Reflecting on a successful sustainability panel discussion on OU research

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On Wednesday 24 January, as part of Freshers Fortnight 2024, the OU Students Association held our second sustainability panel discussion on OU research&period;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;&NewLine;We heard from&colon;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="1" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="ï·" data-list-defn-props='{"134225954"&colon;true,"134225961"&colon;true,"335552541"&colon;1,"335559683"&colon;0,"335559684"&colon;-2,"335559685"&colon;720,"335559991"&colon;360,"469769226"&colon;"Symbol","469769242"&colon;[8226],"469777803"&colon;"left","469777804"&colon;"ï·","469777815"&colon;"hybridMultilevel"}' data-listid="1">&NewLine;Dr Kevin Collins&nbsp&semi;(Senior Lecturer in Environment &amp&semi; Systems)&nbsp&semi;who spoke about&nbsp&semi;Systems &amp&semi; Sustainability&colon; Developing skills in systems thinking and practice&nbsp&semi;&NewLine;</li>&NewLine;<li data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="2" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="ï·" data-list-defn-props='{"134225954"&colon;true,"134225961"&colon;true,"335552541"&colon;1,"335559683"&colon;0,"335559684"&colon;-2,"335559685"&colon;720,"335559991"&colon;360,"469769226"&colon;"Symbol","469769242"&colon;[8226],"469777803"&colon;"left","469777804"&colon;"ï·","469777815"&colon;"hybridMultilevel"}' data-listid="1">&NewLine;Ramla Khan (PhD student in&nbsp&semi;the&nbsp&semi;School of Environment,&nbsp&semi;Earth&nbsp&semi;and Ecosystem Sciences (EEES)) who told us about research on&nbsp&semi;the effect of temperature on urban trees&nbsp&semi;&NewLine;</li>&NewLine;<li data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="3" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="ï·" data-list-defn-props='{"134225954"&colon;true,"134225961"&colon;true,"335552541"&colon;1,"335559683"&colon;0,"335559684"&colon;-2,"335559685"&colon;720,"335559991"&colon;360,"469769226"&colon;"Symbol","469769242"&colon;[8226],"469777803"&colon;"left","469777804"&colon;"ï·","469777815"&colon;"hybridMultilevel"}' data-listid="1">&NewLine;Dr Marcus Badger (Senior Lecturer in Earth Sciences) who&nbsp&semi;discussed how we can use the rock record to understand the Earth’s climate system&nbsp&semi;&NewLine;</li>&NewLine;<li data-aria-level="1" data-aria-posinset="4" data-font="Symbol" data-leveltext="ï·" data-list-defn-props='{"134225954"&colon;true,"134225961"&colon;true,"335552541"&colon;1,"335559683"&colon;0,"335559684"&colon;-2,"335559685"&colon;720,"335559991"&colon;360,"469769226"&colon;"Symbol","469769242"&colon;[8226],"469777803"&colon;"left","469777804"&colon;"ï·","469777815"&colon;"hybridMultilevel"}' data-listid="1">&NewLine;Dr Leslie Mabon (Lecturer in Environmental Systems in the School of Engineering and Innovation)&nbsp&semi;who spoke on &OpenCurlyQuote;There&&num;8217&semi;s no such thing as a natural disaster&colon; climate change adaptation and resilience’&nbsp&semi;&NewLine;</li>&NewLine;</ul>&NewLine;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&period;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;&NewLine;If you missed the event, you can&nbsp&semi;<a href="https&colon;//youtu&period;be/GHjGXtSrGxs" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="&lowbar;blank">catch up with the recording on our YouTube channel</a>&period;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;&NewLine;We hope to hold more sustainability events in the future, if you have any ideas for us to consider please email us at&nbsp&semi;<a href="mailto&colon;oustudents-community&commat;open&period;ac&period;uk" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="&lowbar;blank">oustudents</a><a href="mailto&colon;-community&commat;open&period;ac&period;uk">-community&commat;open&period;ac&period;uk</a>&period;&nbsp&semi;&nbsp&semi;&NewLine;[zombify&lowbar;post]&NewLine;

Lara Munday

Lara is a member of the OU Students Association staff team.