The event brought together thought leaders from across Wales to reflect on the Society’s impact and its role in shaping the future of research, education and civic life.

SOS is more than just education—it's the gateway to a rewarding, future-proof career. With a curriculum aligned to the changing needs of the green energy sector, our graduates are ready to lead, innovate, and make an impact.

As Employability Officer, she connected with companies and higlighted the skills of our graduates. She discussed how they can continue to shape the future with their skills in marine environmental health and renewable energy, positioning them to thrive in today’s rapidly evolving job market.

More top findings:
Gravel Champs: Working with Red on Sports to reduce single-use pollution output during events. Gathering support for the 'Don't be a gel end petition'.

Their top findings from events so far include:
EDSC: Cleaning every path up Yr Wyddfa, removing 2353 items!
BMC: Hiked up the PYG trail on Yr Wyddfa and removing litter from the upper Glaslyn bowl. 4,282 items of trash were removed.

They are both developing fundamental employability skills including: organisation, project management, collaboration, statistical analyses, and scientific writing/communication.

Jasmine is looking at how different levels of experience of volunteers leads to variation in litter data records, and what methodological factors influence this. This helps improve the accuracy of the TFT citizen science data, used to drive policy change such as the Deposit Return Scheme for the UK.

Chloe is researching different methodologies of environmental organisations, and how this may lead to variation in litter data. This matters for standardisation across environmental organisations, will promote efficiency, and help persuade authoritative bodies to implement policies.

She was joined by Becca, who is starting her Masters in Marine Environmental Protection next week at Ocean sciences.