The Scottish Consortium for Rural Research is a collaboration between 24 organisations who work together to produce and share rural science for public good

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Five new sensors being installed across the UK will provide full national coverage of the magnetic field for the first time. The sensors will improve our understanding of extreme magnetic storms and the associated effects on national infrastructure. bgs.ac.uk/news/uk-scientistsโ€ฆ
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We're hiring! The James Hutton Institute is seeking a creative and strategic Digital and Storytelling Content Officer to lead the development and delivery of compelling digital content across our platforms. Join our team by applying here: hutton.current-vacancies.comโ€ฆ
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๐Ÿ“ข Donโ€™t miss the chance to attend #Ento25 ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ Ali Karley, researcher at the Hutton was one of four scientists invited to develop the conference programme & workshop sessions. Hutton experts will also share posters & chair sessions during the event. ๐Ÿ“… Register today:
๐Ÿ“ข Last chance - Deadline 5pm TODAY! Register by 5pm today to join the entomological community at #Ento25 in Glasgow - Become a member to take advantage of significantly reduced rates. โฐ Deadline: 17:00 (BST), 25 Aug ๐Ÿ”ฝ royensoc.co.uk/event/ento25 @UniStrathclyde @UniStrathNews
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Given that this is only c. 30 minutes from Larne and c. 40 minutes from Belfast, it may be something that hill farmers in southern Scotland would find of interest. I'm certainly looking forward to it and speaking at an upland symposium the day before. cafre.ac.uk/events/cafre-teaโ€ฆ
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๐Ÿ“ข The @scotgov has published its draft Strategy for 2027โ€“2032: Environment, Natural Resources & Agriculture Research (@SGRESAS), and want your views. ๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ Your feedback will help shape the future of environmental & agricultural research in Scotland More: ow.ly/eC7s50WCFoj
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๐Ÿ“ขFunding announcement, please RT! Would you like to deliver a project analysing opportunities to improve plant health outcomes in Scotland arising from the planned whole country LiDAR mapping, including potential barriers to exploitation? bit.ly/3UtAViA #planthealth
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Pls RT - We are recruiting a new manager for our Viral Surveillance Unit (VSU). Must hold a Degree in Veterinary Medicine along with Membership of the RCVS. moredun.org.uk/careers/viralโ€ฆ Salary: ยฃ59,622 - ยฃ69,921 per annum Closing Date: 22nd July 25
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We're looking for a senior research grants manager to join our team ๐Ÿ“ You'll be identifying & publicising relevant and innovative grant opportunities to BGS, and will work with staff to create funding applications. More information via the link: fa-evzn-saasfaukgovprod1.fa.โ€ฆ
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Who's joining us at the Peter Wilson Lecture 2025? Preserving what matters, Scotland's national collections. All welcome, full details and tickets here: scrr.ac.uk/news/scrr-rse-petโ€ฆ @RoyalSocEd #PeterWilsonLecture #PreservingWhatMatters #Event #Talk #Edinburgh

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๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ 180-year-old maps meet AI! The Hutton & @natlibscot has digitised over 5 million hectares of historic Scottish moorland using OS maps and machine learning. This could help track lost #Peatlands & tackle 10โ€“15% of COโ‚‚ emissions they contribute. More: ow.ly/Hfsg50VvztI
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For the first time, a freely available Trees Outside Woodland (#TOW) map has been produced to identify lone trees, groups of trees and small woodlands across England. ๐ŸŒณ๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ This innovative resource will: โœ”๏ธ Enhance environmental monitoring โœ”๏ธ Inform smarter planning decisions โœ”๏ธ Support habitat creation and biodiversity โœ”๏ธ Guide targeted canopy expansion efforts ๐Ÿ’ฌ Freddie Hunter, Head of Remote Sensing at Forest Research, emphasized the importance of this milestone: "๐™๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™š๐™ญ๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ. ๐˜ฝ๐™ฎ ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™– ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™—๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™–๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™–๐™ก ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™จ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ก๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™˜๐™๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ค๐™œ๐™ฎ, ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™—๐™š๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ก๐™ค๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ข๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™š๐™š๐™จ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™จ๐™ž๐™™๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ค๐™™๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ (๐™๐™Š๐™’) ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™›๐™ž๐™ง๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™š. ๐˜ฝ๐™ฎ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™—๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™‰๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™๐™ค๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™„๐™ฃ๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ค๐™™๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฅ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™๐™Š๐™’ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฅ ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™– ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™š๐™š ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ฎ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™€๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™. ๐™’๐™š ๐™ช๐™จ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ก๐™–๐™จ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™˜๐™๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ค๐™œ๐™ฎ ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ข๐™–๐™œ๐™š๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™€๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™'๐™จ ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ง๐™›๐™–๐™˜๐™š ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™จ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ก๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ž๐™™๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™›๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™š๐™š ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ฎ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง ๐™–๐™˜๐™ง๐™ค๐™จ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™—๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™™๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ฎ. ๐™๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™—๐™š ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ก ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™›๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™š๐™š-๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ." We are proud to have been a key delivery partner for this project, funded by Defraโ€™s Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment (#NCEA) programme, as Great Britainโ€™s principal organisation for forestry and tree-related research. ๐Ÿ”— Discover more and access the map here: ow.ly/iVX850VutTa #TreesOutsideWoodland #TOW #TreeMapping #CanopyCover #ForestResearch #NaturalCapital
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๐Ÿ“ป ICYMI: Listen to our researcher Tim George, who joined @BBCRadio4's #FarmingToday, to talk about why robust #barley varieties are crucial for protecting Scotlandโ€™s #whisky industry amid climate challenges. ๐Ÿ”Š From 03:50 > eu1.hubs.ly/H0fJsyB0
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โ” We are looking to understand the Climate Change Hubโ€™s impact to date to help ensure the development of new resources continues to meet the needs of woodland mangers and advisors. ๐ŸŒฒ๐Ÿ“‘ The Climate Change Hub centralises information and practical guidance about protecting our woodlands and forests from the impacts and risks due to the changing climate. How can you help? โœจ๐—•๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜† (๐Ÿด-๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ): ow.ly/3blg50UB1Sp - open until 31 Jan. โœจ๐—•๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐˜€: ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿต ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ป, ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ.๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ - ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿณ.๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ - Managers and owners of woods and forests: ow.ly/VMXe50UB1Ss๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ป, ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ.๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฑ โ€“ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ.๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ - Advisors, e.g., consultants, agents, woodland officers, public bodies, trade, professional and intermediary organisations: ow.ly/KAqO50UB1St #ClimateChangeHub #Survey @ForestryComm
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SCRRโ€™s Winter 2024 newsletter highlights the work of our members, who do research in Scotland on Scottish and globally important rural priorities. In this edition we also shine a light on some of the Early Career Researchers in our network. scrr.ac.uk/downloads/scrr-neโ€ฆ
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A new paper by researchers Anna Lawrence and @bobmacuhi on the intersections between land reform and rewilding in Scotland ๐Ÿ‘‰rewildingbritain.org.uk/abouโ€ฆ @RewildingB @ThinkUHI @ScotRewilding
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Have you thought about all the other species dependent on our trees? Our research has shown 2300 species associated with #oak trees, with 326 only found on oak. The declining ash trees support 953 species, 44 only found on ash! #NationalTreeWeek More: eu1.hubs.ly/H0dYmBc0
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The Scottish Science Advisory Council is recruiting new and associate members. The SSAC provides independent advice to inform policy development and delivery across all areas of the Scottish Governmentโ€™s work. Find out more at scottishscience.org.uk/news-โ€ฆ
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We're thrilled to present the brand new dendrochronology research framework as part of our @ScARFHub project! As well as enabling a better understanding of individual heritage structures, dendro analysis can help us plan to meet future climate challenges: bit.ly/DendroFramework
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๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธโ€œTree-rings provide us with a window through which we can look back in time,โ€ says @Forest_Research scientist, Tom Ovenden who has contributed to a new dendrochronology framework for Scotland in partnership with @ForestryLS,@Dendrochronicle and @ScARFHub of @socantscot. #ScotDendro
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It's here! ๐ŸŒณ We're delighted to launch the brand new Dendrochronology Research Framework for Scotland at ELBAC 2024! This collaborative framework offers an insight into the significance and scope of this intricate discipline. Read #ScotDendro here: scarf.scot/thematic/dendrochโ€ฆ
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๐Ÿ“ข We have a rare and exciting opportunityย to become the Curator of Benmore Botanic Garden. This is a key role responsible for the overall vision, management, and presentation of the mountainside Garden. Find more details and apply:ย rbge.cc/Jobs @BenmoreBotGdn
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