TV star returns to lecture in his old classroom

Dr Trevor Dines is the enthusiastic botanist who is getting the nation excited about wild plants in the popular new Channel 4 series ‘Wild Things’. Today he comes back to the place where he studied to speak to a new generation of students.

Trevor graduated in plant science from Bangor University in 1987 and went on to do a PhD here.  Today he is lecturing 2^nd year students studying Conservation Practice giving them a case study of the challenges of achieving conservation success in the real world. The title of his talk is ‘Muddy and downtrodden; the secret to success for a water-buttercup’.

When he heard he would be lecturing in room F27 in the Thoday building he got ‘all nostalgic’ remembering his days in the lecture room as an undergraduate.

The 1^st series of Wild Things has just finished; however, the episodes are still available on 4 OD.

Publication date: 18 March 2013