The MSc in Palaeobiology began in 1996, and over the years, hundreds of students have completed the programme. In 2024, MSc students published 15 papers, bringing the total since 1996 to 200 publications.
This is a great achievement through the hard work of so many students; for most, this is their first publication and to avhieve it, they not only had to complete an excellent research project, but also go through the rigours of turning it into something publishable, and working through the sometimes thorny to-and-fro with reviewers.
As an example of one of the 15 papers published by MSc students in 2025, Rachel Kruft Welton showed how bivalves respond to increased water temperature, acidity, deoxygenation, and changes in salinity as examples of past and current climate change stressors (figure below).
