RHES visit London Zoo

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On Saturday 9th February the Reaseheath Herpetological and Entomological Society (RHES) took the four hour journey down to London Zoo (ZSL) to go behind the scenes at herpetology and BUGS.  This behind the scenes tour gave students the opportunity to see the valuable work that zoological collections are doing to conserve reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates but the side that the public don’t get to see. This included research rooms and areas under development.

The tours also gave students the chance to speak to key members of both departments about how they got to where they are now and what their plans are for the future. RHES are currently redesigning the leaf cutter ant enclosure at Reaseheath Zoo so they took the opportunity to ask questions about what works for London Zoo and how it could be improved to help them with their design.

RHES with Ben Tapely Team Leader of Herpetology

RHES with Ben Tapely Team Leader of Herpetology

 

 

Combined Training
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To enter our next Combined Training event on Sunday 28th January 2018, please enter online http://bit.ly/RHC_EquineEvents or contact 01270 616482 or email equineevents@reaseheath.ac.uk.

Click here for an entry form.

 

Show Jumping Competition
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 Our next Show Jumping event will run on Saturday 28th November 

 

For more information on the day of the event or beforehand please contact Heather Cooper, Equine Event Co-ordinator, on 01270 616497 or email heather.cooper@reaseheath.ac.uk.

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Autosport International 2013

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Students from the IMIAL Level 2 & 3 courses have recently returned from their annual study tour to the Autosport International which is held at the NEC, Birmingham.

By Tom Kitchen

Autosport 2012 was an amazing experience! This is a motorsports show which takes place every January at the NEC, which covers a wide range of the Motor Sport industry trade & educational side of the industry. There were four main halls with a range of stalls such as College/University recruitment stands, a Demon Tweeks stall, food stalls, Drag Racers, Rally cars, Go karting, and of course the whole Formula 1 grid from 2012.

IMI Level Students visiting the Bloodhound 1,000 MPH land speed record project

There was also a whole hall dedicated to the engineering industry behind trading stalls. This included high tech CNC lathes and milling machines and the amazing 3D printer where drawings are brought to life as 3 dimensional solid objects, where the moving parts worked as well.

The live action arena at Autosport International was amazing! They had Go Karting for £5 for all guests. If you went you also had the chance to go drifting with a professional driver in a Caterham car for the low price of £10 for about 3-4 minutes.

The live action show was on for about 45 minutes and it was included in the entry cost for the students. When you were inside the show you get to see Super Moto Quad Racing , the FMX Freestyle UK Team, Jap Speed Drift Team, Auto Grass class 8, Autosport best of British cars, Terry Grant, and finally an appearance from the McLaren young drivers team.

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By Jason Hill

The Maxxis stand

When we had finished looking around the show and watching the stunts in the live arena I realised I had learnt a lot about vehicles and how they are modified for Motorsport use. Lots of the stalls had examples of their modified suspension and brake systems as well as some very expensive looking wheels and tyre sets.

The opportunity to discuss HE course with the Universities that offer courses in Motorsport engineering was really exciting.

Many of us will no doubt return next year just to see all the amazing cars and collect all the freebees that all the stands give out, my personal favourite? The signed calendars from the Maxxis Girls…

Best car of the day? It would have to be the amazing Nissan Deltawing, a motorsport revolution in the making?