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  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…

More data have been collected in recent years than in previous human history, and can be instantaneously communicated – including cancer patient DNA sequences, traffic accident reports, academic publications, or the contents of your inbox. Indeed, data sharing has the potential to touch every aspect…

Overview: The Arts & Humanities in Society Working Group of the Royal Society of Edinburgh’s Young Academy of Scotland is holding a workshop for postgraduate students interesting in pursuing careers beyond academia. The workshop will feature speakers who have made a successful transition from doctoral…

  Have a great idea which could solve a problem facing society? Share it at Edinburgh’s Falling Walls Lab on 29 July 2014 and win a trip to the International Final in Berlin.   Falling Walls Labs are international events which aim to build connections…