Category: News

This workshop, co-organised by YAS member Anne Schwan (Edinburgh Napier University) and Sarah Armstrong (Glasgow University), was held at the University of Edinburgh and brought together participants from over ten universities and higher education institutions; practitioners in the arts, education, health and criminal justice; and,…

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 Young Academy’s Excellence in Education working group has recently submitted a response to a consultation by the Scottish Parliament’s Education and Culture Committee. Including some case studies of Young Academy activities, the YAS response explores the ‘education and attainment gap’ in Scotland and the…

Communications & Executive Assistant – Young Academy of Scotland (YAS) The YAS is looking for a Communications & Executive Assistant to coordinate and deliver engaging communications to promote its work while providing general administrative support to the team. Established by the Royal Society of Edinburgh…

YAS member Professor Ineke De Moortel has today been named amongst the 56 distinguished individuals elected to become Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Spanning the arts, business, and science and technology sectors, they join the RSE in its work to place the advancement…

Our blog, Research the Headlines, is delighted to announce that is received funding from the British Academy to carry out an exciting new project from now until March 2016. The ‘Rewrite the Headlines’ competition will aim to “raise awareness of, and engage young people in,…

In an open letter to the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, various Young Academies from around Europe have expressed deep concern about proposed cuts to the EU research budget, Horizon 2020. The proposal strikes particularly hard against young researchers. In an intiative led…

At the start of this year YAS member Professor Graeme Malcolm was awarded with an OBE. We asked him a few questions about what it was like to receiving this honour and what motivates him in his working life.   How do you feel about…

In an initiative led by the Young Academy of Sweden, with support from the Young Academies of Europe, Scotland and Poland, an open letter has been sent to Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission. The letter criticizes the decision to abolish the position of…