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Press Releases

The RSE seeks to work in co-operation with members of the distinctive Scottish Media and journalists elsewhere, valuing our good relations with them. We commend skilful, accurate reporting of, and informed objective comment on the broad range of educational activities in which we are engaged and appreciate the influential role Journalists play in disseminating information and shaping opinion

We aim to offer Members of the Media:

• Access to lectures & conferences on topics of interest to the specialist and to the general public on matters of national and international importance
• Provision for interviews to be conducted and photographs taken where speakers are willing (we encourage them to co-operate)
• Independent, expert comment on a range of issues which impact on the well-being of Scotland and beyond
• Background information and expert briefing for journalists upon request, where time permits & party politics are not involved
• The opportunity for Journalists to contribute to events in their own right (occasionally under Chatham House rules)

Recent Press Releases

March 2013

New RSE Royal Medallists and Prize Winners Announced

Election of New Fellows 2013

Scotland and the EU - summary report

Scotland and the EU - 13 March 2013

RSE Young Academy of Scotland Welcomes 50 New Members

February 2013

Enlightening the Constitutional Debate: National academies launch major programme of events

Spreading the Benefits of Digital Participation

October 2012

Professor Peter Higgs receives commemorative medal at RSE ASM

September 2012

HRH The Duke of Edinburgh to present 2012 RSE Royal Medals and Maxwell Award

New report explores Scotland’s future in the United Kingdom

The RSE Young Academy of Scotland has invited applications to join its membership.

August 2012

Scottish academics honoured as RSE Prize Winners 2011/12 announced

May 2012

Alan Turing Centenary Celebrations: Turing Research Symposium, Edinburgh, 11 May

April 2012

An evening with Diarmaid MacCulloch

Tapping all our talents - the launch of a report on Women in STEM

March 2012

Election of New Fellows 2012

A referendum on Scottish Independence

December 2011

RSE responds to Scottish Parliament on Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Bill

RSE Christmas Lecture 12 December: Professor Tom Devine 'Scotland's Global Diaspora'

November 2011

Launch event for RSE Young Academy of Scotland

Professor Yasir Suleiman in Edinburgh for public talk on the Arab Spring, 1 December.

October 2011

Sir John Enderby delivers report on RSE Arts & Humanities Programme

New RSE President and General Secretary take Office

September 2011

RSE launches new Young Academy of Scotland

August 2011

RSE recognises leading researchers

HRH The Duke of Edinburgh to present RSE Royal Medals to Baroness Helena Kennedy and Professor Desmond Smith, and IEEE/RSE/Wolfson Maxwell Award to Dr Ted Hoff,  Edinburgh 12 August.

June 2011

Gardens in Science and Art: workshop at Drumlanrig Castle, Saturday 25 June

Trident – Should we keep it? Lord Robertson of Port Ellen and Professor Michael Clarke to take part in ‘mock trial’ in Edinburgh, 23 June 2011

May 2011

RSE launches new Young Academy

April 2011

RSE Beltane Prize for Public Engagement

RSE/BP Hutton Prize in Energy Innovation

March 2011

Sir John Arbuthnott will be next RSE President

New Fellows elected

January 2011

The Future of Teacher Education in Scotland

The Teaching of History in Scottish Schools