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Media features from UArctic Board meeting in Orkney

Uarctic Board In Orkney April 2025

UArctic representatives talk about the relationship between Scotland and the Arctic, UArctic member institutions present in Orkney, and opportunities for collaboration in video and radio interviews by the Orkney Islands Council and Radio Orkney.

Watch the Orkney Islands Council video with comments from UArctic Secretary General Outi Snellman, Orkney Islands Council Deputy Leader Sandy Cowie, and UArctic Board Student Representative Viljo Vuorimäki:

 

Listen to the Radio Orkney interview between 11:08-16:30 with UArctic Board Chair Frederik Paulsen and Nick Fyfe, Vice Principal for Research and Community Engagement at Robert Gordon University:

Around Orkney on BBC Sounds 

 

The UArctic Board held their spring 2025 meeting on 28-30 April in the Orkney Islands, Scotland. The meeting was hosted by Scottish Arctic Network (UArctic Regional Centre in Scotland) in collaboration with UArctic members University of the Highlands and Islands, Robert Gordon University, and Heriot-Watt University.

Read the press release on the Robert Gordon University webpages