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…
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)…
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…
Royal Society of Biology in Scotland Outreach Champion 2018
On Saturday 19th May, researchers from the School of Biology ran a Royal Society of Edinburgh Start-up Science Masterclass for 20 school students (S1 and S2) from ten different schools across Fife and central…
The School of Biology hosted Nabihah Akhtar, a 6th year pupil at Glenwood High School in Glenrothes, for 4 weeks this Summer on a Nuffield Foundation Research Placement. These placements are particularly aimed at…
The School of Biology's Dr Gerald Prescott and Dr Jacqueline Nairn supported the Admissions team at the first 'On the Road' Teachers Together event at SAMS in Oban.
St Andrews BioBlitz took place last week on Friday and Saturday. This is the third year of BioBlitz in St Andrews. This years’ event was attended by children from Crail and Greyfriars schools, home schoolers,…
The P4/5 class from Coaltown of Balgonie primary school came to explore the wildlife of the East Sands rock pools with Dr David Ferrier.