Naturally Speaking

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Cutting edge research and ecology chat from the University of Glasgow

  • 46 minutes 39 seconds
    Are we using the right statistics?
    Are we using the right statistics? It is a contentious question in science. Statistics may seem like a hard, objective discipline, but there are in fact many different opinions and methods when it comes to analyzing our data. Today on Naturally Speaking we are discussing the two main schools of statistics; frequentist and Bayesian statistics. […]
    19 February 2024, 12:00 pm
  • 35 minutes 45 seconds
    EPISODE 94 – Celebrating International Day of Women in STEM
    The International Day of Women and Girls in STEM is on February 11th and celebrates the fantastic work of women and girls in STEM. Our University is full of many amazing women doing incredible work in the field of STEM, providing countless role models for young women aspiring to be scientists. However, this wasn’t always […]
    12 February 2024, 11:05 am
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    Episode 93 – Racial Inequality in Academia
    In this episode, Paddy McCleave is joined by three amazing guests, Raheema Chunara, Maarya Omar, and Abimbola Abodunrin, to discuss racial inequality in academia. PART 1:  PART 2: Racial inequality has been present in science throughout history and continues to be a widespread issue today. The belief that this is a thing of the past […]
    31 January 2024, 2:03 pm
  • 53 minutes 52 seconds
    How To Survive A Conference: A 10 Year Update
    Conferences are a major part of life in academia: they allow us to share our work, build collaborations, and find out more about the interesting work in our field. However, conferences aren’t always easy to navigate and can involve public speaking nerves and awkward interactions. A panel of ‘Conference Survivors’, including Professor Shaun Killen and […]
    8 January 2024, 1:36 pm
  • 20 minutes 16 seconds
    Episode 91 – Seawilding: Scottish Native Oyster Restoration
    Most of us will be familiar with the concept of ‘rewilding’, but what about ‘seawilding’? In this episode of Naturally Speaking, we are joined by SBOHVM’s very own Dr Anna McGregor to discuss her very exciting, important and interdisciplinary Scottish native oyster (Ostrea edulis) restoration project. She tells us about how Gaelic place names are […]
    6 September 2023, 9:43 am
  • 44 minutes 41 seconds
    Episode 90 – Whiffs of Wisdom: Exploring Smell, Scientific Writing & Teaching
    In this episode, Mar Pineda and Nic Strowbridge are joined by Professor Matthew Cobb from the University of Manchester. Professor Cobb is a researcher, author, and scientific communicator. He was voted as our postgraduate students’ number 1 choice for our 2023 Darwin Day speaker. He kindly accepted our invitation and presented a fantastic talk on […]
    21 August 2023, 9:00 am
  • 17 minutes 11 seconds
    Episode 89 – Community Outreach: Engaging the public in your science
    Science communication is a vitally important component of research. It encourages community engagement and sharing of new discoveries, making exciting science accessible to the wider public. However, it is also a skill that can be difficult to master – how do we make science approachable to everyone? In this episode, we have a conversation with […]
    31 July 2023, 10:09 am
  • 18 minutes 28 seconds
    Episode 87 – Disease Ecology on Amsterdam Island: up close and personal with the albatross
    In this episode, Taya Forde and Paddy McCleave are joined by Thierry Boulinier, a director of research at CNRS Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive at the Université Montpellier. Thierry’s research focuses on the dispersal and dynamics of seabirds and their parasites, where he works with a range of collaborators, such as the French Polar Institute and, […]
    17 January 2023, 10:37 am
  • 10 years of Naturally Speaking: Part 1 – A look back at some of our favourite podcasts
    This week Naturally Speaking turns 10 years old! Our first podcast was published on May 15th, 2012. Since then, we have published a total of 86 podcasts, celebrating the diversity of research and events going on within the Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health & Comparative Medicine. In this post, we take this opportunity to look […]
    16 May 2022, 6:51 am
  • 22 minutes 40 seconds
    Episode 86 – Animal welfare… on the sheep farm
    As consumers, we hope that the animals that provide our meat, milk, eggs, etc. are well cared-for and are kept in good welfare conditions. But what does this really mean in practice? This is the second of a pair of episodes that explore different aspects of farm animal welfare. In this episode, Naturally Speaking’s Taya […]
    22 April 2022, 7:04 am
  • 20 minutes 30 seconds
    Episode 85 – Dog phone and the dawn of the Doggoverse
    Have you ever wondered what animal internet would look like? In this episode, Naturally Speaking’s Mohammad Saiful Islam Sajib and Taya Forde interview Dr. Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas, a Lecturer in the School of Computing Science, and an associate at IBAHCM. Here, they talk about Ilyena’s work on Animal Connected Interfaces and how technology can play an […]
    1 April 2022, 6:21 am
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