Harper Adams marks International Darwin Day!

To mark International Darwin Day and to celebrate the famous Salopian scientist Charles Darwin, our Agriculture and Environment staff launched an intra-university photography competition, where students could win a £50 Amazon Voucher.   

The brief was: ‘intellectual bravery, perpetual curiosity, scientific thinking, hunger for truth.’   

In the run-up to the occasion, we shared an entry a day on our social media platforms, and the winner of the competition is to be announced soon! 

There is clear interest by the subject to understand the plant on a more scientific level, with other plants in the background and foreground demonstrating how evolution has allowed such variety to prosper. pic.twitter.com/vVnlXBKlqL

— Harper Adams University (@HarperAdamsUni) February 10, 2022

This supreme curiosity and desire, wisdom and courage, just like every smoke and fire in a small city, are irrigated and nourished by pink science and truth. pic.twitter.com/vMnW9Bmswf

— Harper Adams University (@HarperAdamsUni) February 11, 2022

A person's hand hovering over an unidentified mushroom, undecided in whether they should indulge their curiosity or retreat from the unfamiliar, embodies the line that you will either draw or cross in the pursuit of knowledge. pic.twitter.com/FmHxRbeFgw

— Harper Adams University (@HarperAdamsUni) February 9, 2022

The lions waste is the hyenas gain… by Sacha Welsh

The Hyena is to many people repulsive, disgusting and cruel. To go against what people perceive them to be, to me Hyena are a true embodiment of Darwin’s most famous phrase “Survival of the fittest” #InternationalDarwinDay pic.twitter.com/nIiE1Orugl

— Harper Adams University (@HarperAdamsUni) February 8, 2022