Tag: academic

Academic innovation shines through in Converge 2022 shortlist

Business

Douglas Simpson - May 10, 2022

CONVERGE, Scotland’s largest company creation and enterprise programme for the university sector, has published its most innovative shortlist for the 2022 programme. The shortlist has...

Academic entrepreneurialism “showing signs of recovery”

Business

Peter Laing - April 12, 2022

After closing its 2022 application process, Converge, Scotland’s largest company creation and enterprise programme for the university sector, has revealed that academic entrepreneurialism is showing...

TOP Scots criminologist urges schools to introduce yoga to troubled kids – to help avoid a future in jail

In Brief

Kirsty Stewart - July 21, 2017

A TOP Scots criminologist has urged schools to introduce yoga to children from troubled homes - to avoid them ending up in prison. Ross Deuchar...

Academics warn that fear of local haunted house is “contagious”

News

Deadline News Journalist - August 2, 2016

ACADEMICS have warned that fear of a ‘haunted’ house in a Scottish village could be contagious. The caretaker of a 17th century flax mill near...

Scottish “ET” academic bombardedby UFO conspiracy nuts

Community

Deadline News Journalist - July 1, 2016

A SCOTS academic is being bombarded by UFO conspiracy theorists who believe aliens have been found. Dr Duncan Forgan, of St Andrews University, has the...

Cigarette plain packaging damages smokers’ self-esteem and makes quitting harder, claims academic

Business

Deadline News Journalist - May 27, 2016

NEW cigarette plain packaging laws could “emotionally harm” smokers and make it more difficult to stop, according to an academic. In May last year the...

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