Research staff and students undertake activities to share their knowledge with non-academic audiences. Find out more about some of these activities, from public lectures and school visits, to book publications and television interviews.
Everyone will at some point in their life have heard “don’t trust Wikipedia because anyone can edit it” and students are often discouraged from referencing Wikipedia as their sources for their essays. However, in the…
Dr Maggie Ellis is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of St Andrews, with a research focus on the psychology of dementia. Through developing the technique of Adaptive Interaction, Maggie and her…
Gideon Salter is a PhD researcher with a passion for investigating social cognition, primarily in infants. Understanding how an infant progresses from engaging in face to face interactions to shared experiences with…
If any of you have met the public engagement team, you’ll know they don’t love anything more than being out in the community engaging people with the outstanding research taking place across the University. From…
Dr Nicola Allison has been a researcher at the University of St Andrews for twenty years. Throughout her career studying biomineralisation she has worked in many exciting places, such as Thailand or Hawaii. From…
Gillian Chu is currently completing her PhD in the School of Divinity at the Centre for the Study of Religion and Politics – which she points out are two topics that should not be brought up at the dinner table!…
When asked about public engagement, one of his roles at the University of St Andrews, Senior Teaching Technician Henry Rae’s response was simply ‘‘if you do something you enjoy, it doesn’t feel like work anymore’’.…
Dr Samantha Pitt is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Medicine here at the University of St Andrews, and investigates the molecular mechanisms of heart failure and arrhythmia. Sam had not actively engaged in art,…
Sara Niksic is a 1st year PhD student who has over a decade of public engagement experience, has brought her skills and expertise to the University and her PhD. At our recent University of St Andrews Public Engagement…
Claire Lacey has been participating in public engagement for several years. Recently Claire’s public engagement projects have taken off with the help of the Public Engagement with Research team, and the Public…