Category Archives: education

Everything to do with science education and outreach

Bitten by python

Posted on June 6, 2018 by

I’m learning to write code for my data analysis and numerical modelling work in Python. I quite like learning how to make tidy code and developing an understanding for the tricks of a specific language, but at the same time … Continue reading →

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Hypotheses

Posted on May 8, 2018 by

In my undergraduate degree we spent a lot of time studying the history of science and development of the scientific method, and its important to convey some of this to students undertaking independent research projects even if they have not … Continue reading →

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Crevasse rescue training

Posted on April 23, 2018 by

Every year as we take a new bunch of student helpers out to the glaciers with us we arrange a crevasse rescue course. This year Benjamin and Christoph Stern were our guides at the Stubai Gletscher ski area where we … Continue reading →

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Landlab teaching tools

Posted on March 8, 2018 by

I’m trying to develop teaching materials using Jupyter notebook (mainly inspired by my colleague Fabien Maussian) and its super interesting but quite hard work for me as a python beginner. I was looking for other things people have been doing … Continue reading →

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Der Standard “Eis und Klima” blog

Posted on February 13, 2018 by

Our research group has started blogging on Der Standard, an Austrian broadsheet. The aim is to let Austrian readers know a bit more about both our research, why we do it, and what is involved in being a working scientist. … Continue reading →

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