Scotland’s Big Challenges

This project is possible thanks to funding provided by Scotland’s Future Series and the Director of Eden Campus Geoff Morris.

We’re discovering issues which matter to our students and which will affect Scotland now and in the future.

Our Plan

As a group, including internal and external stakeholders, we are discussing and coming up with ways that we, in St Andrews can play our part in addressing these issues, whether through teaching or any other aspect of university life.

Find out what we mean by ‘Big Challenges’ and why they’re important to our students.

As a group we are working through the following stages

Identifying the issues and presenting them for discussion

Connecting with collaborators and relevant stakeholders in the context of your challenge

Developing a solution which can be actioned by us together at the University of St Andrews

Read more about our programme for 2023

Latest News

  • Co-Initiation Report

    Friday 10th March saw the first exciting stage of CItEE 2023 take place at the Eden Campus in Guardbridge. Our amazing students came together to introduce their ideas, receive their awards and start thinking about taking their projects forward. Joined by some of the most creative and innovative colleagues from right across the university, the…

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  • About CItEE 2023

    As part of their drive to bring a real-world change through a programme Creating Impact through Enterprise Education colleagues Dr Gosia Mitka (Associate Dean Education – Arts and Divinity, Convener of the Entrepreneurial Education Working Group), Dr Gayle Doherty (Director of Impact and Innovation, Senior Lecturer in the School of Neuroscience), Kenneth Boyd (Industry Focus…

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  • Big Challenges are in!

    Thanks to our students for an incredible selection of ideas and challenges for our future in Scotland. Our team will start the process of sorting the entries to take forward. Watch this space!

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