A wetland area at Slottsskogen - in 24 hours
News: Nov 10, 2009
Plan a wetland area at the Gothenburg park Slottsskogen and devise new educational exhibitions at conservation centre Nordens Ark.
These are just two examples of the sorts of assignments that biology students from the University of Gothenburg have been given by companies based in the region.
Mission 24 Biologi Special is a project linking biology students with their future employers. The mission is as difficult as it is simple: in teams of three to six, the thirty students are presented with assignments from companies and organisations based in the Gothenburg region, and they have exactly 24 hours to come up with a solution.
Sustainable development
The missions can be about anything to do with biology, such as ecotourism, water management, environmental and energy issues, marketing and information material, attitude surveys, sustainable development, fitness, leisure and education in nature, park management and horticulture etc.
This year's missions will be presented on 12-13 November at the Swedish Exhibition and Congress Centre, and several of them are of considerable public interest:
• Gothenburg park Slottsskogen wants to investigate the possibility of 
constructing a wetland area in the park, which would benefit both the tourist industry and be of ecological value
• Nordens Ark in Lysekil is seeking the help of the biology students in developing proposals for new educational stations for children
Experience and contacts
When the 24 hours are up and the mission has been completed, the students meet their client to discuss the results.
"Hopefully the clients get some good ideas to help them move forward in the planning process, while the students gain some work experience, useful contacts and a bit of insight into how they can apply their studies in the labour market," says Marie Lenngren, Coordinator at the University of Gothenburg.
The missions will be handed out at the Swedish Exhibition and Congress Centre at 9.00 a.m. on Thursday 12 November. The results will be presented in the same location at 9.15 a.m. on Friday 13 November. Journalists are welcome to attend.
For further information, please contact:
Marie Lenngren, Department of Biology, University of Gothenburg
031-7863627
marie.lenngren@biology.gu.se
Carolina Green, Project Assistant Mission 24/IDC West Sweden
0708- 73 14 15
carolina@mission24.se
carolina@idcwestsweden.se
Read more about Mission 24 here:
www.mission24.se
http://www.biology.gu.se/Mission24Biologispecial/
Contact Information
Tanja Thompson, Head of Public Relations
Visiting Address:
Guldhedsgatan 5 A
Phone:
46 31 -786 98 86
Fax:
031-786 4839
Note of clarification
In case of doubt or confusion, the Swedish version of this press release takes precedence.
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