Category: News

The Young Academy of Scotland’s parent organisation, The Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) is recruiting for the position of Events Officer to administer and organise the RSE programme of education activities for school-aged young people and support the delivery of events in the RSE’s wider…

A Question for Europe, a joint project between YAS and six other European young academies, has announced the winners of its competition, “Who Gets Carried Away by Europe?” The competition, which was supported by the Commerzbank Foundation, encouraged participants to answer the question “who gets…

YAS member Dr Stella Chan will host a seminar on adolescent mental health in Pakistan on 2 July 2015, from 11-12:00. This event, which is supported by the RSE, will feature Dr Amna Khalid,  lecturer in Clinical Psychology at the Department of Behavioral Sciences, Fatima…

The RSE Business Innovation Forum have called for Scotland’s universities to encourage Scotland’s young people in pursuing innovation and entrepreneurship in a report published today. The Forum was led by YAS member Dr Olga Kozlova and included contributions from others including Dr Elizabeth Fairley, another…

YAS members Lisa DeBruine  and Rachael Jack, along with several other Glasgow University scientists, will present face facts, an exhibition that combines Psychology with Biology, Computer Science and Anthropology at The Royal Society’s Summer Science Exhibition from 30 June-5 July at 6-9 Carlton House Terrace,…

  The Young Academy of Scotland’s parent organisation, the Royal Society of Edinburgh, welcomed its 56 new fellows yesterday at an event at its Edinburgh headquarters. YAS member Ineke De Moortel was among the fellows honoured at the annual induction ceremony. The new fellows were…

This week Marie Montondo joined the Young Academy of Scotland as its new Communications and Executive Assistant. Marie gained her Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication from SUNY Geneseo in Upstate New York in 2010, and a Master of Arts degree in Journalism from Edinburgh Napier…

Since January the Young Academy of Scotland and partner organisations across Scotland have been running an #AspirationalAdvice campaign on social media. This campaign has been asking all Scots to share a piece of advice to young people that will help them aim high, dream big,…

The YAS spring plenary is on 17 April 2015, starting 10.30am at the Senate Room at the University of Glasgow. LOCATION: Senate Room, University Building, University Avenue (same building as the Huntarian Museum). Building A10 on this map (pdf). PARKING: The best place to park is the…