Royal Society of Edinburgh

Type: Organization
Name: Royal Society of Edinburgh
First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Women urged to enter IT industry

A senior executive at technology firm Hewlett Packard has urged Scottish women to enter the IT industry and boost their presence in the sector.Maggie Morrison, an account general manager at Hewlett Packard, said women were "ideally placed" for highly ... [Published BBC - May 16 2013]
First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 4 reports

Appliance of science a must says group

SCOTTISH primary teachers should not be allowed into the profession without a science qualification.That's the view of academic body The Royal Society of Edinburgh which believes further damage will be inflicted on the subject in schools unless entry ... [Published Glasgow Evening Times - May 16 2013]
First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 2 reports

Awards recognise commitment to gender equality

Commitment to gender equality and career progression for women scientists at the University of Sheffield has been further reinforced with a glowing endorsement from a champion for female researchers.Two departments were recognised with new awards, and ... [Published University of Sheffield - May 15 2013]
First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Robot-inspired new musical work to be premiered

An innovative project fusing arts and science will get its first public airing at the Royal Society of Edinburgh today. Lab Notes brings together a leading young composer of classical music, Dr Jane Stanley, with independent film maker Martin Clark to ... [Published Individual.com - May 14 2013]
First reported May 12 2013 - Updated May 12 2013 - 1 reports

Partnership between RVC, Buckingham Equine Vets Announced

The Royal Veterinary College (RVC), at the University of London, England, announced May 9 a collaboration with Buckingham Equine Vets (BEV) designed to advance the standards of veterinary education and the care of injured and rehabilitating horses, ponies, ... [Published TheHorse.com - May 12 2013]
First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Shield Therapeutics Strengthens Team with Key Board and Senior Management Appointments

Shield Therapeutics, the independent specialty mineral medicines pharmaceutical company, today announces two new appointments with Dr Lynn Drummond joining the Board as a Non-Executive Director and Dr Julian Howell, joining the senior management team ... [Published Pharma-Mag - May 10 2013]
First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

Loss of female staff costing the economy millions

The loss of highly-trained women from the workplace is costing the economy millions of pounds, MSPs have been warned. A report commissioned to estimate the cost of lost talent states that a doubling of women’s high-level skill contribution to the economy ... [Published The Scotsman - May 10 2013]
First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Device for portable, ultra-precise clocks and quantum sensors developed

Many of the most accurate measurement devices, including atomic clocks, work by observing how atoms transfer between individual quantum states. The highest precision is obtained with long observation times, often using slow-moving ultracold atoms prepared ... [Published Science Daily - May 09 2013]
First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 2 reports

Scientists develop device for portable, ultra-precise clocks and quantum sensors

In a joint project between the Universities of Strathclyde and Glasgow, Imperial College London and the National Physical Laboratory, researchers have developed a portable way to produce ultracold atoms for quantum technology and quantum information ... [Published EurekAlert! - May 09 2013]
First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 2 reports

Pandas have saved Edinburgh zoo from extinction – but what for? | Fraser MacDonald

Tian Tian and Yang Guang have boosted visitors, but I'm not convinced by the conservation rationale for keeping zoos open It seems that Edinburgh zoo is marking its centenary with something of an annus mirabilis. Ever since the arrival of "our" pandas, ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 09 2013]
First reported Apr 27 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 1 reports

Aggreko growth

I was somewhat surprised to read Amanda Forsyth’s description of Aggreko, prior to Rupert Soames’ appointment as chief executive, as "a low- to no-growth temporary power business" (Business, 26 April). While I fully acknowledge that Rupert and his team ... [Published The Scotsman - Apr 27 2013]
First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

Elephant Intelligence Seminar (PO6)

Richard Byrne, Professor of Evolutionary Psychology at the University of St Andrews, will be giving a talk at the University of Portsmouth this Thursday on Elephant Intelligence: Studying a Mind that Evolved in Parallel to Our Own.Elephants have a longstanding ... [Published AboutMyArea - Apr 25 2013]

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The Royal Society submission states: "We are surprised and disappointed at the notable absence in the proposals of any requirement for those applying to enter programmes of primary teacher education to have a science qualification. Given the conclusions drawn by the SEEAG report - it is clear to us that a firm grounding in mathematics is not only important in its own right, but also essential to make progress. Surely there cannot be an assumption that entrants to primary teaching will be weak in science and mathematics and that this just has to be accepted as a fact of life? If this were to be the case, it would have serious implications."
"Stem subjects - science, technology, engineering and mathematics - open so many careers doors and the technology industry is one of today's few growth sectors, so it's important that we get the message out there, loud and clear."
"But there is an argument that if you start looking and being prescriptive about particular subjects at Higher, other than English, then you close down looking at potentially good teachers - who are say good on expressive arts or music."
Professor Sir Keith Burnett Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sheffield said: "The University of Sheffield has worked for many years to improve the career prospects of academic women."

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Tribute to Professor George Gray, the father of... [Published University of Hull - May 17 2013]
Appliance of science a must says group [Published Glasgow Evening Times - May 16 2013]
Calls for teachers to be stronger in science [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 16 2013]
Calls for teachers to be stronger in science [Published Herald Scotland - May 16 2013]
Women urged to enter IT industry [Published BBC - May 16 2013]
Science call for new primary teachers [Published BBC - May 16 2013]
Awards recognise commitment to gender equality [Published University of Sheffield - May 15 2013]
15.05 - Awards recognise commitment to gender e... [Published MyScience - May 15 2013]
Robot-inspired new musical work to be premiered [Published Individual.com - May 14 2013]
Partnership between RVC, Buckingham Equine Vets... [Published TheHorse.com - May 12 2013]
Shield Therapeutics Strengthens Team with Key B... [Published Pharma-Mag - May 10 2013]
Warning loss highly trained women costing milli... [Published Herald Scotland - May 10 2013]
Loss of female staff costing the economy millions [Published The Scotsman - May 10 2013]
Device for portable, ultra-precise clocks and q... [Published Science Daily - May 09 2013]
Scientists develop device for portable, ultra-p... [Published EurekAlert! - May 09 2013]
Pandas have saved Edinburgh zoo from extinction... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 09 2013]
Pandas have saved Edinburgh zoo from extinction... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - May 09 2013]
Key Board and Senior Management Appointments [Published Best Invest - May 09 2013]
06.05 - Scientists develop device for portable,... [Published MyScience - May 09 2013]
Scottish Natural Heritage [Published Individual.com - May 07 2013]
01.05 - University of Nottingham recognised for... [Published MyScience - May 01 2013]
University of Nottingham recognised for commitm... [Published Universities News - Apr 30 2013]
Professor Struther Arnott [Published Herald Scotland - Apr 27 2013]
Aggreko growth [Published The Scotsman - Apr 27 2013]
Elephant Intelligence Seminar (PO6) [Published AboutMyArea - Apr 25 2013]
A glimpse of electricity supply in the future [Published Power Engineering International - Apr 23 2013]
Scottish Explorer John Rae ‘should be honoured’ [Published The Scotsman - Apr 20 2013]
West Midlands News: Tributes to creator of hepa... [Published Birmingham Post - Apr 18 2013]
Professor Ken Murray [Published Herald Scotland - Apr 18 2013]
Retreat from multiculturalism: a distinguished ... [Published Noodls - Apr 17 2013]
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