Commemorating the First World War
Strachan's central role in shaping the Centenary events was utilised to make them more international and inclusive.
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The Research Excellence Framework (REF) is a system which assesses research at UK Higher Education Institutions by discipline, based on three elements: outputs, impact and environment. These blogposts are based upon an impact case study that contributed to St Andrews’ outstanding results this REF cycle.
Understanding and Reducing Marine Life Damage
Through research into animal behaviour and communications with national governments and international organisations, SMRU has helped ensure human activity in the oceans takes marine life into account.
Brightening the Future of Credit Unions
Professor John Wilson is arguably one of the most influential scholars on credit unions, and the insights of his work have helped to ensure their longevity.
Curious Travellers: rebuilding the past through citizen science
By crowdsourcing images of destroyed heritage, Professor Richard Bates offers a glimpse into a world as it used to be.
How to Modernise a Military
Research by Dr Marc De Vore sheds new light on the challenges democracies face in keeping up with the quickening march of military technological innovation.
Burying emissions at sea
Professor William Austin and Dr Craig Smeaton, of the School of Geography and Sustainable Development and the Scottish Oceans Institute, have been working with partners around the world to expand awareness of the role…
Women in Drama: Recreating Theatre for the 21st Century
While theatre is full to bursting with ‘everyman’ roles, the ‘everywoman’ has been notable mostly by her absence. In the School of English, Professor Zinnie Harris addresses these fatal flaws in theatrical tradition by…
The burning question: Does tobacco have a future in a healthy world?
Few dispute the fact that smoking tobacco is linked to lung cancer and other health issues. It takes a few decades but eventually smoking will kill half of its habitual users, estimated globally to be 7.7 million…
Making Waves in the Fight to Save the Oceans
Marine research from the University of St Andrews has been used in a range of industries, from the sonar activities of naval forces to the placement of wind turbines.
The Music in Virginia Woolf’s writing
Professor Emma Sutton reveals the full significance of Virginia Woolf's declaration that ‘I always think of my books as music before I write them’.