Active citizenship: then and now
Women fighting for change Dr Sarah Marsden, from the School of International Relations, and colleagues from Lancaster University, engage with activists, academics, artists, heritage, and community organisations to…
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Illegal fishing in Nigeria
The scale and costs of illegal fishing are enormous and difficult to calculate. Recently, the Nigerian House of Representatives expressed concerns over the $70 million lost annually to illegal fishing. In comparison,…
Using Wikipedia’s Force for Good
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…
Hand in hand: a moment of connection in Public engagement
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…
Peru facing rural Covid-19 disaster
A disaster is looming in Peru caused by Covid-19 as thousands return to their rural homes where there are limited resources and facilities, according to research carried out at the University of St Andrews. When…
ENERGY ETHICS 2020
How can our use of energy help us create a better future for all? Global energy demand continues to rise. To meet this demand energy producers are increasingly relying on innovative methods of harvesting energy from…
NERC Standard Grants -January 2021
The internal call for applications to the NERC Standard Grants Scheme -January 2021 is now open. Table 1: Timescale Timescale 1 Internal deadline: completed “intention to submit” for to ris@st-andrews.ac.uk (cc:…
Our Youngest Audience for Public Engagement
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…
Watching the Lava dome: Volcano monitoring radar handover to Montserrat
Dr David Macfarlane is a Senior Research Fellow who has been working on high resolution radar projects in the School of Physics and Astronomy at St Andrews since 2002. Last year he travelled to the volcanic island of…
UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships – Round 6
The UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship Scheme (FLF) aims to develop, retain, attract and sustain research and innovation talent in the UK. Providing up to seven years funding, for at least 550 early-career researchers and…