After three years (where I did my undergraduate degree) I am back into the Marine Educator role at Petite Anse, Four Seasons Resorts Seychelles and I feel like I’ve never been away! I was very happy to have been offered this position. Having enjoyed my degree at The University of Seychelles I now love the […]
More and more we are all beginning to understand our effect on the planet, increasingly realising what impact we have. This is in part thanks to a huge movement in education, in particular, marine education. After the General Manager of Four Seasons Resort Mauritius at Anahita heard that the International Colour of the Year 2019 […]
When I saw the job advertisement for the post of Marine Educator based at Four Seasons Resort Mauritius at Anahita in the newspaper, I was packing up to come back to Mauritius after 3 years of studies in China. I had the feeling that this job was tailor-made for me as I was a former […]
A new coral restoration project on the Gili Islands has been launched to help restore coral reefs, and educate others on the importance of protecting our oceans. The project is underway and the team are using science to help improve further coral research and coral reef monitoring techniques. Coral restoration efforts are becoming increasingly important, […]
I had been following WiseOceans’ social media for a while, and it was through their Jobs Board that I found the organisation in Fiji where I did my Divemaster qualification. Leaving the beauty of Fiji was hard, especially as it was winter in the UK (and unlike most Brits, I enjoy 30°+ weather), but soon […]
An Interview with WiseOceans… Aaron Eger from Sea Watch Foundation This week we chat to…Aaron who shares some very useful and detailed advice on developing a career in research, such as: how to approach a professor to land that opportunity, why people skills are important, ensuring you can sustain your career over your working lifetime, […]
Our newest Marine Educator Flora reflects on her first month or so as a WiseOceans Marine Educator Working for WiseOceans is a great change of pace for me. Having come from the Maldives, as both a resident marine biologist and a dive instructor, I spent more time that I would have liked on the dive […]
The National Whale and Dolphin Watch is a unique opportunity for anyone in the UK to get involved in a nation-wide data collection event. Researcher, boat operator, wildlife enthusiast or citizen scientist, we urge everyone to get involved! Running from Saturday 27th July – Sunday 4th August, this event aims to get a “snap-shot” of […]
WiseOceans celebrated World Oceans Day across the globe – trying to pack in as much help for our oceans and marine education as possible. Here is a summary of what our teams got up to. Wales, UK For our first World Oceans Day celebrations in Wales, we joined forces with Sea Trust to arrange a […]
Sea Trust is an NGO based in North Pembrokeshire, Wales. We are lucky enough to have a large population of Harbour Porpoise (Phocoena Phocoena) living off our coast all year round. Relatively little is known about that harbour porpoise compared to other cetaceans. To understand more about Harbour porpoise, especially our local population we have […]
