October 2026
Monitoring Bottlenose Dolphins in Cardigan Bay
14/10/2026
By Rebecca Schouten, Zoology PhD student I’m Rebecca and I’m a new PhD student at Trinity, aiming to assess the impacts of Spartina anglica and opportunities for its management and control. Before starting my PhD, I was the research assistant and intern coordinator for the 2026 season at Sea Watch Foundation (SWF) and coming to […]
What Does a Research Assistant Do?
02/10/2026
Research assistants (RA) are the backbone to many projects happening inside the departments of Botany and Zoology. Their roles can vary from fieldwork data collection for PhD and Master's students. Assisting professors in long established or new projects. Working in the labs on varying tasks from robotics, to soil analysis to plant and animal identification. […]