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A week in the life of MSc Sustainability Transitions students
What a week for our MSc Sustainability Transitions students! While the students have already started working on their individual projects/dissertations, the programme continues to be filled with various additional learning opportunities for the future sustainability leaders.
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University brings key energy players together to map out just transition
Delivering a just transition to net zero in Europe's energy capital will come under the spotlight later this month when the 黑料网 brings academia, industry leaders, policy and third sector organisations together to debate the key issues.
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Stone me! Rare Pictish symbol stone found near potential site of famous battle
Archaeologists have uncovered a Pictish symbol stone close to the location of one of the most significant carved stone monuments ever uncovered in Scotland.
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Arctic visit: Tavis Potts teaches climate governance and explores new research in Svalbard
This week, Prof. Tavis Potts (Chair in Sustainable Development) was working from Svalbard. Over the week Tavis was running a climate governance workshop for 3rd-year environmental management students at the University Institute of Svalbard (UNIS) and developing research collaborations with the new UNIS Renewable Energy Centre that is exploring decarbonised...
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Planning for a future with beavers in Scotland
Members of the Geography department Dr. Josie Geris, Dr. Katya Dimitrova Petrova and Dr. Flurina Wartmann have taken part in the planning workshop for the Beaver Strategy in Scotland organised by NatureScot, to define what steps need to be taken to achieve the vision of maximising ecosystem and societal benefits...
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PhD student shortlisted for national arts prize with piece challenging conceptualizations of place
School of Geosciences student, K Gow, has been shortlisted for the John Byrne Award for her installation 'Remote / Far away' which challenges external perceptions of Scotland's offshore islands.
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Satellites may help predict ice avalanche threats, Aberdeen study finds
Satellite images could offer a new way to monitor for avalanche threats to remote mountain communities, according to Aberdeen scientists studying a deadly Himalayan avalanche.
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Frances Mills wins Cruickshank Trust Fund prize for best student in Agriculture
Master in Land Economy student Frances Mills wins the prize for best performing student - funded by the Cruickshank Trust Fund.
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Successful research visit to Moscow State University on peatland ecosystems research
School of Geosciences members David Muirhead, Dmitri Mauquoy and Daniel Coathup recently visited Lomonosov Moscow State University to collaborate with colleagues in the Biology and Geology departments there. The research visit was funded by the British Council, 'UK-Russia, People to People Links Project'.
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Geoscience staff nominated for Teaching Excellence Awards
A number of our School of Geoscience staff members have been nominated for Excellence Awards - congratulations to all nominees!