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  A QUESTION FOR EUROPE Who Gets Carried Away by Europe? Europe attracts and divides. It makes us dream, but it also has a reality with boundaries that shape our lives. What are the dynamics of integration? Whom does Europe sweep off their feet? Does…

Scotland’s Young Academy welcomes 43 new members The RSE Young Academy of Scotland (YAS) is pleased to announce the appointment of 43 new members. These members will make up the third intake and join the existing membership of 113 in realising the central YAS mission…

Two members of the RSE Young Academy of Scotland were presented with early career prizes last night at a ceremony hosted by the RSE. YAS co-chair Neil McLennan was joined by Gordon Pentland in receiving an early career prize. Neil’s work supporting and challenging improvements in education, particularly as President of the Scottish Association of Teachers of History, has earned him the…

  The Global Young Academy (GYA) has just completed its Annual General Assembly, which this year was held in Santiago, at the facilities of the University of Chile. Members from more than 50 countries elected their new leadership for the coming year, including two Co-Chairs….

Some of Scotland’s brightest and most talented young people have joined forces to tackle the scourge of poor numeracy which blights lives and hinders careers for a significant proportion of the population. The most recent Scottish Government statistical survey of literacy and numeracy – focused…

Two St Andrews YAS members, Prof Ineke De Moortel and Dr Christian Rutz, have been awarded an ‘Award Lecture’ at this year’s British Science Festival. Ineke will present the Lord Kelvin Award Lecture on “Our Dynamical Sun: A 21st Century View” and Christian the Isambard…

  The Young Academy of Scotland working group Computing in Schools, is delighted to announce that it has been awarded the Royal Academy of Engineering Ingenious Grant. In conjunction with Lambda Jam this group will be running the First Lego League in Scotland in 2014. A grant…

Some of Scotland’s brightest and most talented young people have joined forces to tackle the scourge of poor numeracy which blights lives and hinders careers for a significant proportion of the population. The most recent Scottish Government statistical survey of literacy and numeracy – focused…

Two Young Acadmey Members – Dr. Per Ola Kristensson and Dr. Catherine Cazin – have been awarded prizes for the RSE/Makdougall Brisbane Medal (Early Career Prize) this year. Dr. Kristensson Dr. Per Ola Kristensson Lecturer in Human Computer Interaction, School of Computer Science, University of…