Spring Clean Scotland 2026 Set to Mobilise Communities for Six‑Week National Clean‑Up Scotland’s largest annual community clean‑up effort is already looking ahead to another ambitious year, with Spring Clean Scotland 2026 set... 12 January 2026
Leading Forensic Soil Scientist Professor Lorna Dawson Awarded Damehood in New Year Honours Professor Lorna Dawson, Head of the Centre for Forensic Soil Science at the James Hutton Institute, was recommended for the... 7 January 2026
Community Ownership Brings Oakbank Inn Back to Life as Pub Reopens in Sandbank The Oakbank Inn, a historic Argyll pub that had stood empty for almost three years, has officially reopened under... 7 January 2026
Wildcat reintroduction successful New research confirms that the first year of a project to reintroduce wildcats to Scotland was highly effective, with... 17 December 2025
New project to cultivate agricultural knowledge A new project led by the University of Dundee, in partnership with The James Hutton Institute, the University of Nottingham,... 17 December 2025
SRUC honoured with third Queen Elizabeth Prize for Education SRUC has been awarded the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Education for the third time, making it one of the few... 16 December 2025
Scottish Government Small Producers Pilot Fund – Capital Grants The Scottish Government Small Producers Pilot Fund is providing £500,000 in capital funding in 2025/26 to support small producers sectors in... 10 December 2025
Excellence celebrated at Scotland’s Finest Woods Awards 2025 A school which has taken lessons on climate change out of the classroom and into the real world, and a... 8 December 2025
Planning permission granted for 11 new homes in Melness Residents of North West Sutherland have welcomed news that planning permission has been granted for 11 new homes in the... 4 December 2025
From spuds to skincare. Scientists from the University of Aberdeen are part of a team looking to turn potato waste into high value compounds that can be used... 2 December 2025