As we begin the gentle run-up to the exam diet, we’ve had an increasing amount of contact from students in regard to anxiety and concerns around exams. As you will be aware, this is the first exam season for our level…
Nathan Bailey and his husband Tony Ly have written a recently-published piece in Nature Careers called “Adopting as academics: what we learnt” about the exploits and difficulties of adopting as a two-academic family.…
Please remember that the University’s new online Travel and Fieldwork resource is now live: https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study-abroad/travel/travelra/ ALL business-related travel should be logged and fieldwork risk…
Congratulations to Anne Magurran, Professor of Ecology and Evolution in the Centre for Biological Diversity and Scottish Oceans Institute (SOI), has been elected to the Royal Irish Academy (RIA). Members are selected…
The School of Biology is delighted to be awarded an Athena Swan Gold award. This is the culmination of work by the Biology Equality and Diversity committee, led by Sascha Hooker and Kevin Laland, on behalf of all staff…
Dr Nicola Veitch and her team at the University of Glasgow School of Life Sciences recently launched an Equality and Diversity app for Apple and Android devices, and have acknowledged Jacqueline Nairn’s (School of…
Kevin Laland (BEDI Vice-Chair) has published an excellent article in the Spring 2021 edition of the Royal Society of Edinburgh’s Resource magazine, entitled “Tackling racism: time to step up”. The article reflects on…
On Wednesday 21 April 2021, the EDI committee hosted (virtually) Prof. Carron Shankland, from the University of Stirling, who gave a talk entitled ‘Being Productive and Staying Well‘. The personal, powerful and…
Congratulations to Professor Ailsa Hall, formerly of the Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU), who has been elected as a Fellow by the Society of Marine Mammalogy. Fellows are members who have “rendered conspicuous service…
All staff and postgraduate students are invited to a Biology Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Wellbeing Event by Prof Carron Shankland that will be given 21st April at 14:00 on Teams entitled “Being Productive and…