Post Graduate Research Students

Tara Morrison

Can the provision of high-quality broadband access enhance community resilience in rural areas?

Director of Studies: Professor Frank Rennie (UHI)

Second Supervisors: Dr. Michael Smith (UHI)

Arne Vogler

Wave Energy extraction and Coastal Protection

Director of Studies: Dr. David Christie (UHI)

Second Supervisors: Dr. Vengatesan Venugopal (University of Edinburgh), Professor Frank Rennie (UHI)

Charles Greenwood

The impact of large scale wave energy converter farms on the regional wave climate

Director of Studies: Dr. David Christie (UHI)

Second Supervisors: Dr. Vengatesan Venugopal (University of Edinburgh), Professor John McClatchey (UHI) Professor Frank Rennie (UHI)

Sarah Bowyer

Participatory mapping of health indicators and services as a tool for anticipatory co-planning

Director of Studies: Dr. Sarah-Anne Munoz (UHI)

Second Supervisors: Dr. Gaener Rodger (UHI) Professor Frank Rennie (UHI)

Siobhan Cooke

Viking Belief as expressed through Burial in Scotland. 

Director of Studies: Dr Jane Downes (UHI)

Second Supervisors: Dr Mary MacLeod, (UHI); Professor Frank Rennie (UHI)

Karma Tshering

Quality assurance processes for the sustainable development of a Distributed University in an Asian context

Director of Studies: Professor Frank Rennie (UHI)

Second Supervisor: Professor Martin Weller (OU)

Mark Bradley

An investigation into localised energy harvesting to increase primary production

Director of Studies: Dr Edward Graham (UHI)

Second Supervisor: Dr Neil Finlayson (UHI)

Third Supervisor: Dr David Harper (University of Leicester)

John MacBeth

Design of a hybrid wind/solar thermal storage system used to provide the thermal requirements of the Hebridean Domestic Sector.

Director of Studies: Dr. Neil Finlayson (UHI)

Second Supervisors: Professor Frank Rennie (UHI); Dr. Mohammed Imbabi (University of Aberdeen); Mr. John Currie (Napier University)

Angus Murray

Control of hydrogen production from a biodigester plant

Director of Studies: Dr. Alasdair MacLeod (UHI)

Second Supervisors: Professor Frank Rennie (UHI); Professor Hicham Idriss (University of Aberdeen); Dr. Ruairi Maciver (Comhairle nan Eilean Siar)

Robert Sullivan

An exploration of sustainable medical service workforce models for NHS Highland’s Rural General Hospitals 

Director of Studies: Dr Margaret Currie

Second Supervisors: Dr Gaener Rodger, (UHI); Professor Frank Rennie (UHI)

Robert Wemyss

Protected Area status and the implications for rural development and land use

Director of Studies: Professor Frank Rennie (UHI)

Second Supervisor: Dr. Eilidh MacPhail (UHI)

George Siemens (Completed PhD)

Networked Learning: Systemic impact on policy-making, educational design, and resource allocation

Director of Studies: Professor Frank Rennie (UHI)

Second Supervisor: Professor Martin Weller (OU)

Michael Smith (Completed PhD)

The quality factors which influence online learning and impact on the student experience

Director of Studies: Professor Frank Rennie (UHI)

Second Supervisor: Professor Martin Weller (OU)

Iain MacPherson (Completed MSc)

Energy Profiling of the prevalent commercial buildings in specific postal districts: Potential application to GIS.

Director of Studies: Dr Neil Finlayson (UHI)

Second Supervisors: Professor Frank Rennie (UHI); Professor Colin Porteous (Glasgow School of Art); Professor Stuart Gibb (UHI); Keith Murray (UHI)

Malcolm Murray (Completed PhD)

Semantic Energy

Director of Studies: Dr. Neil Finlayson (UHI)

Second Supervisors: Professor Frank Rennie (UHI); Dr. Michael Kummert (University of Strathclyde). 

Maria Prior (Completed PhD)

The contribution of Health Services to the social and economic sustainability of rural communities.

Director of Studies: Professor Jane Farmer (University of Aberdeen)

Second Supervisor: Professor Frank Rennie (UHI)

Rachel Tearse (Completed PhD)

Depressive symptoms in ischaemic heart disease in the Western Isles of Scotland

Director of Studies: Professor Frank Rennie (UHI)

Second Supervisor: Professor Ian Reid (University of Dundee)