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Spotlight on Arts and Humanities as ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø joins Scottish Arts and Humanities Alliance

By Jenny Frost -

Reader & Research Lead at Gray's School of Art, Dr Jon Blackwood, who now sits on the Scottish Arts and Humanities Alliance (SAHA) Executive, reflects on the significance of ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø joining the alliance and highlights how the Arts and Humanities, can offer a useful lens to tackle big societal challenges.

Image shows MSc Advanced Architectural Design graduate, Theodora Fiamegkou's Bioluminescent Pavillon

ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø at the forefront of architectural design with CIAT Centre of Excellence status

By Jenny Frost -

ÌÇÐÄvlog¹Ù꿉۪s accreditation as a Centre of Excellence status by the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists recognises The Scott Sutherland School's strategic use of technology in architectural design and research. Course leader, Dr Theo Dounas shares an insight into the significance of the CIAT accreditation, its impact on student learning and how it is changing the role of architecture.

Turbines

Engineering hydrogen

By Euan Stewart (words); edited by Lucy Young - Creative & Cultural Business Students on placement in the Research Strategy & Policy department -

As we transition into the post fossil fuel era, hydrogen is seen by many as the obvious alternative. The production of hydrogen is the current focus of Professors Mamdud Hossain and Nadimul Faisal at ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø. We sat down with them to discuss the research project for which they are seeking funding.

Trees

How art is applied to changing lives and experiences

By Lucy Young, Creative & Cultural Business Student on placement in the Research Strategy & Policy department -

Research Fellow and lecturer at Gray’s School of Art (ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø) Chris Fremantle reflects on how he applies art to changing lives and experiences.

Nicola Torrance

Covid-19: Can the effects be for life?

By Lucy Young, Creative & Cultural Business Student on placement in the Research Strategy & Policy department -

Dr Nicola Torrance discusses the long-covid study that she and fellow ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø researchers are involved in, funded by Scottish Government through the Chief Scientists Office.

Dr Heather Bain

Addressing the future of nurse standards

By Dr Heather Bain -

Dr Heather Bain, Academic Strategic Lead, discusses the impact that the new training standards for nursing will have on the workforce and outlines some of the key reasons why there was a need for her new co-authored textbook, Principles and Practice of Nurse Prescribing.

Dr Amar Bennadjii from The Scott Sutherland School of Architecture & Built Environment

Mixed reality offers a new approach to building retrofit and reaching net-zero

By Jenny Frost -

Building on success and an academic award at the Tokyo Design Festival for outstanding research on mixed reality (MR), Dr Amar Bennadji from The Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment (SSS), highlights the role mixed reality and digital technology plays when teaching building retrofit.

The Imagineers

Embedding children’s rights in higher education teaching programmes

By Dr Elaine Allan -

Dr Elaine Allan shares how a transferrable child rights-based approach to developing, designing, and delivering higher education can be embedded across all Robert Gordon University Schools.

Rachael Ironside

From Making Sense of the Paranormal to making sense of publishing…

By Dr Rachael Ironside -

Dr Rachael Ironside reflects on the process of writing her first manuscript as an early-career researcher and outlines some of the key themes explored in her co-authored book, Making Sense of the Paranormal.

Image of Professor John McCall, Lead National Subsea Centre

Nature-inspired innovation offers one of our best strategies to reach Net Zero

By Jack Stott -

Writing for The Press and Journal, Professor John McCall, Research Lead at ÌÇÐÄvlog¹ÙÍø's National Subsea Centre, calls on people to learn from nature to tackle the climate change emergency and move to net zero carbon.