Radio Auction
It's your chance to help a good cause
Latest CAAH seminar is announced
Rock art in the Côa Valley, Portugal
Postgrad completions list grows ever longer
Take a look at the latest Graduates
Stonehenge student is living the dream
Edwin L. J. Pearson
New content for Singing Landscapes pages
Explore this fascinating project
Conference continues to attract praise
Delegates have been quick to praise the NPC
Stonehenge Excavations 2008: Secrets Revealed
Public Lecture to Reveal Secrets of Stonehenge
Dr Steve Fletcher is a guest editor
ConSci staff member edits The Geographical Journal
School Open Day Friday 12 December 2008
Come and visit us to explore your options
Don't miss this exciting CS event
Conservation Sciences announces new award
African art features in the new award announcement
Second speaker in 2008/9 seminar series announced
Make a date in your diaries for the second seminar
Stonehenge book shortlisted for prize
Professor Tim Darvill
New Professionals Conference proves a success
The Maritime Museum, Liverpool
Do you have a Hampshire singing ancestor?
Yvette Staelens
New assessment project takes shape
Professor Ralph Clarke
Dr Ross Hill sits in on a review panel for NASA
Nasa enlisted the skills of Dr Ross Hill
Dr Ross Hill co-chairs highly successful international conference
Dr Ross Hill
2008 Jack Parsons Prize winner announced
Katherine Mockeridge details WW2 fortifications
Bournemouth Archaeology website gets relaunch
Explore the new BA site pages
Latest ConSci newsletter is released
Catch up with recent School events
New report published examining the wildlife trade
Wildlife conservation faces an uphill struggle
Collaborative research with Memorial University, Newfoundland
Joint research has been carried out in Newfoundland
The future of tourism on eroding coasts
Erosion at Whitecliff Bay, Isle of Wight
First speaker in 2008/9 seminar series announced
Make a date in your diaries for the first seminar
Stonehenge studies hit the news again
Stonehenge continues to provoke lively debate
It's your chance to Ask the Dean
Put your questions to Professor Matthew Bennett
If it's Tuesday it must be Guanzhaishan
The Danxia project in China
BBC's The Fossil Detectives features Prof. Matthew Bennett
Professor Matthew Bennett
Stonehenge Riverside Project latest
Catch up on all things related to this major annual event
Sign up for the 2008 CRANID Masterclass
A 3-day masterclass on the estimation of ancestry from crania
Researcher wins prize for her poster
Kayt Armstrong
Another new conference is announced
BU hosts the Volcanic and Magmatic Studies Group
Discover the exciting new CS Courses
Call 01202 968 902 now to make an enquiry
Get ahead with Postgraduate study
Archaeology, Anthropology or Heritage?
The Stonehenge Riverside Project 2008
This ever popular annual event is about to take place
Forensic Archaeology workshops a real hit
Media interest in Summer courses reaches all time high
Archaeological Guide in Top 10 Academic Bestsellers
Book becomes a bestseller
BU Marine Archaeology experts uncover amazing wreck
Paola Palma examines the find
Blood is thicker than water
A new publication from Dr. Korstjens
Stonehenge Virtual World Exhibition
Exploring Second Life
School Dean to become Editor in Chief
Conservation Sciences linked to 'Eddie Grundy' skeleton
A skeleton in the closet?
Piltdown Man gets new lease of life on web site
The world’s greatest scientific hoax?
Student wins prestigious accolade
Victoria Schorn has been awarded a cash prize for her work
Rethinking Cultural Heritage: Challenges and Dilemmas
Malta Conference Call for Papers
Neolithic Flint mines of Sussex research pages unveiled
Dr Miles Russell puts research online
BU staff and students lend a helping hand
Students from the BU MA Museum Studies course
Australian lecture tour proves a success
Professor Tim Darvill gets a warm welcome from Oz
BU scientists hit the rocks
The massive landslide near Lyme Regis
Postgraduate Researchers Conference
Put a date in your diary
Stonehenge goes down under
Professor Tim Darvill heads to Oz
Wessex Conservation Forum is a success
Con Sci event is very well attended
Come and meet the team
A dedicated open day for Con Sci
BU Professor making history at Stonehenge
Watch the event live on the BBC
Wessex Conservation Forum 2008
Sign up now for this exciting one-day event
Dr Ross Hill to Co-Chair conference
All roads lead to Edinburgh in September
ConSci Forensics staff make the news
Staff appear on both Sky News and Meridian
Former BU student makes good use of skills
Good or bad sand? You decide.
Non-Native Fish a Benefit Not a Burden
Introduction of non-native freshwater fish: Is it all bad?
Megalithic tombs in Europe
Professor Timothy Darvill on Megalithic tombs in Europe
Archaeology '08 conference unveiled
An unmissable archaeological event
Spring Seminar Programme announced
Spring Term 2008
Stonehenge: Its only Rock and Roll!
It's only Stonehenge, but I like it!
Meet the team at our forthcoming Open Days at the School
Book your place at a forthcoming event
Professor Adrian Newton edits new book
Biodiversity Loss and Conservation
More new courses for the School of Conservation Sciences
CS has close ties with partner colleges
New online database for primate morphological and spatial data
The database contains primate data
Third CS newsletter is released
CSInsight features school related news
The Jack Parsons Prize for Local Studies Research
Helen Parvin wins the 2007 prize
New Roman Archaeology programme starts at Bournemouth University
What did the Romans ever do for us? Find out at BU
CS staff member made Freeperson of Korean province
Korean authorities award presitgious accolade
New geotourism opportunities for Maasai volcano, Kenya
Dr Chris Wood advises on geotourism in Kenya
Conservation Sciences Seminar Programme
Autumn Term 2007
Britain’s Landslides
A lifetime's work
Minister goes digging for historical facts
Margaret Hodge meets staff and students
7th International Conference on Archaeological Prospection
Annual conference convenes in Slovakia
Archaeology students survey Stonehenge World Heritage Site
A student surveys the Stonehenge landscape
Knowlton website strikes a chord
Knowlton - a top-rated website
Prof Matthew Bennett returns from fieldwork in Kenya & Mexico
Popoccatepetl across the Valsequillo Reservoir
BU Students feature in The Guardian
Students excel in Ecuador
Second CSInsight newsletter is unveiled
CSInsight features School related news
BU Researcher and Technician carry out fieldwork in Romania
April Bentley and Patricia Furphy travel to North Western Romania
Coastal Management in the Solent
'Marine Policy' focused upon 'Coastal management in the Solent'
Visit to BU by Japanese Coastal Management Experts
Dr Steve Fletcher with the Japanese Coastal Management Experts
Dr Steve Fletcher interviewed for ‘Geographical’ magazine
BU Senior Lecturer talks to this leading magazine
The Stonehenge Riverside Project 2007
Come and see what's happening at this years amazing event
Earthwatch collaboration helps students on Ecology & Wildlife Conservation BSc
Canopies, climate change and mammals
Latest BU conference is a resounding success
HEA's Teaching and Learning in Archaeology conference
BU at forefront of Jurassic Coast laser scanning
ConSci staff help to scan the coastline
National Archaeology Week Public Open Day
See what goes on during a Field School
Conservation Sciences recruits reader in Geoinformatics
ConSci welcomes another recruit
Professor Adrian Newton returns from workshop in Vietnam
International workshop held in Hanoi, Vietnam
CSInsight newsletter is unveiled
BU leads research on invasive fish
Research grants help complement work so far
Forensic Short Courses July 2007
Book your place on these new Short Courses
Teaching and Learning in Archaeology Conference
19-21st June. Bournemouth University
Archaeology moves up the top twenty!
The Guardian University Guide 2008
From Russia with love...
The celebratory medal awarded to Professor Timothy Darvill
Professor Timothy Darvill appointed Vice-President of the SAL
One of Britain's oldest learned societies appoints BU Professor
Professor Adrian Newton publishes a new book
Find out about this brand new publication
Students from Bournemouth monitor Green Winged Orchids
Students assess progress of this rare species of Orchid
BU Conservation Science students and staff head to Ecuador
Con Sci students head to Ecuador
Dr. Miles Russell features in recent issue of Esquire Magazine
Esquire explores the world of hoaxes
Dr. Steve Fletcher returns from San Francisco conference
Association of American Geographers Conference
Coastal and Marine Management Learning Styles Survey
It's your chance to take part in this online survey
Half of the world's Magnolia species face extinction
New report reveals worrying statistics
It's your chance to pariticipate in the Marine Survey Week
Find out more about this exciting annual event
Biodiversity Conference in the New Forest
Sign up for this brand new event
Field Trip to Portugal is a resounding success
Chris Moody reports back on this recent trip
ConSci helps develop a Carbon Calculator
ConSci staff work on a Carbon Calculator
BU Archaeologists Aid Stonehenge Discovery
Latest news makes top of BBC's 'most read' stories list
The economic benefits of a degree
New report reveals its findings
Dr. Stuart Roberts to give lecture
Dr. Stuart Roberts visits BU on Thursday 15th February
Joint Day School Friday 20th - Sunday 22nd April 2007
Unquiet Lands: People and Landscapes in Prehistoric North West Europe
Professor Matthew Bennett continues his research in Mexico
More details on this recent visit
The 2007 School of Conservation Sciences Seminar Programme
Everything you need to know about these forthcoming events
The School of Conservation Sciences to offer exciting new bursary scheme
Read more on the new bursary scheme
IALE-UK Postgraduate workshop
How to manage our landscape?
Environmental sector employment is booming
Figures suggest further growth in this sector
BU opens Campus-based crime house
Minette Walters opens BU's 'crime house'
New Senior Lecturer joins the School
Conservation Ecology gets a boost from Rob Britton
2006 Autumn Awards Ceremonies
View pictures from the annual event
Environmental and Industrial Geophysics Group
Latest news and recent developments
Autumn term 2006
Faking it - the life and crimes of Charles Dawson
A lecture by Dr. Miles Russell
Professor Timothy Darvill launches essays on the archaeology of Gloucestershire
Essay launch details
Tomb builders take the prize
Award goes to new book
Dr. Miles Russell opens new exhibition
Hove museum boasts exciting new feature
The School of Conservation Sciences
Forthcoming Open Days in 2007
October's New Professional's Conference hailed a success
Full details on this recent event
Staff and students to appear in new C4 programme
Wild Thing - I Love You: Sunday 15th Oct 5.30pm
Potential landfill gas threat to be examined
Landfill gas issues addressed by BU
Beyond Stonehenge: Carn Meini and the Preseli bluestones
By Timothy Darvill, FSA, and Geoff Wainwright, FSA
Eight new Postgraduate Researchers join the school
Postgraduate Researchers commence 3 years of studies
BU Open Day attracts record numbers
The University welcomes over 1,600 prospective students
Major new study of Stonehenge and its landscape published
Stonehenge. The biography of a landscape By Timothy Darvill
Dr Steve Fletcher secures funding for new project
Coastal management in Japan
Royal Geographical Society Conference, London
Folk map for Somerset County Council
Yvette Staelens researches new publication
Staff from the School of Conservation Sciences host a stand at BIC Expo
Chartered Institute of Environmental Health Annual Conference 2006
MA Museum Studies Course arrives at Bournemouth University
Find out more about this exciting and innovative new course
Early human settlement in the Americas
Professor Matthew Bennett returns from 3 weeks fieldwork in Mexico as part of his NERC fund project...
Professor Adrian Newton co-authors new publication from UNEP-WCMC
This document is now available for download
Dr Steve Fletcher joins Conservation Sciences
Senior Lecturer in Coastal and Marine Affairs is appointed
Environmental Forensics Conference in April 2007
Plans for this event have now been unveiled
The Stonehenge Riverside Project 2006
Come and see what's happening at this years not to be missed event...
Latest EROCIPS Newsletter released
Featuring Bournemouth University EGS Student Placement Heli Pollonen
Professor Matthew Bennett talks sandcastles
There's a second series of the BBC's Coast programme currently being filmed.
Formby Point Footprints
Bournemouth University's Professor Matthew Bennett and researcher Sophie Fisher go back on the footprint trail...
"Wild Thing - I Love You"
Filming begins for the C4 series that will be on TV this Autumn featuring Bournemouth University staff and students...
World Heritage advisory work takes place in China
World Heritage Site inscription being pursued by Dr Chris Wood...
Helping with the conservation of Green Wing Orchids
Helping with the conservation of green winged orchids (Orchis morio) at Alderney Water Works...
Monitoring heathland recovery following a major fire in March
Staff at Bournemouth University have started a monitoring programme in collaboration with Poole Borough Council...
Symposium takes place in Mexico
12th International Symposium takes place at Tepoztlan, Morelos, Mexico in July...
New Environmental Forensics Course is announced
The new BSc (Hons) Environmental Forensics Environmental Forensics validated in March 2006 and taking its first entry this September...
Students win employment bursaries
Final Year students in the Archaeology and Historic Environment Group, in the School of Conservation Sciences, University of Bournemouth win employment bursaries...
The New Professionals Conference is announced
A gathering and presentation of current research and thinking from Museum Studies masters students. Are you a museum masters student? Then read on...
The Spring Awards Ceremony
Best MSc Forensic student and Best MSc Coastal Zone student presentation coverage
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