My name is Phoebe Kirkland, I am an MSc East Asian Studies student, and for the last 4 months, I have been a Digital Collections Assistant working on digitising and improving information available regarding the Hill and Adamson Collection. Although my own research does not deal with conservation or Scottish heritage, I have a lot […]

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.

Edit Post Last week was a BIG week for me, as I was invited to give evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee as they were completing a short inquiry looking at Scotland’s current suicide prevention strategy ‘Creating Hope Together‘. I was really nervous about giving evidence as I’ve never […]

My client is not in a hurry. (Antoni Gaudí) I have spent most of the last two weeks in Catalonia, first in Cap de Salou with Iona, then at the Walking Assembly 2026 in Girona and the Pyrenees, and yesterday as a solo tourist in Barcelona. I returned late last night. Today, I have been […]

Oct 6, 2021

The Democratic Intellect: Scotland and her Universities in the Nineteenth Century George Elder Davie (First edition 1961; third edition 2013, Edinburgh University Press) The Scottish university system differed markedly from the English one. It prioritised broad general education and a strong philosophical foundation: Four-year general degree (usually entered at age 15–16), providing a broad education […]