Public Engagement Officer Vacancy
The University of St Andrews is seeking a dynamic, innovative individual with extensive experience of public engagement with science to be our Public Engagement Officer. This is a fixed term post for 2 years in the…
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Great British Bioscience pulls in the crowds!
Scientists from the University of St Andrews presented one of the selected exhibit displays in the Great British Bioscience Festival in London, the culmination of this year’s celebrations by the Biotechnology and…
Animal Cultures pilot at Edinburgh Zoo
This week the Biology and Psychology collaborative exhibit about Animal Cultures is piloting at Edinburgh Zoo. The exhibit, which is part of the BBSRC Great British Bioscience Festival 2014, is a collaboration…
Forfar Academy Pi
The University of St Andrews hosted a visit from Forfar Academy on Monday August 18th, to help an enthusiastic group of S5 pupils begin to explore the use of computers in biology. Dr Daniel Barker of the University’s…
Night in the Museum
Children from Fife primary schools had a spooky dark safari in the Bell Pettigrew Museum recently on – of all days – Friday 13th of June! Working in pairs over 60 children explored the museum by torchlight to discover…
Kilgraston Pi
University of St Andrews staff visited Kilgraston school, at Bridge of Earn in Perthsire on Friday June 6th to help an enthusiastic group of S5/S6 pupils begin to explore the mysteries of computational biology. Dr…
St Andrews Bioblitz 2014
The University of St Andrews will be holding its first ever Bioblitz on Friday and Saturday 13th and 14th June 2014 at East Sands beach with the aim of recording as many species of plant and animal as possible within a…
Bell Pettigrew on Facebook
The Bell Pettigrew Museum now has a Facebook Page – you can find it here!
Animal Cultures – coming soon
Researchers from the School of Biology, Dr Luke Rendell, Dr Christian Rutz, and Prof Kevin Laland are collaborating with researchers from the School of Psychology, and School of Biology information designer Steve Smart…
Startup Science
Sat 10th May, The Royal Society of Edinburgh – at the University of St Andrews. Marine Biodiversity with Rebecca Aspden A talk for S1 and S2 pupils who like experiments and love science. Secondary school pupils are…