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My Care Experience and Journey through Education
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04 Sep 2019

Care experienced student Laura shares her own story as a ‘real person’ behind the statistics for care experienced students in further and higher education and the journey that’s led to studying a Master of Arts in Health and Social Policy.

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Scotland’s universities battle to save us from antimicrobial Armageddon
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11 Feb 2019

Is an antimicrobial resistance Armageddon upon us? Professor Mike Barrett, SULSA Director, shows how Scotland’s universities are leading the way in addressing the antimicrobial resistance challenge.

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Get shot of your disposable coffee cups
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11 Feb 2019

In Scotland we use about 200 million disposable coffee cups every year, but that’s ok we can just recycle them can’t we? Actually no! Find out why reusable coffee cups are flying off the shelves and into SFC.

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Creating an international voice for Scotland
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11 Feb 2019

Scotland is Now is a brand new international marketing campaign for Scotland.

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Tapping All Our Talents
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11 Feb 2019

Prof Lesley Yellowlees on the challenges facing women in STEM and progress towards equality.

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Other Ways of Winning
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11 Feb 2019

SFC’s André Reibig has some surprising insights into Scotland’s sporting success in Australia and SFC’s role in student athletics.

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How origami is saving lives in Africa
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11 Feb 2019

A folded piece of paper could save lives in Uganda, says Glasgow University’s Prof Jonathan Cooper

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Attracting Diversity in student access and recruitment
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11 Feb 2019

What are Scottish colleges and universities doing to tackle disadvantage in student access across protected characteristics?

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University museums – beyond the exhibitions
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11 Feb 2019

University museums play a wide and varied role, writes Jacky MacBeath, convenor, University Museums in Scotland.

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