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Orange tree frog on a blue background. Text says Biology Week Get involved 11-19 October 2025

#BiologyWeek starts this Saturday 11 October - are you planning on getting involved?

From joining an event to using our resources, there are many ways that you can take part!

Find out more: www.rsb.org.uk/biology-week...

#BiosciencesForAll

Save the date: Nov 4th we host a webinar on building capacity for net zero literacy in farming and rural communities, with expert speakers from @srucnews.bsky.social, AHDB and Kepak
reflecting on their experiences in capacity building, followed by a panel discussion and Q&A.

#NetZero

🍄 Celebrate Fungus Day UK at our Invergowrie campus!

🚶‍♀️ Join our fungal foray, explore medicinal mushrooms, & discover fungi-powered packaging + research projects. Free event, Sun 5 Oct, 12–4pm - no booking needed!

🔬 More: ow.ly/Rmry50X5Cm2

Science for Life Lecture Science for Life Lecture hosted by Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland

Join us at the SEFARI Science for Life Lecture 2025!

Giving life to your science so it impacts the transformation of agriculture, environment and society
by David G Farquhar FRGS

🗓️Friday Oct 24th
⏰12:30 - 3:30pm
📍Edinburgh Training and Conference Venue

Register by 17th Oct: tinyurl.com/mv3smw57

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We'll be live on YouTube at 12.15pm, join us to catch the latest on Storm Amy 👇

A map of Scotland depicting the areas affected by Storm Amy. Most of Scotland is covered by a yellow wind & rain warning with the North West categorised as Amber warning. Please visit the Met Office website for more information.

⚠️ Storm Amy is due to cause significant disruption today and tomorrow, with yellow and amber weather warnings in place across Scotland ⛈️

❌ Please do not enter the woods during a storm and call 999 in the event of an emergency.

🪵 Stay safe everyone!

I appreciate #StormAmy has stopped many of our colleagues from further north from being able to join us at the ENRA conference.

There will be an online presence of the posters presented here AND MORE next week. Keep your eyes peeled on the SEFARI website and social media.

As a reminder, you have until the 24th October to input your thoughts and ideas into the consultation for the next SRP programme (2027 -2032).

consult.gov.scot/environment-...

We're here at the ENRA conference and ready to talk about #LeadingIdeasForBetterLives. We're looking forward to all the conversations about the impact of the current The Scottish Government strategic research programme and discuss ideas for the future 2027 - 2032 programme.

New podcast episode. Project snapshot: Reviewing the landfill tax with Susan Evans and Richard Claxton. Evidence for climate policy in Scotland by ClimateXChange.

How effective is the lower rate of the Scottish Landfill Tax? How might changes better support a low-carbon, circular economy? Susan Evans & Richard Claxton discuss their ClimateXChange project and findings in our latest podcast episode.
www.climatexchange.org.uk/news/podcast/ #ScotClimateWeek

Event: 10 Nov The economic potential of hemp in a changing Scottish climate. An event for farmers, industry, research and policy Edinburgh Futures Institute ClimatexChange Scottish Government

The global market for hemp, once widely grown in Scotland, is expected to quadruple by 2030. Join us, Scottish Government and hemp industry experts in Edinburgh to hear how Scotland’s farmers, and the climate, can reap the benefits of this versatile crop. www.climatexchange.org.uk/event-the-ec...

🧵1/4 Thrilled to have 2 of our recent projects presented at a RESAS lunchtime seminar today.

💧AI and flood forecasting - tinyurl.com/2cx77ujb
💧Psychoactive substances - tinyurl.com/WastewaterMo...

The Ferret’s article gives a sobering look at the lived experiences of communities like Brechin, which are still grappling with the aftermath of Storm Babet and inputs from Carol Raeburn from the Scottish Flood Forum & @uofglasgow.bsky.social's Prof Larissa Naylor.
theferret.scot/communities-...

Image shows a photo of a busy train station platform in Scotland with departure boards and lots of people walking about.

Join the @uofglasgow.bsky.social Games Lab for "Gaming Rail Flood Resilience" in Glasgow on the 10th October. For playtesting the latest version of their discussion-based CO-GREAT rail flood resilience game. The event includes lunch. Contact them by email to sign-up at: gaming-lab@glasgow.ac.uk

🤖🌳 Inspired by a Hutton project, Aberdeen teens Anjishnu Bhaduri, Adwait Sharma & Jayawant Sivarajan built ThistleDroid—a robot that tests land for reforestation & plants seeds!

🥇 Winners at #WROUK2025, they’ll rep GB in Singapore this Nov.

👉 ow.ly/tr9X50X4nYe

New dairy farm contractor hails ‘once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’

23-year-old Jordan Duddy has been appointed contract farmer at SRUC’s Acrehead dairy farm after a competitive selection process.

She was officially welcomed to the role by Scotland’s Agriculture Minister @jimfairliesnp.bsky.social at a special handover event.

GreenShed: Shaping the future of livestock emissions - Issuu Beyond the hysteria and the hyperbole, however, there’s no doubt that beef farming is a major source of methane and that the industry itself has reached a turning point. It is facing greater pressure than ever before to reduce its environmental impact while also maintaining or increasing productivity as well as improving its broader sustainability.

@srucnews.bsky.social’s GreenShed shows how methane capture and circular farming can cut emissions, save costs, and power new opportunities.

Read more in Professor Carol-Anne Duthie’s article: issuu.com/sruc1/docs/105251_...

#ScotClimateWeek

We're all set up at the EICC ready for the 46th TB Macauley lecture.

Come and have a chat if you're attending the pre-lecture exhibition from 17:00 - 18:00.

#LeadingIdeasForBetterLives @hutton.ac.uk

🌟 Great to see our HydroGlen Development Officer, Niamh Carr, named in Aberdeen’s 30 Under 30! Chosen for her innovation, expertise & leadership, she’s coordinating a Just Transition Funded project helping farmers & communities switch to green hydrogen.

ow.ly/ONlH50X2LOL

Want to find out more before the webinar?

Take a look at this SEFARI report about the health & wellbeing benefits of NHS Scotland’s outdoor spaces by @publichealthscot.bsky.social, @naturescot.bsky.social & @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social.

👀 tinyurl.com/NHSOutdoorEs...

#NaturalCapital

Photo credit: Rachel Helliwell

Our new project has already been featured in 3 articles! ✨

Take a look below to learn how we will inform household flood plans 👇

💧 tinyurl.com/newstartmag
💧 tinyurl.com/YahooNewsUK
💧 tinyurl.com/GlasgowTimesUK

@glasgowcaledonian.bsky.social, @uofglasgow.bsky.social, @hutton.ac.uk

Valuing your soils - Farming and Water Scotland The "Valuing Your Soils", booklet and supporting information has been produced to help Scottish farmers, crofters, and land managers protect.

How are other farmers managing their soils? See hints, tips and ideas in the Valuing Your Soils brochure, download at

Early career fellowships in cultural and heritage institutions: 2025 Apply for funding to conduct research at participating cultural and heritage institutions.

🌿 Fellowship opportunity: the AHRC Early career fellowships in cultural and heritage institutions are open!

From connections between biodiversity and social inclusion, to cultural contexts of plants in our collections, find our priorities and how to apply here 👇 www.ukri.org/opportunity/...

BioSS at the Royal Statistical Society International Conference 2025 A team of BioSS staff attended the RSS conference in Edinburgh, giving 12 presentations and leading 11 sessions.

We've been reflecting on a brilliant week at the @royalstatsoc.bsky.social International Conference in Edinburgh. Thanks for all the excellent sessions and discussions. 👏

Read more about our week here:
www.bioss.ac.uk/news-events/...

#RSS2025Conf #RSS2025 #Statistics

Heading to the Macaulay Lecture next Wednesday?

Come and say hello at the @sefariscot.bsky.social stand, we’d love to chat about our work and how science is informing policy and practice in Scotland.

📍 See you there!

#TBMacLecture #DoughnutEconomics

Cross Party Group on Rural Policy: How can we change the food system? Cross Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Rural Policy: How can we change the food system to benefit people and planet?’

Join @srucruralpolicy.bsky.social at the next CPG on 8th October 2025 to discuss how can we change the food system to benefit people and planet?

Sign up to join us in person or online 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cross-part...

A new sensor developed through a UK-wide programme led by SRUC is helping dairy farmers prevent pneumonia in calves.

Pneumonitor tracks pen-level conditions at calf height and has moved from prototype to commercial product with support from the Digital Dairy Chain.
www.sruc.ac.uk/all-news/inn...

Valuing, Protecting and Managing the NHS Scotland Outdoor Estate The use of digital mapping and natural capital approaches to value, protect and manage the NHS Scotland Outdoor Estate

How can NHS Scotland’s outdoor estate boost health, #Biodiversity and #ClimateAction? 🌿

Join this free webinar to find out 👇
tinyurl.com/NHSestateweb...

⌚Thursday 2nd October - 13:30 - 15:30

@publichealthscot.bsky.social @naturescot.bsky.social

The Geographer: Voices of the Earth (Autumn 2025)

We have a new article in the latest edition of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society's 'The Geographer'. Looking at why interactive tools, hands-on learning, and storytelling are key to helping explore what resilience means in the face of climate change. (Page 41)
issuu.com/rsgspubs/doc...