Stirling’s academic pioneers win top prize
THE Institute of Aquaculture at Stirling University is to receive the UK’s most prestigious academic honour, the Queen’s Anniversary Prize.
The accolade – part of the UK honours system – was announced during a special reception at St James’s Palace in November and will be officially presented at Buckingham Palace in February.
Introduced in 1994, the Queen’s Anniversary Prize recognises outstanding work that shows quality and innovation, and delivers real benefit to the wider world through education and training.
The latest recognition celebrates the Institute of Aquaculture (IoA) and its pioneering work in the world’s fastest growing food production sector in a bid to tackle global hunger.
It is a timely announcement, as the IoA prepares to mark its 40th anniversary next year with a major redevelopment of its facilities.
Professor Selina Stead, head of the IoA, and Professor Malcolm MacLeod, the University’s senior deputy principal, attended the announcement at St James’s Palace.
Stead said:‘We are absolutely delighted that the Institute of Aquaculture is to receive the Queen’s Anniversary Prize.
‘This is important recognition of the collaborative and interdisciplinary work our team has taken over the past 40 years – with governments, regulatory bodies, industry, fish farmers and supply chains – to tackle global problems of food security, hunger and sustainability.’