ODA Richard Sandbrook Award
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Congratulations to the Sixth Former pictured, who has been awarded this year's ODA Richard Sandbrook Award by the Old Dauntseians' Association. She will be spending three weeks with Tethy's Research Institute onboard a research boat in the Ligurian Sea, Italy, collecting and analysing data on cetaceans, particularly fin whales, sperm whales, Risso's dolphins and striped dolphins. Research carried out will include photographic and photo-identification techniques, conducting visual and acoustic surveys, remote underwater tracking, skin swabbing, faecal sampling, behavioural sampling and analysing respiration patterns. The Award was for £1,500 and the winner will give a presentation to pupils at Dauntsey's next year following the completion of this project. |
- The making of a film documentary about President Nasheed of the Maldive Islands and the efforts by him and his government to make the Maldives the world’s first carbon neutral country
- Tourism in South East Asia and it’s compatibility with the concept of sustainable development
- A study of Deforestation in Pacific Asia
- Coral Reef conservation in the Seychelles
The ODA Richard Sandbrook Award was established by the ODA in January 2009, to commemorate the work of former pupil Richard Sandbrook, OBE (1946-2005). The Award is available to ODs and Sixth Form pupils (aged 18-25) who are planning a trip, project or research which promotes sustainable development in some shape or form. For further details click here.