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This article provides a breakdown of the experiences from the participants of the second event of the Cross-Pollinating Perspectives project; the Mediate Conference exploring the Power of Words. The purpose of this project is to allow members of the Young Academy to learn more about…

Paul Sweeney MSP visits YAS member Ourania Varsou’s workplace as part of the YAS-MSP Pairing scheme.

Our senior academy, the Royal Society of Edinburgh, has today announced 44 newly elected Fellows.  They will join the RSE’s current Fellowship, which is made up of 1,800 individuals, recognised as some of Scotland’s greatest thinkers, researchers, and professionals. We are proud that YAS member…

Dr Ourania Varsou, Senior Lecturer in Anatomy at the University of Glasgow and a member of the Young Academy of Scotland (YAS), continued her political immersion through the YAS-MSP Pairing Scheme with a second shadowing visit to the office of Paul Sweeney MSP (Scottish Labour…

Dr Ourania Varsou, Senior Lecturer in Anatomy at the University of Glasgow and a member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh’s Young Academy of Scotland (YAS), has embarked on a unique journey into the world of politics as part of the YAS-MSP Pairing Scheme. This…

Members of the Young Academy of Scotland (YAS) had an opportunity to put their questions to the First Minister of Scotland, John Swinney, when he visited the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) last week. The First Minister visited the RSE to set out his vision…

YAS member Usman Tariq writes about his recent appointment as King’s Counsel, his personal and career experiences, and the need for greater equality and diversity in the legal profession.

YAS has launched the third round of it’s YAS-MSP Pairing Scheme, bringing together policymakers and young professionals to build bridges for evidence-based policy collaboration. An interdisciplinary group of YAS members entered Holyrood recently as part of YAS’s pairing scheme to encourage constructive relationships between policymakers…

The RSE Young Academy of Scotland (YAS) has announced the appointment of 48 new members. The group represents some of the nation’s most innovative young professionals from across the arts, business and industry, government, the public sector, research, and academia, the third sector, and beyond….