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What's next following ECOWeek 2019?
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/careersinformed/what-next-following-ecoweek-2019/
Here’s a #ThrowbackThursday to our recent #ECOWeek19 flagship event, “Careers in Sustainability – Explore the World of Environmental Careers.” Our panel of speakers were: Professor Dave Reay, Chair in Carbon Management and Education, School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh Karen Bowman, Procurement Director, University of Edinburgh Adam Liddle, Global Sustainability Manager, Jacobs. University of Edinburgh […]
IAESTE – more than just a summer placement
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/careersinformed/iaeste-more-than-just-a-summer-placement/
Thanks to Desi Davidkova (4th year, Ecological and Environmental Sciences with Management) for this motivational read. If you are a STEM student interested in getting an international, paid internship in your study field, keep on reading! I am going to share how thanks to IAESTE I got the opportunity to aid climate change research at […]
Contributing to the community and seeing smiles: Spotlight on volunteering
Hao Zhang, PhD in Education (Second Year), tells us why he loves his volunteering role. The Mandarin Language Project (MLP) is a language-teaching volunteering programme which recruits students from the University of Edinburgh to facilitate Mandarin teaching in primary and secondary schools located in East Lothian and Midlothian. It currently has 36 enthusiastic members and […]
Greggs Steak Bake (the science in your snacks!): a life sciences recruiter’s perspective
Many thanks to Susan Bird (Careers Consultant for the School of Biological Sciences) for this blog post from Gavin Gallimore which gives an insight into opportunities in the life sciences sector – Rebecca Gavin Gallimore is a scientific recruitment consultant for Search Scientific Consultancy. With a background in microbiology, he’s worked at Astrazeneca and Eli […]
27th Annual IUGG Conference
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/sophiebutcher/2019/07/24/27th-annual-iugg-conference/
Last week I headed out to Canada, to my first international conference during my PhD. Over 4000 participants gathered in Montreal for the 27th meeting of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG). The union itself is formed of 8 individual associations covering everything from deep Earth seismology to atmospheric sciences, so there was […]
GEODUINO SKILLS: Development Board Choice
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/mnaylor/2021/09/08/geoduino-skills-development-board-choice/
As part of the Sounding Out the River project, we are developing a low cost seismic logger which sits on an arduino that we can use to telemeter data back to Edinburgh over the mobile network. The desire is that we can deploy operationally at reasonably large scale for monitoring in potentially hazardous environments such […]
EDUCAUSE Horizon Report case study
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/ede/2021/04/27/educause-horizon-report-case-study/
The 2021 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report on Teaching and Learning was published yesterday and it includes a short case study on the University of Edinburgh’s strategic support for OER. The report identifies six key technologies and practices that will have a significant impact on higher education teaching and learning; artificial intelligence, blended and hybrid course models, […]
Astronomy in South America
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/physics-astronomy/2021/07/28/astronomy-in-south-america/
By Ray Honeysett Some of South America’s most famous symbols are those associated with astronomy. Both Incan and Aztec empires worshipped Sun and Moon deities, and so South America’s history is tied up with the night sky. Today, the lack of light pollution in many South American countries has been so valuable for astronomy that […]
International Women's Day: Dr Ramya Bhatia
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/scope/2021/03/08/international-womens-day-dr-ramya-bhatia/
International Women’s Day celebrates women’s achievements, raises awareness against bias and encourages action for equality. One of the missions of International Women’s Day 2021 is ‘to assist women to be in a position of power to make informed decisions about their health’. With that in mind we are shining a spotlight on some of our […]
Personalisation in the portal
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/website-communications/portal-personalisation/
We know from previous research that our users value personalisation in our digital services. What might that mean for the future of MyEd? Quality content, delivered to the right person, at the right time. It’s not as easy as it sounds: that requires deep understanding of our users, along with sound knowledge of our business […]
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