In this post, Professor Mary Brennan and Dr Emily Taylor reflect on a workshop designed to challenge University colleagues to radically rethink assessment. Using five provocations, workshop participants could safely play around with new ways of thinking and working, testing ideas and pushing for radical change. This post is part of the ‘Transformative Assessment and Feedback’ […]

We’ve reached the next stage in the FLF Round 10 application process – the reviews are in! If you are currently managing the emotions of seeing how your precious idea has been received by the outside world, this blog might help. It’s based on questions from previous applicants and draws on my experiences at FLF […]

The User Experience Service worked with colleagues from the Library to assist with their content development work. In this post, we’ll summarise what this collaboration involved and how it helped the Library to improve their site.  Jan 8, 2026

Today’s Film: The Muppet Christmas Carol No list of Christmas movies would be complete without this film and I think we have saved the very best for last. This 1992 film encompasses everything that is special and magical about the Christmas season. The songs are delightful, the sets spectacular, and Michael Caine is a pitch […]

I presented a talk titled “Evaluating the morphological complexity of adult-directed speech vs. child-directed speech in Ticuna” at the 2026 Society for the Study of Indigenous Languages of the Americas meeting. View the slides here. Jan 10, 2026

Victoria shares why she chose Edinburgh for applied maths, how she explored different internship paths, and what she enjoys most about Barclays’ Technology Analyst Graduate Programme. Programme: BSc (Hons) Applied Mathematics Year of graduation: 2024 Job title: Technology Analyst Organisation: Barclays Home country: China Why did you decide to study at the University of Edinburgh, […]