Category: Past Events

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On Tuesday 5th February, the RSE Young Academy of Scotland will host a training day specifically for ARAR members and the wider refugee academic community. The focus of the training day is simple: to help attendees secure an academic a job in the UK. The…

In association with the Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism and Citizens, Nations and Migration (CNaM) Network at the University of Edinburgh, the Young Academy of Scotland presented an afternoon of research and discussion on Scotland’s attitudes and towards race and migration.

10.00-12.00 “The Power of Data Analytics: Murder, Gambling and Infectious Disease” Our world is increasingly flooded with data of all types, but without the correct mathematical and statistical thinking, we may be led to make false conclusions when chance events occur. In this pair of…

19:00 On Thursday 8th June 2017, Professor Fiona Henriquez, YAS member and Professor of Parasitology at the University of the West of Scotland will be presenting her Inaugural Lecture, ‘Humans and Amoebae: A complicated relationship in our Health and in the Environment’. A hot drinks…

15.30-17.00 The Young Academy of Scotland’s Food and Drink Working Group is co-hosting a seminar with the Food Researchers in Edinburgh [FRIED] network at the University of Edinburgh and welcomes YAS members and the public to this event. The event is free, no booking required….

18:00-21.30 On the 13th March, members of the Industry Working Group are working with EthosBioUK CIC to host an event with a competitive pitching angle. “A new movement of entrepreneurs is emerging that value social impact as highly as the bottom line. Can this profit…

18.00-20.00 On the 25th January, StartEDIN are holding a Lifesciences event which intends to encourage collaboration and the exchange of ideas between the tech and life sciences enterprises. One of the aims of the event will be to increase awareness of the successes of tech…

9.30-17.00 Download agenda The theme of the December Plenary Meeting is Brexit: What is in Scotland’s National Interest? At this meeting, we will explore where YAS can engage with and contribute to the implementation of Brexit, in order to obtain the best outcome for Scotland,…