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March 2009

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The Macaulay Land Use Research Institute Student Seminar

23 March 2009

This year's student seminar day takes place on Thursday 26 March. Ten students from the different research groups will be presenting the work undertaken on their PhDs with the top two presentations going forward to represent the MLURI at the Science for Life Student Festival on 20th and 21st May in Dundee, hosted by the Scottish Crop Research Institute.

The presentations will be judged by Professor Pete Millard, honorary fellow Professor Janet Sprent and Clare Neely.

 

Solving the jelly mystery

22 March 2009

Have you seen blobs of a strange jelly-like substance appearing across the countryside? Listen to the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute's Dr Andy Taylor on BBC Radio Scotland's Out of Doors programme until 27th March to discover what it is....!

 

Macaulay Scientists nominated for Journal award

16 March 2009

Congratulations to Dr Katrina Brown, Dr Rachel Billey and Dr Keith Marshall who have been nominated for the SAGE Prize for Innovation and / or Excellence which will be awarded at the British Sociological Association Annual Conference 2009.

This prize is awarded to the paper judged to be the most innovative and/or exceptional in the past year's volume of each of the BSA’s four prestigious journals: Sociological Research Online, Sociology, Work, Employment and Society, Cultural Sociology.

 

Macaulay Scientist provides evidence to House of Lords

11 March 2009

Macaulay Land Use Research Institute soil scientist, Willie Towers, acted as the technical expert to David Barnes of the Scottish Government at a House of Lords enquiry into the EU Less Favoured Area LFA scheme. Willie briefed David Barnes on the issue and the implications before the session as well as answering questions during the session. more...

 

Top Climate Researchers Meet in Copenhagen

10 March 2009

The Macaulay Land Use Research Institute is well represented at the International Alliance of Research Institutes' Climate Change: Global risks, challenges and decisions conference, being held at Copenhagen University 10-12th March. more...

 

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