Humpback Whales Remixed
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…
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Inspiring Children to Live their Dream by Discussing Marine Mammal Research
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…
Public Engagement: From Passion to Career
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 St Andrews, Maria has…
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…
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…
Community theatre: the example of Classical Athens
The Athenians of the 5th-4th centuries BCE valued the performance of drama, as a mass art form and communal experience. They invested heavily in it too. Dr Jon Hesk, from the School of Classics, discusses how the…
Royal Scottish Academy exhibition: Ages of Wonder: Scotland’s Art, 1540 to Now
Ages of Wonder: Scotland’s Art, 1540 to Now Royal Scottish Academy building on The Mound, Edinburgh 4th November 2017 – 7th January 2018 Dr Tom Normand, Senior Lecturer in the School of Art History, has been involved…
Thinking 3D: three-dimensionality and its impact on the arts and sciences
Thinking 3D is an interdisciplinary exploration of the concept of three-dimensionality and its impact on the arts and sciences; an innovative project which puts the minds of the 21st century in touch with those of…