Projects (9)

Assessing and Protecting Spawning Herring and Associated Biodiversity: WOSHH-eDNA-Sound Apr 1, 2023 - Mar 31, 2025
Assessing and Protecting Spawning Herring and Associated Biodiversity: WOSHH-eDNA-Sound
Herring helped to generate local income, identity, and societal change for centuries in Scotland, but their numbers on the west coast have been in decline since... Read More about Assessing and Protecting Spawning Herring and Associated Biodiversity: WOSHH-eDNA-Sound.

Exploring the Relationship between Habitat Biodiversity and Donkey Welfare: A Case Study in Scotland and the North of England May 6, 2024 - Jul 31, 2024
The application was written by Edinburgh Napier 4th year student Skye Kenny, in collaboration with Dr Gavin Ballantyne and partners at the University of the West of England and The Donkey Sanctuary.

The project will start before Skye graduates in... Read More about Exploring the Relationship between Habitat Biodiversity and Donkey Welfare: A Case Study in Scotland and the North of England.

Ivermectin impacts on freshwater organisms in a variable world Oct 1, 2024 - Mar 31, 2028
The overview of the research objectives is given below. There will be scope for the candidate to adapt and develop these as the project progresses and their expertise as an independent researcher grows.
1.Undertake laboratory-based toxicological ass... Read More about Ivermectin impacts on freshwater organisms in a variable world.

Scottish Borders – European Capital of MTB Dec 1, 2023 - Dec 1, 2025
Evaluation and project support for the ‘Creating a European Capital of Mountain Biking – Scottish Borders’

UK Trails project Oct 1, 2023 - Sep 30, 2025

Fishy Tales Jul 1, 2023 - Jun 30, 2024
Fishy Tales is an outdoor theatre and marine species identification event intended to engage public audiences with local marine ecology and the West of Scotland Herring Hunt (WOSHH) research project. It is funded with £10k by NERC's Growing Roots Pr... Read More about Fishy Tales.

SmartSprout: Electrospun carriers for controlled release in horticulture Jan 1, 2025 - Aug 31, 2026
Sustainable intensification refers to optimisation of land management without increasing land usage. In horticulture, a significant difficulty exists in delivering agrochemicals such as fertilisers, pesticides and herbicides over an extended time per... Read More about SmartSprout: Electrospun carriers for controlled release in horticulture.

Pollination ecosystem service support by sustainable urban drainage systems Oct 1, 2023 - Mar 31, 2026
Pollination ecosystem service support by sustainable urban drainage systems

Wester Ross Herring Spawning Ecology Sep 23, 2020 - Mar 31, 2023
Historically, herring was abundant around the West of Scotland and of high importance to the local economy. Today, the estimated herring stock size in ICES area 6a is at near an all-time low. In March 2018 and 2019 herring spawn was recorded near Loc... Read More about Wester Ross Herring Spawning Ecology.