Events
Seminar Series
The Centre for Ecology and Conservation runs a weekly seminar series where we invite world leading researchers to present and discuss their latest research. The seminars run Thursdays 1-2pm on the Penryn Campus (in person only) with opportunities for staff and students to talk to the speaker about their work.
Darwin Landing Day Seminar
In addition to our regular Thursday seminars we also run a special “Darwin Landing Day seminar" to celebrate the day Darwin came ashore in Falmouth at the end of his voyage on the Beagle on the 2nd October 1836. Each year we invite a distinguished researcher in Evolutionary Biology.
CEC Christmas Conservation seminar
We also host a special "CEC Christmas Conservation seminar”, inviting a leading conservation scientist to talk about their work.
Find out more about our exciting schedule of talks via the link below, where you can also find out about other events happening in the department.
Click here to see our seminar programme
Outreach event - Christmas lecture
Over 200 local primary school children from years 3 and 4 visited us in December to learn about animals in the arctic and marine life through interactive Christmas-themed science talks given by postgraduate students. Subjects included Animals of the North Pole, Dinosaurs in the Snow and Gift Giving in Marine Animals.
Darwin Week
At the CEC, Darwin week is our annual celebration of Darwin’s birthday and evolutionary research. We ran a series of events and for 2024 our programme included:
- Lectures from Samir Okasha (Professor of Philosophy of Science) and Hanja Brandl (Post-doc of Behavioural Ecology)
- 2 x Discussion Groups
- Pub Quiz
Click here to download a copy of our full programme for Darwin Week 2024
