New study reveals ‘invisible’ glacier loss in the greater Himalaya

A new study involving scientists from the University of St Andrews reveals that the mass loss of lake-terminating glaciers in the greater Himalaya has been significantly underestimated due to the inability of satellites to see glacier changes occurring underwater. The research, which utilizes multi-temporal satellite data and bathymetric measurements, offers valuable insights into the growing issue … Read more

The St Andrews – Africa Research (StAAHR) Health Network

The St Andrews Africa Research (StAAHR) Health Network has a mission of using interdisciplinary approaches to address interactable global health challenges. Led by Dr Wilber Sabiiti and Dr Katherine Keenan, the network will offer training to increase south-south data analysis and research dissemination skills and build a digital resource centre hosting the network’s outputs and … Read more

EPSRC IAA Festival 2022

The Impact Festival is an annual event organised by EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) holders in Scotland, who are committed to delivering jointly funded initiatives, particularly in the areas of networking, training, culture change and dual funding of IAA projects where active collaborations between institutions exist. Primarily aimed at staff from the Universities of Edinburgh, … Read more

(Im)material worlds: Tracing creative practice, histories and environmental contexts in artists’ moving image from Southeast Asia and the UK

Following the publication of Dr Philippa Lovatt‘s and Dr Graiwoot Chulphongsathorn’s (Chulalongkorn University) co-edited Screen dossier: ‘Tracing the Anthropocene in Southeast Asian film and artists’ moving image, Philippa is excited to announce ‘(Im)material worlds: Tracing creative practice, histories and environmental contexts in artists’ moving image from Southeast Asia and the UK’ funded by a British Council Connections Through Culture UK-Southeast Asia Grant and … Read more