It remains remarkable to me that the ellipted quotation from Bourdieu and Passeron – ‘Academic language is … no one’s mother tongue’ – has taken on the status of a truism. Granted it is an elegant and appealing formulation, expressing something many people can readily recognise: that even native speakers of a language have had […]

Changing the visual design mid-way in a video project is quite unusual, but pivoting to a softer animation style with stick figures proved successful for both the client and us.

About Edinburgh For anyone needing a visual, here is a movie (format .mov; 16Mb) showing the city of Edinburgh from the top of Blackford Hill. The latter is one of Edinburgh’s 7 extinct volcanos which is just 5 minutes walk from the University’s science campus, Kings Buildings, on the south side of the city of […]

The MABEL Trial The MABEL trial investigated the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of low-dose, low-acting oral morphine in patients with chronic breathlessness. Despite chronic breathlessness being a global problem with disabling symptoms, its health economic implications have not previously been comprehensively studied. 143 participants (75 morphine and 67 placebo) were randomised in 11 UK hospitals as […]

Tired of walking, I stop and stand Thinking back on my home town But that road leading up the hill Is telling me to move on Country road… (Hayao Miyazaki, Whisper of the Heart) Lenzie is one of those towns that people move away from when they leave school. Often, they spend time living elsewhere, […]

Our recent Elsie Stephenson Memorial Lecture was a great success, bringing together colleagues, students, researchers and practitioners to reflect on the enduring legacy of Elsie Stephenson and the future of nursing research. This year’s lecture was delivered by Professor Lynn Calman, who explored the ongoing challenges facing clinical practitioners seeking to engage meaningfully with research […]