there is a similar thread from 2014 from what appears to be the same University – I cannot remember myself if I completed it as well ( I may have done so; I noticed that the “diversity monitoring” bit on this survey was also particularly well thought out) and if so wouldn’t want to accidentally duplicate and skew the results.
its not uncommon for research like this to span many years, much longer than a single students course duration – for instance there is a Swedish university where both the linguistics and zoology profs have been researching vocal communication between humans and the domestic cat for the last 25 years – but if this is a longer term project its worth putting up more details clarifying this (for instance the cat communication project is publicised on both the University website and the profs own personal webspaces along with other linked research projects).
Although I am not anywhere as smart as these profs I do have an interest in zoology and linguistics and found lots of other interesting research on these sites; it is also good publicity for prospective students and teachers!
Another long term project I’ve noticed online is the monitoring of wild geese populations across Northern Europe which involves Universities in DK, NL and an EU research team (one of the Profs is British and his name is Professor Anthony Fox :laugh_at:). This site combines both the high level research at the Universities with “crowdsourced” photos and sighting reports of the geese by local and visiting birdwatchers; as lots of people have phones with cameras and GPS receivers this is a valuable source of trustworthy data.
OK kitty cats and birds are generally viewed worldwide as far more cute than drug users (I don’t think the Swedish unis would have publicised research on NPS as SE has even stronger laws against drugs than UK) but IMO British Universities could easily adopt some of these good practices..
