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Future Challenges for the Land Register of Scotland: Automation and privatisation (Part One)
Looking over the horizon, there are two challenges that may soon engage the attention of the Land Register of Scotland: the automation of the register and the privatisation of its operation. These have increasingly preoccupied Australasian and Canadian registries over the last ten to twenty years. In the first of a two-part posting, Rod Thomas, […]
Motor Neuron Disease (MND) And Its Impact on The Health of New Zealand
Glenda and Grant Lovatt. Grant has motor neurone disease and his wife cares for him full-time. Photo / Greg Bowker In June 2018,New Zealand Herald revealed a commentary by Emma Russell coverage a brand new study has found that New Zealand’s motor neuron disease (MND) death rate is that the highest in the world […]
Students as partners in education: Experiences from the Undergraduate Certificate in Veterinary Medical Education
In this post, a clinical veterinary student, Vikky Park, and veterinary teacher, Neil Hudson, from Edinburgh’s Vet School, share their thoughts on working together on the Undergraduate Certificate in Veterinary Medical Education… Vikky, Final Year Vet Student: I signed up for the Undergraduate Certificate in Veterinary Medical Education (UCVME) in hopes of gaining more experience teaching and to […]
Co-creating a more sustainable framework for professional development for our UG students
Back in January 2018, a group of staff and students in the Business School got their collective heads around the table to address the problem: ‘How can we get our UG students to engage more in their personal and professional development?’ In this post, Rosalyn Claase (Head of Student Experience), Rona Doig (Student Development Manager) and Kate Schafferius […]
Using data to enhance the student experience: Do you have good practice to share?
In this extra post, Professor Tina Harrison, Assistant Principal Academic Standards and Quality Assurance and Professor of Financial Services Marketing and Consumption, and Nichola Kett, Head of Quality Assurance and Enhancement Team in Academic Services, showcase the work that The University of Edinburgh has been doing to address the Enhancement Theme: “Evidence for Enhancement: Improving the Student […]
Internationalisation and Decolonisation: Can two work together unless they agree
In this post, Dr Davies Banda, Director of Learning and Teaching in Moray House School of Education and Sport asks: how do we reconcile the themes of decolonisation and internationalisation when the neoliberal ideals that fuel the internationalisation agenda in higher education prioritise hegemonic Western values? This is the fifth post of the Learning & Teaching […]
Alumni #EdLifeSciences career stories: from university to the workplace
It’s always rewarding to showcase the career paths of alumni… today we are delighted to shine the spotlight on career paths from #EdLifeSciences alumni. Kyla Atkinson, Link Careers Consultant for the School of Biological Sciences, has summarised the recent Alumni Insights Careers Showcase events where alumni were keen to pass on their insights. The Deanery […]
A glimpse into my global health research journey at the University of Edinburgh
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/postgradlife/global-health-research-journey/
Hello, I’m Dominic Arthur, and my academic journey led me to the heart of Scotland where I obtained an undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences (Immunology) at the University of Edinburgh. Despite my initial inclination towards engineering due to a love for physics and mathematics in high school, the allure of the intricate workings of the […]
Touching the Future: Exploring Haptics and Multisensory Experiences in Virtual Reality
In real life environments, the brain associates and transfers information, crossmodally, from one sense to another. It integrates and processes information from multiple senses. And emotional perceptions too. (See our blog for the crossmodal correspondences between the senses, crossmodal brain plasticity, multisensory processing, and emmotional perceptions). But what happens in Virtual Realities? Virtual Realities are […]
The Role of Profiles: our new project researching needs and potential for online profiles
The UX Service has begun a new six-month project recognising the importance of online staff profile content. Our project will research current use of profiles, learn staff needs for profile content and ideate ways to optimise display of online profile content. ‘The Role of Profiles’ research project was initiated with a kick-off meeting ran by […]
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