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Teachers' Workshop at BES Annual Symposium
28 March 2007
University of Sheffield, UK

Ecologists from the UK and overseas will be attending the BES Annual Symposium, Speciation and Ecology, and the BES has secured four guest speakers to attend this Teachers Workshop on Wednesday 28th March 2007  from 3-5 pm.

It is primarily to discuss their work and it’s relevance to the AS/A2-level Biology specifications as they exist in 2007 and looking towards the 2008 changes. The workshop is free of charge and will be suitable for all teachers of AS/A2 Biology; its aim is to allow teachers an opportunity to meet with ecologists and discuss up to date research on speciation and ecology.

Provisional Timetable

2.30pm Registration
3.00pm Karen Devine (BES Education Officer) Welcome and Introduction to first speaker
3.05pm Roger Butlin: "Do Mechanisms Matter for Speciation for Explaining Biodiversity?"
3.30pm Tim Barraclough: "What Do Species Do?"

Coffee

4.05pm Graham Bell: "Are Microbes Different?"
4.30pm Jim Mallett: "Rapid Speciation and Adaptive Radiation"
4.55pm Karen Devine: Conclusion
5.00pm Resources and Close

If you would like to attend this workshop, please complete and post the booking form and return to Karen Devine at the address below. The deadline for bookings is 23 February 2007.

British Ecological Society
26 Blades Court
Deodar Road
London
SW15 2NU

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