EDI matters: The journey from novices to gold
On 12 May 2022 Kevin Laland gave a talk at the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition about the School of Biology’s journey from EDI novices to Athena Swan Gold Award holders.
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Equality and Diversity app: Development through collaboration
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…
Nature article on racism in academia
Kevin Laland, the School of Biology ED&I vice-chair, has written an article entitled “Racism in Academia, and why the ‘little things’ matter, which was published as a Nature article. Kevin draws on his own experiences…
Nature article on privacy and role models
Sascha Hooker, the School of Biology E&D Chair, has written an article entitled ‘Academics must balance privacy and honesty to become great role models’, which was published as a Nature article. Sascha draws on her own…
Marine Science in St Andrews
The new Scottish Oceans Institute features a public exhibition and outreach area – The Beverley and Frank MacInnis Gallery. This opened on 30 September 2019 with a specially designed exhibit showing some of the history…
Presentation on ‘Embedding Equality and Diversity into Biology Tutorials’
Dr Jacqueline Nairn gave a presentation on ‘Embedding Equality and Diversity into Biology Tutorials’ to the 2019 Annual Teaching Biology in Higher Education Network hosted by the University of the West of Scotland on…
Insight Interview Series – Dr Verena Dietrich-Bischoff
Dr Verena Dietrich-Bischoff, an associate lecturer in Biology, has taken part in the Insight Interview Series, a monthly interview series by the Student Physics Society designed to promote links between staff and…
Explorathon 2017
Explorathon returned to St Andrews on Friday 29th September and it was a huge success! Explorathon is an extravaganza of discovery, debate and entertainment that takes place on European Researchers’ Night at…
STEM for Britain
STEM for Britain, a poster competition at Westminster, aims to strengthen the dialogue between Parliament and the science community and gives early-career researchers the opportunity to present their work in London.…
Work-life balance in marine mammal science
A new article on the challenges of work-life balance in marine mammal science titled “Equity and career-life balance in marine mammal science?” has just come out – published (appropriately) in the journal Marine Mammal…
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