Projects per year
Organization profile
Organisation profile
The main research activities of NHC are focussed at:
The Environmental Research Institute; ideally located in Caithness; an area of Scotland that needs no introduction in terms of its potential for exploiting renewable energy resources.
The team at ERI are renowned for their excellence in driving forward research and offering educational opportunities that help us to understand environmental issues now and for the future.
To find out more about their highly applied research and educational programmes please visit www.eri.ac.uk
UHI Centre for History offers a number of courses and research projects centred on the history of the Highlands and Islands and you can study these from any college or learning centre in the region thanks to our partnership with UHI.
While maintaining our commitment to the history of the region, lecturers at the Centre have research specialisms in the following areas:
- Irish, Scottish and British Diasporas
- Maritime History in the North Sea and the Baltic
- Sport in Highland History
- Religiosity
- Women, Gender and the Family
- Warfare and Ethnic Conflict
Please visit www.history.uhi.ac.uk to find out more.
The Centre for history was ranked 5th of the top places to study History is Scotland by the Guardian 2014.
Fingerprint Dive into the research topics where North Highland College UHI is active. These topic labels come from the works of this organisation's members. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
peatland
Earth & Environmental Sciences
seabird
Earth & Environmental Sciences
plastic
Earth & Environmental Sciences
bird
Earth & Environmental Sciences
seabirds
Agriculture & Biology
peatlands
Agriculture & Biology
Plastics
Engineering & Materials Science
bog
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Network
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Profiles
Projects 2015 2018
Research Output 1982 2020
Low-cost chitosan-calcite adsorbent development for potential phosphate removal and recovery from wastewater effluent
Pap, S., Kirk, C., Bremner, B., Sekulic, M. T., Shearer, L., Gibb, S. W. & Taggart, M. A., 30 Jan 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Water Research. 173, 115573.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Calcite
Chitosan
Adsorbents
Effluents
Phosphates
1
Citation
(Scopus)
3
Downloads
(Pure)
Synthesis optimisation and characterisation of chitosan-calcite adsorbent from fishery-food waste for phosphorus removal
Pap, S., Kirk, C., Bremner, B., Turk Sekulic, M., Gibb, S. W., Maletic, S. & Taggart, M. A., 11 Jan 2020, In : Environmental Science and Pollution Research. p. 1-13 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
Fisheries
Animal Shells
Calcium Carbonate
Calcite
Chitosan
4
Downloads
(Pure)
The physical oceanography of the transport of floating marine debris
van Sebille, E., Goddijn-Murphy, L. & Others, ., 20 Jan 2020, In : Environmental Research Letters. 15, 2, 33 p., 023003.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
physical oceanography
plastic
ocean
plastic waste
policy strategy
Activities 2000 2017
European Wave and Tidal Energy Conferences 2017
Philippe Gleizon (Participant)28 Aug 2017 → 1 Sep 2017
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
IPS Annual Convention
Roxane Andersen (Member of programme committee)29 May 2017 → 1 Jun 2017
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
ARAE - 7th Symposium on Antimicrobial Resistance in Animals and the Environment
Derek Elsby (Participant)26 Jun 2017 → 28 Jun 2017
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
Press / Media
1m for research into how climate change is affecting Scotland's peatlands
15/02/20
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
How Plastic Bottles Become Death Traps for Hermit Crabs
3/02/20
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
Impacts
Motion raised in Scottis Parliament
Stuart Gibb (Participant), Mark Taggart (Participant)
Impact: Public policy Impacts
Student theses
The response of arthropod assemblages to peatland restoration in formerly afforested blanket bog
Author: Fernandez, A. P., 29 Jan 2019Supervisor: Andersen, R. (Supervisor), Boyd, K. (Supervisor) & Smith, M. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)
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Remediation and restoration of ocean exposed cliff-top, in the context of Dounreay (Scotland) nuclear power plant decommissioning
Author: Braidwood, D., 4 May 2018Supervisor: Andersen, R. (Supervisor), Taggart, M. (Supervisor) & Smith, M. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)
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The effects of bog restoration in formerly afforested peatlands on water quality and aquatic carbon fluxes
Author: Gaffney, P. P. J., 19 Jul 2017Supervisor: Andersen, R. (Supervisor), Taggart, M. (Supervisor), Hancock, M. (Supervisor) & Robinson, R. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy (awarded by OU/Aberdeen)
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