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The RSE is recruiting a Senior Public Affairs Officer 🗳️Through the expertise of our Fellowship and the work of our staf...
06/10/2026

The RSE is recruiting a Senior Public Affairs Officer 🗳️

Through the expertise of our Fellowship and the work of our staff, the RSE brings together knowledge, ideas, and people to help address the most important issues facing Scotland and the wider world.

This role sits at the heart of the RSE's innovation and impact. You'll build relationships across parliament, government, and the wider policy community, monitor political developments, prepare compelling briefings, and identify opportunities for evidence and expertise to inform policy discussions and public debate.

We'd love to hear from someone who enjoys making connections, keeps an eye on what is happening in the policy world, and isn't afraid to pick up the phone and start a conversation.

⚖️ Full-time (35 hours/week)
📍 Edinburgh (hybrid)
💷 £41,836 per annum
📅 Closing date Thursday 29 October, 23:59

Find out more and how to apply: https://rse.org.uk/senior-public-affairs-officer-vacancy

240 (ish) years across four centuries of making knowledge useful - here are some of the notable moments.
05/10/2026

240 (ish) years across four centuries of making knowledge useful - here are some of the notable moments.

30/09/2026

Shifting public sector practice toward preventative spending

On behalf of the RSE, Professor Jim Gallagher FRSE, presented oral evidence to the Finance and Public Administration Committee, based on the RSE's submission to their inquiry, "Pre-budget scrutiny 2027-28: the affordability and sustainability of Scotland’s tax and spending plans".

Join us at the RSE or online for this year's Autumn Gifford Seminar with esteemed historian of science, Professor Stephe...
28/09/2026

Join us at the RSE or online for this year's Autumn Gifford Seminar with esteemed historian of science, Professor Stephen Shapin.

Together, with questions from other expert panellists and the audience, we’ll dive deeper into the relationship between food, society, and ethics.

Book for free below.👇

🎟️ https://rse.org.uk/whats-on/

25/09/2026

Do schools feel comfortable talking about politics in Scotland? And what does that tell us about young people's place in our democracy?

From this year's Curious festival at the RSE, where we heard from Scotland's leading minds across a busy programme of free events.

📹 https://youtube.com/live/2ZXNMIgb4r0

We've not long wrapped up this year's Curious festival, but the numbers are in already. 👀 🔍Over 4,000 total tickets sold...
24/09/2026

We've not long wrapped up this year's Curious festival, but the numbers are in already. 👀 🔍

Over 4,000 total tickets sold across 40 events, and an empty merch stand by the end.

You've made this year's festival of knowledge our biggest yet! Thank you to everyone who came back to enjoy another Curious, and to the many new faces who joined us for the first time.

While Curious is the RSE's flagship festival of events, our free events don't stop there. Throughout the year, you can join RSE events in-person or online. The best way to stay in the know is via our events newsletter. Subscribe below, and we'll see you again soon. ✉️

👉 https://rse.org.uk/subscribe/

Social prescribing can support people to live better and strengthen communities across Scotland. The RSE’s report, in pa...
21/09/2026

Social prescribing can support people to live better and strengthen communities across Scotland. The RSE’s report, in partnership with Voluntary Health Scotland, explores the barriers facing social prescribing in Scotland and opportunities for improvement.

The report calls for:
💰 Sustainable long-term funding
🔢 Better data sharing and guidance for evaluation
⚖️ A proportionate approach that prioritises reaching those with the greatest need

Read the report: https://rse.org.uk/programme/advice-paper/from-research-to-reality-social-prescribing-in-scotland-report-2026/

Yesterday, we welcomed Irish President, Catherine Connolly to the RSE Fellowship.Catherine Connolly has been made an Hon...
17/09/2026

Yesterday, we welcomed Irish President, Catherine Connolly to the RSE Fellowship.

Catherine Connolly has been made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the highest honour it can bestow.

She said: “It is a privilege to receive this Honorary Fellowship from the Royal Society of Edinburgh and to have the opportunity of meeting with some of those working in such a wide range of disciplines for the public good.

“I particularly welcome the work that is being undertaken between researchers in Ireland and Scotland which will help inform public policy in both countries.”

Following President Connolly’s formal acceptance of her Honorary Fellowship, Professor Jemina Napier and Lucy Clark presented their research into domestic abuse of deaf women – one of the research projects that was a direct result of the Ireland-Scotland Bilateral Partnership. A roundtable discussion about deepening links and renewing the partnership then followed.

Welcome to the Fellowship, President Connolly. 🇮🇪

16/09/2026

Growing up in the 90s, specific learning difficulties like dyslexia and dyscalculia went under the radar more easily.

Our Curious festival recently unpacked the impact of dyslexia on our well-being. Find the full conversation below. 🔍

📹 https://www.youtube.com/live/xCs7kLBhzU4

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