University of the Highlands and Islands

Projects

Projects per year 2003 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2033

• 44 Not started
• 58 Active
• 204 Finished

Projects per year

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• Shetland Community Wildlife Group

  Allan, K. & Shucksmith, R.

  6/01/20 → 30/12/22

  Project: Outreach

• Cultural Heritage Assessment for the Museum of Rapid Transition, Cateran Ecomuseum (Phase I)

  Lee, D., Timoney, S., Sanmark, A. & Begg, C.

  1/05/21 → 31/12/22

  Project: Consultancy

  • ecomuseum 100%
  • cultural heritage 19%
  • museum 18%
  • archaeology 12%

• Optimising the Roles of Online Communities in Rural Resilience

  Munoz, S. & Farmer, J.

  1/01/20 → 31/12/22

  Project: Research

  • internet community 100%
  • resilience 80%
  • social media 74%
  • media analysis 41%
  • methodology 31%

• Use of lung ascites to diagnose mesothelioma by detecting genetic changes to BAP1

  Pritchard, A.

  1/01/22 → 31/12/22

  Project: Research

• Investigation of gut bacteria in schizophrenia

  Wei, J.

  1/04/18 → 31/12/22

  Project: Other

• UKRI Scale up health inequality prevention

  Munoz, S.

  24/01/22 → 23/01/23

  Project: Research

• COVID -19 Dementia Education for Care Homes (CODECH) – Phase 3

  Macaden, L.

  28/01/22 → 27/01/23

  Project: Research

  • home care 100%
  • dementia 97%
  • education 29%

• Rejuvenate

  Johnson, V.

  1/03/20 → 30/01/23

  Project: Research

  • youth education 100%
  • youth work 95%
  • children's rights 82%
  • resources 60%
  • anthropology 60%

• Looking in from the Edge (LIFTE): The impact of international commercialization on north-west Europe's peripheral communities 1468-1712: production, commerce and consumption in Orkney and Shetland

  Gibbon, S. J., Mainland, I., Harland, J. & Gibson, J. D.

  1/02/20 → 31/01/23

  Project: Research

  • Commercialization 100%
  • Scotland 72%
  • Orkney 64%
  • Shetland 62%
  • Norway 44%

• Systematic review and integrated report on the quantitative and qualitative evidence base for behaviOur change interventions to promote Physical acTivity in people with InterMittent clAudication (OPTIMA)

  Gorely, T.

  1/08/21 → 31/01/23

  Project: Research

• Co-production of a self-management intervention to improve the health and wellbeing and quality of life of people with a parastomal hernia

  Hubbard, G.

  1/09/21 → 28/02/23

  Project: Research

• KTP National Trust Scotland (NTS) and the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI)

  de Raad, A. L.

  2/12/19 → 1/03/23

  Project: Research

  • Scotland 100%
  • highlands 84%
  • herbivores 78%
  • Tetrao urogallus 71%
  • grouse 64%

• Manufacturing the future: Manufacture of Shaped MOF-Polymer Products for Healthcare

  Megson, I.

  15/03/21 → 15/03/23

  Project: Research

  • Polymers 100%
  • Healthcare 72%
  • Manufacturing 52%

• International Network for Contemporary Archaeology in Scotland (INCAScot)

  Hale, A., Thomas, A., Brophy, K. & MacGregor, G.

  29/03/21 → 28/03/23

  Project: Research

  • Contemporary Archaeology 100%
  • Medieval Cathedral 51%
  • Orkney 46%
  • Sandstone 43%
  • Scotland 43%

• Improving mental well being of LGBTIQ+ people through sport and physical activity

  MacGilleEathain, R.

  1/10/21 → 31/03/23

  Project: Research

• Social license to operate for seaweed aquaculture in the UK

  Billing, S.

  1/07/21 → 31/03/23

  Project: Research

• AGRI-SATT: Agricultural Growth using Remote-sensing, IoT, Satellite and Autonomous Telecomm and Technology

  Aleynik, D., Dale, A. & Holloway, M.

  1/09/20 → 31/03/23

  Project: Research

  • seawater 100%
  • upwelling 53%
  • food production 42%
  • nutrient 39%
  • pump 34%

• MANUP: Exploring Male Attitudes towards Nursing as a Profession

  Cameron, M. & Thomas, S.

  18/04/22 → 17/04/23

  Project: Research

  • nursing 100%
  • profession 53%
  • questionnaire 26%
  • career 16%

• Exploring malnutrition in later life in the Western Isles of Scotland

  Crabtree, D. R., Carolan, C. & Johnstone, A. M.

  1/02/23 → 30/04/23

  Project: Other

  • cost of living 100%
  • heat pump 88%
  • eating behavior 69%
  • rural community 67%
  • Healthcare 55%

• Using situated learning and pro-social approaches to improve gender equality in engineering education

  Gray, L. R.

  22/10/22 → 30/06/23

  Project: Research

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  • action research 100%
  • grant 77%
  • gender 36%
  • funding 32%
  • learning 28%

• MRes project: The science of shinty: a needs analysis and training considerations

  McKernie, J., Crabtree, D. R., Gorely, T. & Kavaliauskas, M.

  1/10/21 → 1/10/23

  Project: Research

  • Sports 100%
  • clubs 87%
  • tuition fee 38%
  • fitness 27%
  • athlete 24%

• Tombs of the Isles

  Lee, D., Thomas, A., Downes, J. & Richards, C.

  1/11/19 → 31/03/24

  Project: Outreach

  • Tombs 100%
  • Orkney 61%
  • Archaeology 56%
  • Field Work 39%
  • Heritage Centre 33%

• Social Prescribing for Remote and Rural Scotland: A Mixed Methods Evaluation of Link Workers

  Munoz, S.

  1/04/21 → 31/03/24

  Project: Research

• JPI Cultural Heritage

  Bryce, R. & Taylor, S.

  1/06/21 → 31/05/24

  Project: Research

  • Cultural Heritage 100%

• Schizophrenia diagnostic tool (PHASE 2 linked to 728JW)

  Wei, J.

  1/08/20 → 31/07/24

  Project: Research

• Smart integRation Of local energy sources and innovative storage for flexiBle, secure and cost-efficIent eNergy Supply ON industrialized islands

  Walker, M.

  1/10/20 → 30/09/24

  Project: Research

  • energy management 100%
  • island ecosystem 57%
  • market 55%
  • combined heat and power 55%
  • low carbon economy 53%

• Nanomaterials and photonic solutions: Novel ‘at source’ approaches to stop hospital-derived priority substances reaching the sewer network

  Valdivia, M., Kean, A. & Megson, I.

  1/10/20 → 30/09/24

  Project: Other

  • sewer network 100%
  • nanomaterial 80%
  • hospital 68%
  • student 29%

• All Atlantic Ocean, sustainable, profitable and resilient aquaculture

  Billing, S.

  1/10/20 → 1/10/24

  Project: Research

• MRes project evaluating the impact of the sportscotland Highlands & Islands Performance Development Programme using survey-based research and interviews.

  Crabtree, D. R., Gorely, T. & Pitkethly, A.

  1/10/22 → 1/10/24

  Project: Research

  • athlete 100%
  • performance 82%
  • know how 22%
  • evaluation 20%
  • Sports 16%

• Supporting European coastal regions in their transition to a sustainable blue bioeconomy

  Billing, S.

  17/10/22 → 17/10/25

  Project: Research

• 1048IM: Inverness and Highland City-Region Deal

  Megson, I., Giangreco, A. & MacRury, S.

  1/01/17 → 31/07/27

  Project: Other

  • Self-Management 100%
  • Rural Population 99%
  • life sciences 98%
  • Feasibility Studies 96%
  • Health Services 81%

• Shell-volution

  Arthur, G.

  1/02/23 → 1/02/33

  Project: Research

  • shellfish culture 100%
  • economic investment 80%
  • Scotland 65%
  • research and development 63%
  • industry 39%

• Macpherson's Ossianic Legacy

  Lindfield-Ott, K.

  1/10/14 → …

  Project: Research

• Meet the Books

  Lindfield-Ott, K.

  Project: Research

  • Highlands 100%
  • Inverness 81%
  • Rare Books 63%

• YAARP: Yesnaby Art & Archaeology Research Project

  Moore, J., Hammond, R. & Gibbon, S. J.

  20/07/15 → …

  Project: Research

  • Orkney 100%
  • Archaeology 54%
  • Research Projects 33%
  • Art Projects 28%
  • Highlands 24%

• All Atlantic Ocean Sustainable, Profitable and Resilient Aquaculture

  Vermeulen, F.

  12/01/22 → …

  Project: Research

  • aquaculture 100%
  • aquaculture production 72%
  • European Union 47%
  • ocean 28%
  • project 26%

• The Gearrannan Project: sustainability and continuity on the edge

  MacLeod Rivett, M.

  1/01/13 → …

  Project: Research

  • Outer Hebrides 100%
  • Township 74%
  • Sustainability 63%
  • Coast 24%
  • Continuity 22%

• Response of Tidal Energy Converters to Combined Tidal Flow, Waves, and Turbulence

  Greenwood, C.

  Project: Research

  • turbine 100%
  • tidal current 82%
  • turbulence 70%
  • laboratory 24%
  • energy 22%

• Rackwick Survey - research, training and outreach

  Lee, D.

  Project: Research

  • outreach 100%
  • students 73%

• Training of Trainers (TOT) Programme: COVID -19 Dementia Education for Care Homes (CODECH

  Macaden, L.

  Project: Other

• Regenerative Construction Materials: investigating the use of regenerative coastal materials in contemporary construction

  Morton, S.

  Project: Research

  • Coast 100%
  • Innovation 59%

• UHI HSBI: UHI Hub for the Study of British Identities

  MacPherson, J. & Lindfield-Ott, K.

  Project: Research

  • Scotland 100%
  • diaspora 53%
  • Protestant Identity 41%
  • Irish Studies 39%
  • Diasporas 33%

• Braes of Ha'Breck, Wyre, Orkney

  Thomas, A. & Lee, D.

  1/05/06 → …

  Project: Research

  • Scotland 100%
  • Northwest Europe 83%
  • Woodland 68%
  • Orkney 66%
  • Timber 65%

• Skip It! Promoting smoking cessation during pregnancy: a combined feasibility and pilot trial of a theory-based intervention using narrative, images and embedded behaviour change techniques, delivered via text-messaging.

  Grindle, M.

  Project: Research

• Testing methods for facilitating connectivity while teaching skills and understanding of quality in participatory practices in visual arts in the Highlands and Islands through networking and virtual learning environments.’

  Permar, R.

  Project: Research

  • Radar 100%
  • Art Practice 96%
  • British Isles 93%
  • Education 48%
  • Fine Art Education 39%

• Care Home COVID Experience (SFC Research Uplift)

  Macaden, L., Beattie, M. & Carolan, C.

  Project: Research

• Impact Study for Bertha Park High School, Perth and Kinross Council

  Smith, K. G., Davies, G. & Rennie, F.

  Project: Research

  • innovation 100%
  • pupil 40%
  • learning 35%
  • Teaching 22%

• St Magnus Graffiti Project: Stage 1

  Thomas, A.

  1/01/19 → …

  Project: Research

  • Orkney 100%
  • Graffiti 82%
  • Cathedral 49%
  • Volunteers 30%
  • Archaeology 25%

• Barabhas Machair Project

  MacLeod Rivett, M. & Cowie, T.

  1/06/09 → …

  Project: Research

  • Machair 100%
  • Excavation 32%
  • Beaker 27%
  • Ritual Landscape 25%
  • Township 23%

• Non-native species and biosecruity

  Shucksmith, R.

  1/10/12 → …

  Project: Research

  • biosecurity 100%
  • Scotland 75%
  • stakeholders 61%
  • laws and regulations 56%
  • planning 55%