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Following his barnstorming talk at the HIE Strengthening Communities in Aviemore, this week we hear from Professor Frank Rennie on rural development in the Highlands and his dislike of the word ‘remote’. Frank Rennie is Professor of Sustainable Rural Development and Assistant Principal of Research, Enterprise and Development at Lews Castle College, University of
Ahead of the HIE Strengthening Communities Conference, it is with great excitement that the Centre for Scotland’s Land Futures launches its new blog. Here we will be posting weekly pieces every Wednesday from academics, industry professionals, stakeholders, authors and artists relating to the Centre’s interests and activities. It aims to serve as an open dialogue
Alasdair sadly died in August 2017. His profile here will be maintained to acknowledge his contributions to the Centre and wider historical community in Scotland and far beyond. Alasdair was one of the founding directors and driving forces of the Centre and its philosophy of collaboration, public, community and policy relevance and research excellence and
It is with great sadness that we have to report the death of Dr Alasdair Ross, one of the Centre’s co-directors. His passing during the last weekend of August was sudden, and followed a short period of serious illness. Alasdair was involved with the Centre for Scotland’s Land Futures from the beginning. He was also
This summer, three undergraduate students from the Centre’s institutions have completed an archival placement at Mount Stuart House. Whilst at Mount Stuart, the students undertook individual projects co-ordinated by Lynsey Nairn, archivist to the house. This year the Centre selected one student from each of institution, in previous years having selected students from the University
The Centre for Scotland’s Land Futures are pleased to announce that we are providing match-funding for the production of playing cards, for use in conference workshops organised under the banner of ‘The Stuff of Research’. These workshops will be held in Glasgow (June 2017), St Andrews (Nov 2017), and Quebec City (2018). Created by Laura
Invitations are open for proposals for a new and innovative book series from Edinburgh University Press, supported financially by the Centre for Scotland’s Land Futures. The ‘Scotland’s Land’ series presents the latest scholarly work to academic and public readers on Scotland’s land issues. Predominantly focusing on the history of Scotland’s economic, political, social and cultural