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MrSandySoil

  1. If you are in Edinburgh this weekend, head along to @TheBotanics for some lovely berry tasting activities with @jameshuttonist.
  2. RT @SoilAssocScot: Places are filling up fast for Developing On-Farm Renewables event at Lauder, Wednesday 10 August. http://bit.ly/o5Z1NY
  3. RT @SNRNwebsite: Wanted: Your views on the future of rural education. Feed into the Commission on Rural Education. http://bit.ly/rbdPhV
  4. Watch Soil Scientist Jason Owen chat to Jim McColl on the science of soil on The Beechgrove Garden, Monday 1 August, 7:30pm, BBC1 Scotland.
  5. RT @SustainLearning: Top Social Media Tips for Academics. Tip 4 - Make sure you consider the timing of your tweets. http://scr.bi/oyhn9D
  6. What activities are you planning to celebrate National Marine Week (30 July - 14 August)?
  7. The Scottish Higher exam results are out next week. Hope you get the results you need - especially those considering science as a career.
  8. Scottish research successes in food and farming highlighted by knowledgescotland http://bit.ly/n0B2jT
  9. RT @reluuplands: What do the uplands mean to you? Have your say on these beautiful and unique environments. www.ouruplands.co.uk
  10. Join us in the SEARS Natural Scotland tent @ScotlandRHShow to play COLONISE: a game of lichen survival.
  11. RT @ScotlandRHShow: Not even 11am on day one & the #royalhighlandshow is buzzing! Lots going on and it's still dry!
  12. National Science and Engineering Week runs from 11-20 March. Check out activities in Aberdeen & Shire: http://bit.ly/ibuBjb
  13. It's 20 days until the launch of The James Hutton Institute (@JamesHuttonInst) when @MLURI joins @cropresearch. http://bit.ly/h933ae
  14. 'Clay Mineralogy and its Applications to the Oil Industry - a practical course' starts @MLURI on 14 March. http://bit.ly/fr96gA
  15. Katrin Prager & Bex Holmes visit Buchanhaven Primary School, Peterhead next week to talk to P6 classes about research undertaken @MLURI.
  16. It's snowing quite heavily in Aberdeen. Snow is starting to lie in the Institute grounds but the roads appear clear: http://bit.ly/4jCaXM
  17. The latest version of in-land, the MLURI's 6-monthly news and review magazine, is now available online at: http://bit.ly/hTV66g
  18. Job opportunity: Land Systems Analyst to provide maternity cover in a team exploring the drivers of land use change. http://bit.ly/gudReY
  19. Sandy Soil's soil breathing kit is heading to Edinburgh today in preparation for the event at the Parliament tomorrow. http://bit.ly/eRl9oC