Showcase sessions B5-B8
Thursday 13th December 2018. Running from 11:45 – 12:45
Showcase Session B5: Science and Health
Session Chair, Professor Annetta Smith
Room: Sports hall
Active Health Research at the University of the Highlands and Islands.
Dr David Muggeridge and Dr Daniel Crabtree, Division of Biomedical Sciences
The Impact of Hospital Wastewater on Water Quality and Conventional Wastewater Treatment
Lydia Niemi, Environmental Research Institute, North Highland College, UHI
‘A sincere endeavour to improve the human condition’: The practical application of victimology to university students
Dr Suki Haider, Moray College UHI
Evaluation of an online education programme for palliative care in the Highlands
Dr. Sarah-Anne Munoz and Dr. Sara Bradley, Division of Rural Health and Wellbeing
Session B6: Arts, Humanities and Social Science.
Session Chair, Professor Colin Richards
Room: 963
Ancestral Tourism and heritage work in the Hebrides
Joanna Rodgers, Centre for History
SIRFA – Scotland’s Island Research Framework for Archaeology. A Multi-Scalar Island Approach to Research. Part of the border is missing
Dr Rebecca Rennell, Lews Castle College UHI (UHI Archaeology Institute)
Shaping Ecotourism in Sustainable Heritage Areas
Rosalind Bryce, Diana Valero, and Martin Price, Perth College UHI
Sustainable heritage tourism in Orkney
Annie Thuesen, Institute for Northern Studies, Orkney College UHI
Session B7: Environmental Science and Environmental Studies.
Session Chair, Professor Frank Rennie
Room: 959/960
Digital. Remote. Connected: The future of art therapy in the Scottish Highlands?
Dr Ania Zubala, Institute of Health Research and Innovation; School of Health, Social Care and Life Sciences
Impact of Forest Management on Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) Conservation in Multi-functional Forests
Dr Louise de Raad, Inverness College UHI
Assessing peatland condition using UAVs: not getting mired in “bog” data
Henk Pieter Sterk, Environmental Research Institute, North Highland College, UHI; Neil R. Cowie, RSPB, Forsinard, Sutherland; Richard J. Payne, University of York; Jason McIlvenny, Environmental Research Institute, North Highland College, UHI; Roxane Andersen, Environmental Research Institute, North Highland College, UHI
Validation and performance testing of a laser rangefinder for estimating avian flight in 3D
Nicola Largey, Environmental Research Institute, North Highland College UHI. Supervisors: Aly McCluskie, Ben Wilson, Bård Stokke, Elizabeth Masden.
Session B8: Seas, Rivers and Lochs.
Session Chair, Professor Roxane Andersen
Room 961/962
Integrating Biotelemetry and Genetics to inform Conservation and Management of Atlantic salmon
Sunny Bradbury, Rivers and Lochs Institute, Inverness College UHI, and, Environmental Research Institute, North Highland College UHI
A new escape panel concept to reduce cod bycatch in the Scottish mixed demersal fishery
Shaun Fraser, NAFC Marine Centre UHI
Freshwater Mussel Hunting
Sam Jones, Rivers and Lochs Institute, Inverness College
Environmental DNA for aquatic biodiversity monitoring
Lucio Marcello and Mark Coulson, Rivers and Lochs Institute, Inverness College UHI