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 …
March 19, 2020
Cyclone disaster management: PhD internship diary
The KE & Impact PhD internship was a great opportunity for me to build on existing knowledge and contacts from my PhD research to produce a report on Indian Ocean weather systems and cyclone disaster preparedness management for stakeholders in Malawi and interested stakeholders in Scotland. It also enabled stronger ties to be built …
January 27, 2020 | Geography and Sustainable Development
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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 …
February 14, 2020
Maria Larriva Hormigos is Research Assistant in neuroscience, working in the Mechanism of Behaviour Group (MOB) lead by Professor Karen Spencer. However, during her time here at the University of …
January 30, 2020
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Whispers from psychiatry’s past
Rab Houston is a professor in the School of History, who researches the history of psychiatry. In recent years this has taken a public engagement focus, with Rab focusing on a REF impact case study called ‘Promoting Mental Health Through …
December 12, 2019 | PER featured
Public engagement research: Happy healthy honey bees
Luke was the 2019 winner for the collaboration award at the University of St Andrews public engagement conference and award ceremony. Luke is a PhD candidate working in the Evans lab in the School of biology, and researches a parasite …
November 22, 2019 | Biology
NERC Standard Grants -January 2020
The internal call for applications to the NERC Standard Grants Scheme -January 2020 is now open. Table 1: Timescale Timescale 1 Internal deadline: completed “intention to submit” for to ris@st-andrews.ac.uk (cc: busdev@st-andrews.ac.uk and your FAS contact) 4pm, 3 October 2019 …
September 12, 2019 | Funding opportunities
