Chris Jeffs

CALLOUT FOR CAREER TRANSITION STORIES: Are you working in the environment/conservation sector and began with a humanities degree? If you are willing to provide advice for students wishing to follow in your footsteps, please message! Seeking reassuring stories as evidence🌿🪲🦎

Enjoyed speaking with Dr Mhairi Towler @Vivomotion on her podcast! Got to share my experiences moving into careers beyond academia - highs and lows - and hopefully there are some advice nuggets for people considering the same! Listen below 👇🎧 podcasters.spotify.com/pod/s…

Wonderful 24hrs back with @BES_careers @FranciscaSconce @Andra_Opr sharing the wonders of entomology at #BESUG23! From nighttime insect raves to morning mothing and sampling in the sun - we packed a lot in. Fantastic meeting new students and catching up with familiar faces 😄

Some great advice on handling tricky audience questions. Wish I had these in my locker back in the day! 👇

PAID work experience in Entomology over the summer for biologists and aspiring entomologists! Have a look at this fantastic opportunity! 👇👇👇 🪲 🦟🦗

Hivemind advice sought! Anyone have suggestions for good self-assessment tax return services? Submitting my first one ever (combined fixed employment and sole trader stuff) and finding the process stress-inducing!

Excellent to see the 'Connecting schools to nature' project going from strength to strength! To see how the team have brought inspiring experiences to primary school pupils across the North East, check this thread: 🧵👇

And so it begins! Very excited to start my new role as 'Careers Adviser for Researchers' @OxfordCareers. Whether it's within academia or pursuing the many MANY fulfilling paths beyond, I'm going to love working with people to explore and take their next exciting steps :) #careers

#DreamTeam <3

How excellent was #BESUG22?! The @BritishEcolSoc Summer School is always the highlight of the year. Absolutely loved meeting so many lovely people with diverse stories and skills to share. Thank you for your openness, enthusiasm, and tolerating high volumes of insect facts!!!

A night in Keswick ahead of the @BES_careers Summer School at @FSCBlencathra!! Ready for four days of ecology, careers, and most importantly - bug hunts! #BESUG22

Privileged to have seen the wonderful 'Anima' exhibition launch by the talented @BryonyBA. Sumptuous colours, echoes of folklore, and a call to (re)connect with nature. Seeing our @BritishEcolSoc collaboration in the flesh was also very exciting :) GO SEE THIS!

It was great to be meeting great people for training again! Also I want all our reviews to mention my nosebleeds. #BloodSweatTearsTraining

EXTREME PRESENTING

Lovely team day in Durham planning our 'Connecting schools to nature' project @BritishEcolSoc @MammalWeb @SMASHfestUKR Codesign, outreach workshops, teacher and volunteer training, green transforming schools! Grateful for a fantastic group to work with #BESEncountersWithNature

Looking forward to chatting about careers beyond academia tomorrow at @RoyEntSoc student forum! Entomology can take you to many exciting an unexpected places :)

Found a brilliant photo of the great @EntoProf in action - teaching invertebrate ID together with @FranciscaSconce at the @BritishEcolSoc UG Summer School in 2019. Even a foul rainy day couldn't derail the entomology machine! And what can we say about those wonderful T-shirts?!

The words in this thread reflect some of the impact @EntoProf had on our entomological community, and I hope they do the great man justice. Many of us as students had our passion for insects stoked by his drive, and it was always fun to work with this dedicated and generous man.

Great session this afternoon for @RoyEntSoc #ENTO21, sharing the 'Grand Challenges in Entomology' project. Involving the membership in prioritising the Society's priorities for activity. Great efforts to increase inclusivity via wide consultation