Category: Impact
Research at St Andrews often leads to changes or improvements in non-academic impact areas such as public debate and understanding, technology, culture, policy and laws, health and welfare, the economy, and the environment among others. Find out more about how some of our research has led to measurable impact.
Coastal heritage at risk: PhD internship diary
In late 2018, the School of History needed a PhD intern to assist in the development of the evidence base for Scotland’s Dynamic Coast by integrating and analysing observed coastal erosion data of archaeological sites and coast edges. They found …
June 24, 2019 | History
In defence of the wolf
Wolves are returning to their former ranges across Europe and North America, resurrecting a centuries’ old war with humans. Yet wolves are losing this battle, because in our arsenal we possess not only guns, traps, and poison, but something much more powerful: the human imagination. Despite the …
June 24, 2019 | English
Virginia Woolf in Tehran
The novel, ‘Vanessa and Virginia’, by Susan Sellers, a Professor of English at the University of St Andrews, has been translated into Farsi by Zahra Amini, a graduate of the University of Tehran where she studied English Literature. ‘Vanessa and …
May 3, 2019 | English
Heritage Futures and Community Archaeology in Tanzania
The Kilwa Kisiwani site off the coast of Southern Tanzania was occupied from the 9th and was one of the most powerful settlements along the Swahili Coast. From the 13th to the 16th century, much of the trade in the …
April 3, 2019 | Archaeology
Lake Victoria research: win-win for human health, food security and economic development
Fisheries ecologists from the University of St Andrews are working with human-health and fishery partners around Lake Victoria on connected, multidisciplinary projects to sustainably manage fish stocks, and to examine the potential role for ‘biocontrol’ by fish of a debilitating …
April 2, 2019 | Biology
SUII Roadshow – 21 Feb 2019
The Scottish Universities Insight Institute (SUII) promotes collaboration and engagement between researchers and wider society, and facilitates knowledge exchange activity that wouldn’t otherwise take place. Hear about SUII calls for proposals at this informative session. Thursday 21st February 14:00 – 15:30 Boardroom, …
February 8, 2019 | Funding opportunities
Arclight in Rwanda
The Global Health Team from the School of Medicine recently completed a national eye care training and distribution exercise in Rwanda utilizing the Arclight solar powered ophthalmoscope. The team, led by Dr Andrew Blaikie (Senior Lecturer and Consultant Ophthalmologist), delivered …
September 12, 2018 | Global Challenges
NMR management
NOMAD (NMR Online Management and Datastore) Dr Tomas Lebl & Shyam Reyal School of Chemistry & School of Computer Science NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) spectroscopy is most frequently used by chemists and biochemists to investigate the properties of organic molecules. …
December 2, 2016 | Impact
Setting Penalties for Competition Policy
Most countries have competition authorities that enforce competition policy by identifying, stopping and penalising what are regarded as anti-competitive practices.
February 20, 2015 | Economics and Finance
Psychological intervention to alleviate heightened fears of recurrence of cancer patients
Fear of recurrence is a major concern for many cancer patients, as highlighted in a major review by Professor Gerald Humphris and Dr Gozde Ozakinci of the School of Medicine.
February 20, 2015 | Impact
