"The fact that the farm is now also being used for educational purposes, to help train the next generation of farmers, is fantastic and evidence of the real benefits of collaboration across the Scottish Environment, Food and Agriculture Institutes (SEFARI)" A new partnership between the James Hutton Institute and SRUC will put practical skills into the hands of future farmers. Students studying agriculture at national certificate and degree level at SRUCâs Aberdeen campus will now complete practical classes at the Institute's Glensaugh Research Farm in Aberdeenshire. More information from
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Dr Beth Wells, SEFARI Gateway Fellowship Report.
"These incubator spaces create a buffer zone for farmers starting out so that they can hone their business model, gain credibility in the eyes of lenders or future business partners and take risks with a higher threshold for failure" Could Farm Business Incubators provide a route into the industry for new entrants in Scotland? This question is set to be the focus of a special NEWBIE business seminar at AgriScot on 20th November. The NEWBIE project is a pan European initiative which is partnered and promoted in the UK by the James Hutton Institute. The goal of the NEWBIE network is to increase
Hemp could play a role in the development and expansion of a low carbon, environmentally responsible industry, bringing a new âcash-cropâ to Scottish agriculture and offering new job opportunities across the supply chain. This type of low carbon innovation is currently supported by the Scottish Government in the public sector (i.e. Can Do Challenge Fund and Civtech programmes) and through future Unblocking Ambition applications which seek to create businesses that support a low carbon economy, which will be a priority. For the last eight years; Scottish Government funded research at the Rowett
"The aim of NAR-DP is to create an accessible and easy to use online resource for a wide range of people, from organisations to members of the public" Scientists based at the James Hutton Institute in Aberdeen have developed a brand-new, web-based portal to improve access to spatial data on Scotlandâs natural assets, including soils, land, biodiversity and cultural heritage. The new Natural Asset Register Data Portal, or NAR-DP for short, facilitates access to open-access datasets created through the Scottish Governmentâs Strategic Research Programme that otherwise wouldnât be readily
"This study illustrates how rigorous experimental design, coupled with advanced data analysis and modelling expertise, is fundamental to successful scientific discovery" A new study published today in PLOS Pathogens by scientists at the Moredun Research Institute, the University of Edinburgh, Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland and international partners, has shown that a specific toxin produced by naturally-occurring E. coli bacteria helps these bacteria colonise the intestinal tract of cattle and increases transmission of the bacteria to other animals in the herd. More information from
"Protecting and enhancing our natural capital are amongst the highest return investments we can make" The 42nd TB Macaulay Lecture, given by Dieter Helm CBE, Professor of Economics at the University of Oxford and Fellow of New College, Oxford, on the topic of how to achieve a green and prosperous land in the face of multiple challenges including climate change, is now available to watch online. More information from: Bernardo Rodriguez-Salcedo, Media Manager, Tel: +44 (0)1224 395089 (direct line), +44 (0)344 928 5428 (switchboard) or +44 (0)7791 193918 (mobile). read more
Cumbernauld project âThe resulting film is a visceral account of the groupâs experiences during the programme and reveals nuances that would likely be overlooked by standard feedback forms. While not designed to replace other forms of monitoring and evaluation, participatory video could nevertheless be a useful social research tool to demonstrate the impact these types of programmes have on the people taking partâ Social scientists based at the James Hutton Institute have pioneered the use of video as a participatory research technique in Scotland, in the context of a project aiming to
As part of the workshop, which was held at the James Hutton Institute, we invited two guest speakers; Paul Fretter (Head of Computing infrastructure for Science, Norwich Bioscience Institutes) and Robert Maskell (UK Director of High-Performance Computing, Intel). Both speakers brought a wealth of real-world experience of using and developing HPC for innovative science. Paul spoke about his experience of running shared high-performance computer resources across multiple science institutes, whilst ensuring to still sit on the âsame side of the benchâ as the scientists, while Robert gave