Last October in the Strictly Boardroom column we considered the problem of why more Australian's don't do minerals industry PhDs, with a particular focus on geoscience in this case. Though initially this may seem a somewhat niche question, many key figures in the domestic exploration industry are PhDs (though you may not realise it). There is more to this than… Read this post →
Last year one of the article's we published in the Strictly Boardroom column was on 'social licence to operate'. It was based on some personal observations made at Perth Airport. The serious point underlying the article though was that with the social licence involving community connection it may be better approached from the bottom up rather than the top down… Read this post →
I was awarded my international student visa for Australia today, allowing me to spend up to 2017 studying trends in the development of copper mines, at the Centre for Exploration Targeting in Perth. I will write much more extensively about my PhD research in future, but for now here is a link to my PhD research proposal: www.johnpsykes.com/phd-proposal Read this post →
Having cleverly avoided the frigid London winter (only just - the aeroplane had to be de-iced on the runway before take-off) by spending January in Perth, Australia, it’s only fair to share some thoughts on this mining hot spot. In particular, its contrast with London, which seems to be in the grip of a harsh physical and financial winter. Summer… Read this post →
