A most entertaining and thought-provoking series of talks and workshops were held at the University Marine Biological Station Millport this weekend bringing together experienced scientists from the tertiary and secondary education sectors, non Governmental organisations, other field course providers, the voluntary sector and industry. The meeting built upon a similarly successful Fieldwork Forum held here two years ago. It is the intention to establish a biennial Millport meeting to take forward issues relating to fieldwork opportunity, provision, delivery and quality. The problems of staffing, demographics of experienced staff and staff workload.
Further evidence is required to develop arguments to support fieldwork in the following topic areas.
Data on comparative costs of field teaching vs other modules What qualities differentiate residential fieldwork classes from non residential, ie.