In the June edition of the British Ecological Society Bulletin The Niche, an article appeared that I wrote about student carers in the UK. The BES is a huge network of people who work in the environmental sector in the UK, but also around the world, it’s a network of peers that I hope to move into in my career. I’m very happy to have appeared within it, but also a little daunted given the nature of the article. I have reproduced the article here, followed by a discussion about it.