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· Nov 21
We have started a Scottish Marine Science & Technology Starter Pack! Connect with #Marine Scientists, #Policy makers, #Industry, and more. Want to be added to the list? Comment below:
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🌊Are you attending #OSM26 later this month? Come to booth 89 in Hall 5 to meet the MASTS team.
We'll be showcasing the research of our members, along with some of their kit.
We'll be delighted to share more information about MASTS with you.
📍www.masts.ac.uk
We'll be showcasing the research of our members, along with some of their kit.
We'll be delighted to share more information about MASTS with you.
📍www.masts.ac.uk
February 16, 2026 at 9:08 AM
🌊Are you attending #OSM26 later this month? Come to booth 89 in Hall 5 to meet the MASTS team.
We'll be showcasing the research of our members, along with some of their kit.
We'll be delighted to share more information about MASTS with you.
📍www.masts.ac.uk
We'll be showcasing the research of our members, along with some of their kit.
We'll be delighted to share more information about MASTS with you.
📍www.masts.ac.uk
🌊Are you attending #OSM26 later this month? Come to booth 89 in Hall5 to meet the MASTS team.
We'll be showcasing the research of our members, along with some of their kit.
We'll be delighted to share more information about MASTS with you.
📍www.masts.ac.uk
We'll be showcasing the research of our members, along with some of their kit.
We'll be delighted to share more information about MASTS with you.
📍www.masts.ac.uk
February 12, 2026 at 10:28 AM
🌊Are you attending #OSM26 later this month? Come to booth 89 in Hall5 to meet the MASTS team.
We'll be showcasing the research of our members, along with some of their kit.
We'll be delighted to share more information about MASTS with you.
📍www.masts.ac.uk
We'll be showcasing the research of our members, along with some of their kit.
We'll be delighted to share more information about MASTS with you.
📍www.masts.ac.uk
Sign up to join the next MASTS open forum session: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/d58198...
Titled: Intelligent Workforce Strategies and Coastal Community Insights for a Just Marine Energy Transition.
Talks from Martin Fyvie (@robertgordonuni.bsky.social) &Amy McCarron (@uniofaberdeen.bsky.social)
Titled: Intelligent Workforce Strategies and Coastal Community Insights for a Just Marine Energy Transition.
Talks from Martin Fyvie (@robertgordonuni.bsky.social) &Amy McCarron (@uniofaberdeen.bsky.social)
February 9, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Sign up to join the next MASTS open forum session: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/d58198...
Titled: Intelligent Workforce Strategies and Coastal Community Insights for a Just Marine Energy Transition.
Talks from Martin Fyvie (@robertgordonuni.bsky.social) &Amy McCarron (@uniofaberdeen.bsky.social)
Titled: Intelligent Workforce Strategies and Coastal Community Insights for a Just Marine Energy Transition.
Talks from Martin Fyvie (@robertgordonuni.bsky.social) &Amy McCarron (@uniofaberdeen.bsky.social)
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📣New Call for Proposals to deliver an evidence synthesis and review, a gap analysis, and a methodological review focused on land- and freshwater-based sources of pressures relevant to the sensitivities of key assets in marine and estuarine waters. 💧🌊
More info here: tinyurl.com/257b2zat
More info here: tinyurl.com/257b2zat
February 5, 2026 at 12:10 PM
📣New Call for Proposals to deliver an evidence synthesis and review, a gap analysis, and a methodological review focused on land- and freshwater-based sources of pressures relevant to the sensitivities of key assets in marine and estuarine waters. 💧🌊
More info here: tinyurl.com/257b2zat
More info here: tinyurl.com/257b2zat
Izzy is a MASTS Graduate School Alumni from our SUPER DTP programme - check out her latest publication below:
New publication led by SMRU's @izzylangley.bsky.social on competition between grey & harbour seals in Scotland using 20+ yrs of diet data. Many thanks to all who collected samples, and collaborators from the Lighthouse Field Station and Institute of Marine Research
#OA Paper: doi.org/10.1002/oik....
#OA Paper: doi.org/10.1002/oik....
Temporal changes in the dietary niche of sympatric seals provides insight into the role of competition in population declines
Competition theory suggests that interspecific prey competition can result in changes to the dietary niche, but obtaining timeseries of data from sympatric species experiencing temporal variation in ...
doi.org
February 5, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Izzy is a MASTS Graduate School Alumni from our SUPER DTP programme - check out her latest publication below:
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Not 1 but 2 evening #sciart events (w drinks) during #OSM26 in #Glasgow!
* zine-making in the pub, Mon 23 Feb (link below)
* opening for Constraint Made Visible (Transmission Gallery, 24 Feb)—collabs among local mathematicians, artists, crafters, and ocean modellers
Pls help spread the word!
* zine-making in the pub, Mon 23 Feb (link below)
* opening for Constraint Made Visible (Transmission Gallery, 24 Feb)—collabs among local mathematicians, artists, crafters, and ocean modellers
Pls help spread the word!
February 4, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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🌊Are you attending Ocean Sciences Meeting #OSM26 later this month?
Are you a MASTS member/Do you do research at one of the below institutions?
Let us know via this short form so we can your activities during the meeting: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon... ⬅️
Are you a MASTS member/Do you do research at one of the below institutions?
Let us know via this short form so we can your activities during the meeting: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon... ⬅️
February 3, 2026 at 12:59 PM
🌊Are you attending Ocean Sciences Meeting #OSM26 later this month?
Are you a MASTS member/Do you do research at one of the below institutions?
Let us know via this short form so we can your activities during the meeting: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon... ⬅️
Are you a MASTS member/Do you do research at one of the below institutions?
Let us know via this short form so we can your activities during the meeting: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon... ⬅️
🌊Are you attending Ocean Sciences Meeting #OSM26 later this month?
Are you a MASTS member/Do you do research at one of the below institutions?
Let us know via this short form so we can your activities during the meeting: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon... ⬅️
Are you a MASTS member/Do you do research at one of the below institutions?
Let us know via this short form so we can your activities during the meeting: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon... ⬅️
February 3, 2026 at 12:59 PM
🌊Are you attending Ocean Sciences Meeting #OSM26 later this month?
Are you a MASTS member/Do you do research at one of the below institutions?
Let us know via this short form so we can your activities during the meeting: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon... ⬅️
Are you a MASTS member/Do you do research at one of the below institutions?
Let us know via this short form so we can your activities during the meeting: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon... ⬅️
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LivingMaps is hosting an online panel discussion with waterwayscollective.org on 3 Feb, where we will share some of the scientific visualisations, zines, and performance materials that have grown out of our #art-science field trips following #Scottish #salmon #rivers. Tickets below. Should be fun!
The Waterways Collective: Multidisciplinary mapping of Atlantic salmon
Join us to explore multidisciplinary mapping of Atlantic salmon migration and ideas of interconnectedness
eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:43 PM
LivingMaps is hosting an online panel discussion with waterwayscollective.org on 3 Feb, where we will share some of the scientific visualisations, zines, and performance materials that have grown out of our #art-science field trips following #Scottish #salmon #rivers. Tickets below. Should be fun!
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Ocean zine making in the pub during #OSM26!
Please join waterwayscollective.org and the @mastscot.bsky.social Energyscapes Working Group for an evening of #zines and collage in a cosy #Glasgow pub, following day 1 of the 2026 Ocean Sciences Meeting. Sign-up link below, spread the word!
Please join waterwayscollective.org and the @mastscot.bsky.social Energyscapes Working Group for an evening of #zines and collage in a cosy #Glasgow pub, following day 1 of the 2026 Ocean Sciences Meeting. Sign-up link below, spread the word!
Ocean zine-making in the pub
Come join the artists and scientists of the Waterways Collective for an evening of zine-making in the pub, following day 1 of the 2026 Ocean Sciences Meeting.
events.humanitix.com
January 20, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Ocean zine making in the pub during #OSM26!
Please join waterwayscollective.org and the @mastscot.bsky.social Energyscapes Working Group for an evening of #zines and collage in a cosy #Glasgow pub, following day 1 of the 2026 Ocean Sciences Meeting. Sign-up link below, spread the word!
Please join waterwayscollective.org and the @mastscot.bsky.social Energyscapes Working Group for an evening of #zines and collage in a cosy #Glasgow pub, following day 1 of the 2026 Ocean Sciences Meeting. Sign-up link below, spread the word!
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⌛🐥 Last chance for early bird tickets to our Environmental Interactions of Marine Renewables (EIMR) conference in Oban this April.🌊
A limited number of these are still available until tomorrow afternoon.
See eimr2026.com to buy tickets and for more info. 🐳
Keynote speakers you ask..? See the 🧵
A limited number of these are still available until tomorrow afternoon.
See eimr2026.com to buy tickets and for more info. 🐳
Keynote speakers you ask..? See the 🧵
January 15, 2026 at 1:02 PM
⌛🐥 Last chance for early bird tickets to our Environmental Interactions of Marine Renewables (EIMR) conference in Oban this April.🌊
A limited number of these are still available until tomorrow afternoon.
See eimr2026.com to buy tickets and for more info. 🐳
Keynote speakers you ask..? See the 🧵
A limited number of these are still available until tomorrow afternoon.
See eimr2026.com to buy tickets and for more info. 🐳
Keynote speakers you ask..? See the 🧵
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Next month the MASTS Marine Planning and Governance Forum is running an online Open Forum Session on Co-Existence! Sign up here for free: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/9e14b3... ⬅️ Hosted by Sinead Sheridan and Rachel Shucksmith
December 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Next month the MASTS Marine Planning and Governance Forum is running an online Open Forum Session on Co-Existence! Sign up here for free: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/9e14b3... ⬅️ Hosted by Sinead Sheridan and Rachel Shucksmith
Closing next week!!
🌊Want to work supporting MASTS? Fancy working at the Scottish Oceans Institute in St Andrews, Scotland? [we work right by the beach!]
We currently have a full time position open for an administrative assistant. Deadline: 12 Jan
🔗 More info here: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
We currently have a full time position open for an administrative assistant. Deadline: 12 Jan
🔗 More info here: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
January 5, 2026 at 9:25 AM
Closing next week!!
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🌊Want to work supporting MASTS? Fancy working at the Scottish Oceans Institute in St Andrews, Scotland? [we work right by the beach!]
We currently have a full time position open for an administrative assistant. Deadline: 12 Jan
🔗 More info here: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
We currently have a full time position open for an administrative assistant. Deadline: 12 Jan
🔗 More info here: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
December 18, 2025 at 12:52 PM
🌊Want to work supporting MASTS? Fancy working at the Scottish Oceans Institute in St Andrews, Scotland? [we work right by the beach!]
We currently have a full time position open for an administrative assistant. Deadline: 12 Jan
🔗 More info here: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
We currently have a full time position open for an administrative assistant. Deadline: 12 Jan
🔗 More info here: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
🌊Want to work supporting MASTS? Fancy working at the Scottish Oceans Institute in St Andrews, Scotland? [we work right by the beach!]
We currently have a full time position open for an administrative assistant. Deadline: 12 Jan
🔗 More info here: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
We currently have a full time position open for an administrative assistant. Deadline: 12 Jan
🔗 More info here: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
December 18, 2025 at 12:52 PM
🌊Want to work supporting MASTS? Fancy working at the Scottish Oceans Institute in St Andrews, Scotland? [we work right by the beach!]
We currently have a full time position open for an administrative assistant. Deadline: 12 Jan
🔗 More info here: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
We currently have a full time position open for an administrative assistant. Deadline: 12 Jan
🔗 More info here: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
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Interesting #PhD opportunity that I have minor role in, for people who want to get into the detail of modelling individual #tidal turbines. Funded for home students only (NB if you've lived here a while you may count), deadline 18th Jan.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#energySky #renewables
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#energySky #renewables
Enhanced Open-Source Modelling of a Floating Tidal Turbine Reference Model at Heriot-Watt University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Enhanced Open-Source Modelling of a Floating Tidal Turbine Reference Model at Heriot-Watt University, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Interesting #PhD opportunity that I have minor role in, for people who want to get into the detail of modelling individual #tidal turbines. Funded for home students only (NB if you've lived here a while you may count), deadline 18th Jan.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#energySky #renewables
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
#energySky #renewables
Next month the MASTS Marine Planning and Governance Forum is running an online Open Forum Session on Co-Existence! Sign up here for free: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/9e14b3... ⬅️ Hosted by Sinead Sheridan and Rachel Shucksmith
December 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Next month the MASTS Marine Planning and Governance Forum is running an online Open Forum Session on Co-Existence! Sign up here for free: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/9e14b3... ⬅️ Hosted by Sinead Sheridan and Rachel Shucksmith
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🔔🔔🔔MASTS is looking for two new Trustees to join the MAST-Scotland Board.
Help us build a sustainable funding model that secures the future of our Graduate School and supports the next generation of marine scientists.
Experienced in philanthropy or investment? Learn more: masts.ac.uk/feature/join...
Help us build a sustainable funding model that secures the future of our Graduate School and supports the next generation of marine scientists.
Experienced in philanthropy or investment? Learn more: masts.ac.uk/feature/join...
December 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
🔔🔔🔔MASTS is looking for two new Trustees to join the MAST-Scotland Board.
Help us build a sustainable funding model that secures the future of our Graduate School and supports the next generation of marine scientists.
Experienced in philanthropy or investment? Learn more: masts.ac.uk/feature/join...
Help us build a sustainable funding model that secures the future of our Graduate School and supports the next generation of marine scientists.
Experienced in philanthropy or investment? Learn more: masts.ac.uk/feature/join...
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MASTS & the Scottish Government are offering a Coastal Monitoring Internship. Work on assessing coastal-change monitoring and help shape a future national programme.
Eligible: MASTS PhD students or ECRs (≤5 yrs post-PhD).
Deadline: 16:00, 9 Jan 2026.
Info: masts.ac.uk/wp-content/u...
Eligible: MASTS PhD students or ECRs (≤5 yrs post-PhD).
Deadline: 16:00, 9 Jan 2026.
Info: masts.ac.uk/wp-content/u...
December 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM
MASTS & the Scottish Government are offering a Coastal Monitoring Internship. Work on assessing coastal-change monitoring and help shape a future national programme.
Eligible: MASTS PhD students or ECRs (≤5 yrs post-PhD).
Deadline: 16:00, 9 Jan 2026.
Info: masts.ac.uk/wp-content/u...
Eligible: MASTS PhD students or ECRs (≤5 yrs post-PhD).
Deadline: 16:00, 9 Jan 2026.
Info: masts.ac.uk/wp-content/u...
MASTS & the Scottish Government are offering a Coastal Monitoring Internship. Work on assessing coastal-change monitoring and help shape a future national programme.
Eligible: MASTS PhD students or ECRs (≤5 yrs post-PhD).
Deadline: 16:00, 9 Jan 2026.
Info: masts.ac.uk/wp-content/u...
Eligible: MASTS PhD students or ECRs (≤5 yrs post-PhD).
Deadline: 16:00, 9 Jan 2026.
Info: masts.ac.uk/wp-content/u...
December 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM
MASTS & the Scottish Government are offering a Coastal Monitoring Internship. Work on assessing coastal-change monitoring and help shape a future national programme.
Eligible: MASTS PhD students or ECRs (≤5 yrs post-PhD).
Deadline: 16:00, 9 Jan 2026.
Info: masts.ac.uk/wp-content/u...
Eligible: MASTS PhD students or ECRs (≤5 yrs post-PhD).
Deadline: 16:00, 9 Jan 2026.
Info: masts.ac.uk/wp-content/u...
🔔🔔🔔MASTS is looking for two new Trustees to join the MAST-Scotland Board.
Help us build a sustainable funding model that secures the future of our Graduate School and supports the next generation of marine scientists.
Experienced in philanthropy or investment? Learn more: masts.ac.uk/feature/join...
Help us build a sustainable funding model that secures the future of our Graduate School and supports the next generation of marine scientists.
Experienced in philanthropy or investment? Learn more: masts.ac.uk/feature/join...
December 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
🔔🔔🔔MASTS is looking for two new Trustees to join the MAST-Scotland Board.
Help us build a sustainable funding model that secures the future of our Graduate School and supports the next generation of marine scientists.
Experienced in philanthropy or investment? Learn more: masts.ac.uk/feature/join...
Help us build a sustainable funding model that secures the future of our Graduate School and supports the next generation of marine scientists.
Experienced in philanthropy or investment? Learn more: masts.ac.uk/feature/join...
Reposted by MASTS
🌊Want to work supporting MASTS? Fancy working at the Scottish Oceans Institute in St Andrews, Scotland? [we work right by the beach!]
We currently have a full time position open for an administrative assistant. Deadline: 12 Jan
🔗 More info here: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
We currently have a full time position open for an administrative assistant. Deadline: 12 Jan
🔗 More info here: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
December 5, 2025 at 9:23 AM
🌊Want to work supporting MASTS? Fancy working at the Scottish Oceans Institute in St Andrews, Scotland? [we work right by the beach!]
We currently have a full time position open for an administrative assistant. Deadline: 12 Jan
🔗 More info here: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
We currently have a full time position open for an administrative assistant. Deadline: 12 Jan
🔗 More info here: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
🌊Want to work supporting MASTS? Fancy working at the Scottish Oceans Institute in St Andrews, Scotland? [we work right by the beach!]
We currently have a full time position open for an administrative assistant. Deadline: 12 Jan
🔗 More info here: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
We currently have a full time position open for an administrative assistant. Deadline: 12 Jan
🔗 More info here: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
December 5, 2025 at 9:23 AM
🌊Want to work supporting MASTS? Fancy working at the Scottish Oceans Institute in St Andrews, Scotland? [we work right by the beach!]
We currently have a full time position open for an administrative assistant. Deadline: 12 Jan
🔗 More info here: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
We currently have a full time position open for an administrative assistant. Deadline: 12 Jan
🔗 More info here: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
🌊Want to work supporting MASTS? Fancy working at the Scottish Oceans Institute in St Andrews, Scotland? [we work right by the beach!]
We currently have a full time position open for an administrative assistant. Deadline: 12 Jan
🔗 More info here: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
We currently have a full time position open for an administrative assistant. Deadline: 12 Jan
🔗 More info here: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
December 4, 2025 at 10:27 AM
🌊Want to work supporting MASTS? Fancy working at the Scottish Oceans Institute in St Andrews, Scotland? [we work right by the beach!]
We currently have a full time position open for an administrative assistant. Deadline: 12 Jan
🔗 More info here: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
We currently have a full time position open for an administrative assistant. Deadline: 12 Jan
🔗 More info here: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Reposted by MASTS
MASTS is looking for two new Trustees to join the MAST-Scotland Board.
Help us build a sustainable funding model that secures the future of our Graduate School and supports the next generation of marine scientists.
Experienced in philanthropy or investment? Learn more: masts.ac.uk/feature/join...
Help us build a sustainable funding model that secures the future of our Graduate School and supports the next generation of marine scientists.
Experienced in philanthropy or investment? Learn more: masts.ac.uk/feature/join...
December 1, 2025 at 11:34 AM
MASTS is looking for two new Trustees to join the MAST-Scotland Board.
Help us build a sustainable funding model that secures the future of our Graduate School and supports the next generation of marine scientists.
Experienced in philanthropy or investment? Learn more: masts.ac.uk/feature/join...
Help us build a sustainable funding model that secures the future of our Graduate School and supports the next generation of marine scientists.
Experienced in philanthropy or investment? Learn more: masts.ac.uk/feature/join...