Efforts to encourage cycling at the University of St Andrews – including a bike loan scheme, maintenance sessions and social events – have been recognised with a special award. Fife, Scotland, 18-Apr-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Proctor Professor Lorna Milne, accepted the … Read the full press release
FIFE, Scotland, 05-Oct-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Upcycling may be viewed as a new “green” trend, but an Art Historian at the University of St Andrews has discovered 15th century book owners were way ahead of their time. In a new book … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Education, Environment, Science, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged 15th century book, Dr Kathryn Rudy, early “upcyclers”, University of St Andrews
ST ANDREWS, 25-Aug-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — After stunning British success at the Olympics there has been much speculation that this will increase sporting participation and hence improve the nation’s health. However recent research by an international team, coordinated by Professor Stephen … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Healthcare, Science, Society, Sports, United Kingdom
Tagged Olympics, Olympics could be good for our well-being, University of St Andrews
Fife, Scotland, 07-Jul-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Marine scientists are appealing to citizen scientists to collect information about Britain’s saltmarshes with a new mobile phone app. Using the free Saltmarsh App individuals can identify the specialised plants and wildlife found on saltmarshes … Read the full press release
Fife, Scotland, 12-May-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Scotland’s data revolution takes a step forward today (Monday 9 May, 2016) with the launch of Scotland’s first Engineering Doctorate (EngD) in Computer Science, announced today by the University of St Andrews’ School of Computer Science … Read the full press release
Fife, Scotland, 28-12-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — A trio of academics from the University of St Andrews have been awarded top research grants from a national funding body. Dr Karen Spencer (School of Psychology and Neuroscience) and Dr Nicola Allison (School of Geography … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Education, Science
Tagged Awards, Dr Karen Spencer, Dr Rebecca Sweetman, Philip Leverhulme Trust, University of St Andrews
Fife, Scotland, 12-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Four academics at the University of St Andrews have been honoured by the Royal Society of Chemistry. Professor Sharon Ashbrook is the Royal Society of Chemistry Corday-Morgan Prizewinner for 2015. Professor Ashbrook is a physical chemistry … Read the full press release
Fife, Scotland, 6-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The latest stage in a £14m redevelopment of the University of St Andrews Sports facilities has been launched by Principal and Vice-Chancellor Professor Louise Richardson. The current Sports Centre was built in 1968 when the student … Read the full press release
Fife, Scotland, 6-2-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Research at the Universities of St Andrews and Dundee has confirmed that levels of neonicotinoid insecticides accepted to exist in agriculture cause both impairment of bumblebees’ brain cells and subsequent poor performance by bee colonies. The … Read the full press release
Fife, Scotland, 10-12-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Researchers at the University of St Andrews have produced the world’s first solid-state protein lasers, capable of record performance and some capable of self-assembly, by harnessing the optical engineering skills of bioluminescent jellyfish. The findings, reported … Read the full press release
Fife, Scotland, 10-12-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Researchers at the University of St Andrews have developed a light-based sensor that can be used to control the movement of artificial limbs, according to research published today in the journal ‘Advanced Materials’. Professor Ifor Samuel … Read the full press release
Fife, Scotland, 17-11-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — A groundswell of activity, led by the University of St Andrews and community partners, to make St Andrews a greener, more environmentally conscious place has received a major funding boost; with the announcement of £148,000 Climate … Read the full press release
Fife, Scotland, 15-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — A researcher at the University of St Andrews has made one giant leap closer to “a profound moment for humanity”, with a discovery that could help prove the existence of alien life. Working alongside colleagues at … Read the full press release
A new £1.5m grant will allow researchers at the University of St Andrews to explore light in exciting new ways. Fife, Scotland, 17-7-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The funding, awarded by the EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council), will see St Andrews scientists … Read the full press release
Fife, Scotland, 11-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The Rt Hon Alistair Darling MP will set out a positive case for why Scotland’s brightest future is as part of the UK, when he delivers a public lecture at the University of St Andrews next later … Read the full press release
Professor James Naismith of the University of St Andrews has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. Fife, Scotland,7-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Professor Naismith (45), currently the Director of the Biomedical Sciences Research Complex (BSRC) at St Andrews, is a structural … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Science, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged Andy Smith, Bill Hunter, Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, Dave Garner, David O’Hagan, Dr Campopiano, Fellow of the Royal Society, Garry Taylor, John Helliwell, Malcolm White, Marcel Jaspars, Nick Westwood, Professor Chris Whitfield, Professor James Naismith, Professor Louise Richardson, Professor Peter Bruce Professor Chris Hawkesworth Professors Emeriti Wilson Sibbett Eric Priest, Professor Ron Hay, Professors Ian Booth, Professors Malcolm White, Professors Steve Chapman, Steve Sprang, University of St Andrews
Nobel Prize-winning physicist Professor Peter Higgs, who predicted the existence of a sub-atomic particle which gives mass to all the matter in the universe, will be awarded an honorary degree by Scotland’s first University next month. Fife, Scotland, 7-5-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Education, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Dr Nicholas Penny, Higgs Boson particle, Lyse Doucet, Professor Bernard Silverman, Professor Christina Romer, Professor Dana Scott, Professor Dusa McDuff, Professor Gayatri Spivak, Professor Peter Brown, Professor Peter Higgs, Professor Silvia Gherardi, Professor Tim Shaw, Sarah Coakley, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, University of St Andrews
St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, 12-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — A United Nations expert on human rights will speak at the University of St Andrews on the crisis in Colombia. Dr Gustavo Gallón, a lawyer who has represented victims of human rights violations before … Read the full press release
29-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Scientists at the University of St Andrews have shown that bottlenose dolphins can use copying of signature whistles as a way of addressing or labelling animals on an individual basis. The research was carried out by marine … Read the full press release
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