The Macaulay Institute in Aberdeen is looking for new proposals for funding support to projects related to crofting and other land-based enterprises on Lewis. The Lewis Endowment Fund was set up over 75 years ago through an endowment from Dr T.B. Macaulay of the Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, which also led to the creation of the Macaulay Institute itself. As the highly successful son of a Lewis family, Dr Macaulay wanted to return something to his native land. [continue reading ... ]
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The Macaulay Land Use Research Institute and SCRI joined forces on 1 April 2011 to create The James Hutton Institute. It is the first Institute of its type in Europe and will make major, new contributions to the understanding of key global issues such as food, energy and environmental security.
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Soil biodiversity under the microscope at Macaulay workshop
More than twenty scientists mainly from Israel and the UK are attending a 3-day workshop at The Macaulay Institute, Aberdeen next week, focusing on state-of-the-art methods for assessing soil quality. [continue reading ... ]
Fat-like compounds in focus at Macaulay hosted seminar
More than 35 scientists, researchers and students from universities and research institutes all over Scotland are attending the 37th Scottish Lipid Discussion Group meeting hosted by The Macaulay Institute, Aberdeen on Wednesday 21 September at its Craigiebuckler campus, Aberdeen. [continue reading ... ]
Macaulay Institute reviews Sourhope Research Station operation
The Board of the Macaulay Institute, Aberdeen, decided at its meeting on 12 September that it could no longer justify the current net cost of its Research Stations. [continue reading ... ]
Giving Himalayan communities a voice
Innovative ‘participatory video’ event aimed at highlighting problems of remote Himalayan communities [continue reading ... ]
TechFest Week Secondary Schools Programme
As part of the TechFest Week Secondary Schools Programme, the Macaulay Institute in Aberdeen is running workshops at three Aberdeenshire secondary schools next week looking at ‘Conflicts in the Countryside’. [continue reading ... ]