<div class="fr-view"><p><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-GB">On Wednesday 24 January, as part of Freshers Fortnight 2024, the OU Students Association held our second sustainability panel discussion on OU research. ;</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> ;</span></p>
<p lang="EN-US"><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-GB">We heard from: ;</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> ;</span></p>
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<p lang="EN-US"><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US">Dr Kevin Collins ;</span><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US">(Senior Lecturer in Environment &; Systems)</span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US"> ;who spoke about ;</span><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US">Systems &; Sustainability: Developing skills in systems thinking and practice</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> ;</span></p>
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<p lang="EN-US"><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US">Ramla Khan (PhD student in ;the ;School of Environment, ;Earth ;and Ecosystem Sciences (EEES)) who told us about research on ;the effect of temperature on urban trees</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> ;</span></p>
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<p lang="EN-US"><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US">Dr Marcus Badger (Senior Lecturer in Earth Sciences) who ;discussed how we can use the rock record to understand the Earth’s climate system</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> ;</span></p>
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<p lang="EN-US"><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-US">Dr Leslie Mabon (Lecturer in Environmental Systems in the School of Engineering and Innovation) ;who spoke on ‘There&#8217;s no such thing as a natural disaster: climate change adaptation and resilience’</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> ;</span></p>
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<p lang="EN-US"><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-GB">Each panellist presented their research for 10 minutes, followed by answering questions from students on how they got into the field, current research projects and more. ;</span><span data-ccp-props='{"335559685":0}'> ;</span></p>
<p lang="EN-US"><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-GB">If you missed the event, you can ;</span><a href="https://youtu.be/GHjGXtSrGxs" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank"><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-GB"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">catch up with the recording on our YouTube channel</span></span></a><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-GB">. ;</span><span data-ccp-props='{"335559685":0}'> ;</span></p>
<p lang="EN-US"><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-GB">We hope to hold more sustainability events in the future, if you have any ideas for us to consider please email us at ;</span><a href="mailto:oustudents-community@open.ac.uk" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank"><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-GB"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">oustudents</span></span></a><a href="mailto:-community@open.ac.uk">-community@open.ac.uk</a><span data-contrast="none" lang="EN-GB">. ;</span><span data-ccp-props='{"335559685":0}'> ;</span></p>
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