{"id":4626,"date":"2020-08-27T13:38:05","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T13:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/?p=4626"},"modified":"2020-08-27T13:38:05","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T13:38:05","slug":"hedgehogs-on-campus-generates-huge-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/hwbstaffnews\/2020\/08\/27\/hedgehogs-on-campus-generates-huge-response\/","title":{"rendered":"Hedgehogs on Campus generates huge response"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Over the summer months,\u00a0Michelle Hood\u00a0<\/strong>(senior lecturer in diagnostic imaging)\u00a0<\/strong>has been busy coordinating the University’s\u00a0Hedgehogs on Campus\u00a0<\/strong>campaign. With autumn, and the return of staff and students to campus, fast approaching, we caught up with Michelle to learn\u00a0more about\u00a0the campaign’s recent achievements,\u00a0and also it’s upcoming plans.<\/p>\n

Covid-19 has made it a surreal\u00a0summer for lots of us. How has the pandemic impacted your Hedgehogs on Campus campaign?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Despite the pandemic, we pushed ahead and circulated information about the campaign through the university’s\u00a0local comms channels. The response we received was\u00a0fantastic.\u00a0Lots of staff ( and even a few students)\u00a0emailed to say they were interested in getting involved. There were also some lovely responses from colleagues around\u00a0how they first became interested in hedgehog welfare, including one lady who told us how she’d asked a bus driver to stop the bus she was travelling on so that she could retrieve a poorly hedgehog\u00a0from the side of the road! With the pandemic limiting our access to campus, we’ve still been encouraging our staff and students to look after the hedgehogs in their own gardens.<\/p>\n

We’ve also recently held\u00a0two\u00a0meetings to make further plans for the campaign. We’re deeply committed to\u00a0ensuring SHU Hedgehogs on Campus is a success. Presently, we’re sharing out the tasks we need to achieve to attain accreditation . . . and also having\u00a0some fun in the process.<\/p>\n

One of the main challenges we’ve faced was getting the estates team\u00a0involved with the campaign,\u00a0but luckily a new member to the estates team had recently joined our group and was passionate about creating and changing the green spaces in and around the campus,\u00a0not only to attract more wildlife but to make these areas more appealing to students and staff who can use them to relax or just take time out from their schedules.<\/p>\n

A danger to hedgehogs lies in the use of strimmers in the garden and in our parks and green areas. James Stevens (estates team) took on this challenge and ordered stickers to be put on all the strimmers used on campus to remind staff to check for hedgehogs before strimming.<\/p>\n

You’ve also recently created a Hedgehogs on Campus Facebook page?<\/strong><\/p>\n

We created\u00a0the page<\/a>\u00a0so\u00a0that we can upload information\u00a0for those wanting\u00a0to look after their local community of hedgehogs. The page includes tips on what to do if you have hedgehogs in your garden:<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0 \u00a0 Provide water in shallow dishes when it’s hot
\n\u2022\u00a0 \u00a0 Put cat food out for them to eat
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Make\u00a0sure hedgehogs have access\/exit points around the gardens so they can roam freely<\/p>\n

We also want to find out\u00a0if and where we have hedgehogs on campus. To do this we have borrowed some hedgehog traps (not traps really), which are tunnels with ink pads\u00a0at one end and paper inside. We’ll then be able to see if any\u00a0small paw prints appear inside!<\/p>\n

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And what’s the next step for the Hedgehogs on Campus campaign?<\/strong><\/p>\n

We’re planning\u00a0to host a\u00a0launch event for the campaign and to get more students involved. We’re hoping\u00a0Induction Week will include:<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A webinar presented by the Hedgehogs on Campus management team
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A\u00a0Create a Hedgehog<\/em>\u00a0craft activity \u2013 with prizes to be won!
\n\u2022\u00a0 \u00a0 The launch of a new Hedgehogs on Campus blog<\/p>\n

One of our members is also\u00a0willing to run an\u00a0info session on what plants to put in your garden to attract hedgehogs and other wildlife. Additionally, we’ll continue to promote hedgehog welfare on campus. There’ll be\u00a0posters about how to spot hedgehogs and how to report when you have seen one.<\/p>\n

Throughout the autumn, we’ll be updating our Facebook page with\u00a0information of how to support hedgehogs as they go into hibernation. There’ll also be advice on how to keep hedgehogs safe on bonfire night. Contact numbers will be available for colleagues spotting a hedgehog out in the daytime, especially during winter (the hedgehog is most likely poorly and in need of help).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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