The entire graduating cohort of the BSc in Marine Science, with University of the Highlands and Islands deputy principal Professor Crichton Lang and SAMS UHI director Professor Nicholas Owens. The whole class won the SAMS UHI Student of the Year award.
A marine scientist who studied at the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) UHI has become the first person to be awarded a University of the Highlands and Islands’ Master of Science by Research degree.
Eleanor Wood, who now works as a research technician at Swansea University, received her award at the SAMS UHI graduation last thursday, September 6, as one of 46 graduates and prizewinners. The University of the Highlands and Islands, one of the newest in the UK, obtained research degree awarding powers last year.