On the 10th September Grant Ellis and Jennifer Coxon from the Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) ran an outreach stand at the University of Hull Science Festival 2022. The festival is designed to engage and inspire…
The School of Biology Public Engagement Committee is pleased to announce the winners of our 2022 Public Engagement Awards. These awards recognise a sustained commitment to high quality public engagement with research…
Research at Scotland’s oldest university amongst the highest quality in the country. Over 84% of research carried out by the School of Biology is world-leading or internationally excellent, according to the results of…
The School of Biology Public Engagement Committee is pleased to announce the winners of our 2021 Public Engagement Awards. These awards recognise a sustained commitment to high quality public engagement with research…
FameLab is an international science communication competition. Competitors have three minutes to present any scientific topic of their choice, and must do so with only the props they can carry onto the stage (or in…
The School of Biology recently welcomed Harris Academy 6th year pupil Belkis Bekir to undertake a Nuffield Research Placement in the Biomedical Sciences Research Complex (BSRC). Supported by the Nuffield Foundation,…
On the 25th April 2019 The Whale Workshop attended a local primary school to run a day long marine pollution workshop. The event was organised by Rebecca Kinnear (Biology staff member and Executive Officer of SOTEAG)…
On Saturday 9th March, volunteers from the Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) headed to one of St Andrew’s most exciting annual outreach events: the St Andrews Science Discovery Day 2019. The Science Discovery Day, part…
Research staff from the School of Biology in collaboration with colleagues from the University of Edinburgh visited every secondary school in the Shetland Isles over the course of a week in early November 2018 to…
New data from a 30 year study reveals dolphins also learn tricks from each other in the wild.