BUC 20204 ONLINE
The online knock-out rounds and quarterfinal took place in February 2024 between 28 teams from across the UK and Ireland for places in the live semi-final and final at The Queens College, University of Oxford in August 2024. All were streamed live and are recorded on our Botanical University Challenge YouTube Channel.
WHO SUPPORTED BUC 2024?
For BUC 2024 our financial sponsors include The Gatsby Foundation, The New Phytologist Foundation, Oxford University, RSK Biocensus, Ecology by Design, Garden Centre Association and others. We also thank the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland and the Field Studies Council for kindly donating some of the prizes. BUC 2024 was organised by the BUC Planning Team working closely with The Oxford Botanical Garden and Arboretum.
THE BUC PLANNING TEAM
Dr Jonathan Mitchley, originator and guiding light. Associate Professor in Field Botany, University of Reading. Website drmgoeswild.com X/Tweets as @drmgoeswild
Professor Emeritus John Warren, originator and question supervisor. Emeritus Vice Chancellor of the PNG University of Natural Resources and Environment. X/Tweets as @John_in_Aber
Dr Meriel Jones, social media, questions and organisation ideas. Honorary Senior Lecturer University of Liverpool. Social media for Botanical University Challenge: X/Tweets as @BUCBotany ; Instagram & Threads as @botanicalunichallenge ; BlueSky as @bucbotany.bsky.social
Dr Nigel Chaffey, questions. Visiting Research Fellow, Bath Spa University. Website Plant Cuttings X/Tweets as @NChaffey
Dr Helen Ougham, questions. Emeritus Reader, Aberystwyth University .
Dr Colin Clubbe, advisor and supporter. Senior Research Leader, Kew. X/Tweets as @CClubbe
Dr Alastair Culham, question setter and supporter. Associate Professor of Botany and Curator of Reading University Herbarium. X/Tweets as @BotanyRNG and @RNGHerb.
Dr Sven Batke, organiser and supporter. Senior Lecturer in Plant Science, Edge Hill University. X/Tweets as @batkesp
Sebastian Stroud, behind the scenes IT. Teaching Fellow in Ecology, University of Leeds. X/Tweets as @seburbanbotany
Hannah Hall, behind the scenes IT. PhD student, University of Reading
Jonathan Charmley, behind the scenes IT. BA student, University of Reading.
Supporters and advisors
Dr Susan Medcalf, supporter. Protected Sites Lead Advisor, Natural England. Tweets as @pennymarshwort
Professor Alastair Fitter CBE FRS, advisor and supporter. University of York.
Professor Paul Ashton, originator and supporter. Professor of Botany, Edge Hill University.
Dr Hamish Symington, supporter. Junior Research Fellow at University of Cambridge.
For any further questions or more information about BUC2024
contact Dr Jonathan Mitchley
University of Reading