Project Case Studies

Real world impacts content

Real world impacts

The university interacts with various agencies, communities and companies across the Highlands and Islands and globally. These case studies are a selection of some of our recent interactions that show the level of local and international collaboration, the real world impacts of our research and gives an idea of the breadth of expertise across our research centres.

Protecting vultures across Asia and Europe content committee of vultures

Protecting vultures across Asia and Europe
Protecting marine aquaculture and human health from the negative effects of algal blooms content mussels

Protecting marine aquaculture and human health from the negative effects of algal blooms
Historians and Scottish land reform content Roadsign at Tarbert - Welcome to North Harris | Fàilte gu Ceann a Tuath na Hearadh

Historians and Scottish land reform
Neolithic archaeology content Ness of Brodgar (Credit Jo Bourne)

Neolithic archaeology
Inspiring the ‘Spirit of the Highlands’ content Visitors with guide at Inverness Castle

Inspiring the ‘Spirit of the Highlands’
Sustaining remote and rural healthcare service content community nurse

Sustaining remote and rural healthcare service
Moving beyond token words content National Museum of Scotland exhibit

Moving beyond token words
Viking assembly sites content 3D-reconstruction of the Anundshög site. Created by Framefusion in collaboration with Alexandra Sanmark and Sarah Semple.

Viking assembly sites
Ways of knowing content The dzong (fort) at Paro is an impressive administrative centre for the region and located beside the university campus.

Ways of knowing
Antibody-based therapy for liver cancers content Ongoing clinical trials demonstrate that treatment with natural anti-cancer antibodies provides a 67% increase in survival relative to standard therapy alone.

Antibody-based therapy for liver cancers
Evaluation of a COPD self-management tool content Evaluation of a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease self-management tool for NHS Highland

Evaluation of a COPD self-management tool
Digital health technology for improving dementia care content the number of people living with dementia doubles every 20 years, with annual global costs now exceeding $1 trillion

Digital health technology for improving dementia care
Post-stroke atrial fibrillation monitoring content Atrial fibrilation accounts for between 13-26% of all ischemic strokes and is a major cause of stroke recurrence without adequate intervention.

Post-stroke atrial fibrillation monitoring
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