MSc ECE student Lia Bennet reports on Lauren Burt’s seminar on the past, present and future of Hurst Spit.

MSc ECE student Lia Bennet reports on Lauren Burt’s seminar on the past, present and future of Hurst Spit: On the 7th December Lauren Burt, part of the New Forest District Council’s Coastal Team and an alumna of the MSc ECE, gave a presentation on the past, present and future management of Hurst spit. This… Read More MSc ECE student Lia Bennet reports on Lauren Burt’s seminar on the past, present and future of Hurst Spit.

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Maria Ines de Carli reports on the seminar by Dr Alexandra Toimil (IH Cantabria)

On Friday November 23rd, Dr Alexandra Toimil from the Environmental Hydraulics Institute “IHCantabria” gave a seminar on the topic: “A probabilistic framework for the assessment of coastal erosion”. During the talk, Dr Toimil introduced us to a new framework that tries to fill a gap there currently is in impact assessment of coastal erosion. This… Read More Maria Ines de Carli reports on the seminar by Dr Alexandra Toimil (IH Cantabria)

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Seminar Blog: Surgewatch: documenting 2000 years of coastal flooding in the UK

By MSc ECE 2018/19 student Gabriella Panteli, On Friday 2nd November Dr Ivan Haigh, Mrs Addina Inayatillah, Ms Lucy Fillbrook spoke to us on the topic “Surgewatch: documenting 2000 years of coastal flooding in the UK”. Coastal flooding events have had catastrophic consequences both globally and in the UK. Within the UK there is a… Read More Seminar Blog: Surgewatch: documenting 2000 years of coastal flooding in the UK

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COMEM / ECE / GDP fieldtrip to Pennington and Hurst Spit on 27 Sep 18 – By ECE student Pei Ling Goh

ECE 2018/19 student Pei reports on the induction fieldtrio to Pennington Marshes and Hurst Spit: This first field trip to Pennington and Hurst Spit marks the start of the adventure of our MSc Engineering in the Coastal Environment (ECE) first semester. This is the first time when we met up with all the students from… Read More COMEM / ECE / GDP fieldtrip to Pennington and Hurst Spit on 27 Sep 18 – By ECE student Pei Ling Goh

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OES Coastal team visits China

Back in June, a team of researchers form the Coastal Group at University of Southampton (UoS), comprising Prof Carl Amos, Prof Ian Townend, Dr Charlie Thompson and Dr Hachem Kassem completed a 10 day trip to China. The team were invited by the College of Harbor, Coastal & Offshore Engineering at Hohai University (HHU), Nanjing,… Read More OES Coastal team visits China

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Using science to understand coastal policy in the National Trust

Dr Sally Brown (Senior Research Fellow in FEE) recently undertook a six month placement at the National Trust where she was analysing coastal change using NERC funded science. She has written a blog about her experiences which you can read here: Do you know how much coast is owned by the National Trust 775 miles in England,… Read More Using science to understand coastal policy in the National Trust

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