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Component 1.2: Self Appraisal
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/carmenhesketh/2021/11/13/12-self-appraisal/
1. Identify your key responsibilities and list the main areas of work you have been involved in. Briefly highlight the skills and competencies that are relevant to this project/work area. Throughout the Guided Research Project, some of my main responsibilities have been: Assist in managing the Outreach and Engagement element of the project. In the […]
Marketing Medicine? Informed consent in the advent of Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing - by Rhiannon Frowde
Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing (DTC-GT) has emerged as a rapidly growing industry, with the market being valued at £680m in 2018, and is anticipated to reach over £5000m by 2028.[1] DTC companies offer genetic tests directly to consumers online, promising to reveal their genetic profile. DTC-GT operates within the intersection of two different sectors: medicine and the market. Typically, […]
Work & Labour
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/ai-psm/work-labour/
The impact of AI on people’s working lives and labour has become a pressing topic. Automation of production, while promising to take on ‘heavy lifting’ and perform tasks at previously unachievable scale, can threaten to displace or replace workers, or degrade their roles. Forms of invisible/hidden labour involved in AI (e.g. outsourced data labelling) often […]
The Impact of Mental Health Conditions in Ethiopia: An Interlinkage Between Food Insecurity and Women's Mental Distress
According to the WHO, mental health can be described as the ability to cope with the everyday stresses of life, work productively, and essentially contribute to your community and includes your emotional, psychological, and social wellbeing. The 2023 Universal Health Coverage Goal for Mental Health considers that you can not achieve global health or sustainable […]
AI and the Aesthetic Enjoyment of Visual Art without Vision
Certain information, objects, and shapes are recognised through crossmodal correspondences. For example, when people who have just lost vision correctly identify cubes and squares of the same metal by touch alone. (See our blog for the scientific approach and the crossmodal correspondences between the senses,) But, what about the aesthetic enjoyment of perceiving visual art through […]
Teaching in a Diverse Scotland- Partnerships and Professional Learning
Teaching in a Diverse Scotland- Professional Learning Events This academic year our Teacher Education Partnership has been collaborating to move forward our response to the landmark Teaching in a Diverse Scotland (TIDS) report (Scottish Government, 2018) authored by Prof Rowena Arshad and consider the progress made and areas still to be developed in the follow […]
ISLAMIC GEOMETRIC PATTERNS - PATTERN FORMATION
“Geometry is really a universal language, everyone can – and does – relate to it instinctively,” he said. “There is a joy to be had in starting with a blank piece of paper and to draw lines and circles and end up with a pattern that is recognizable and beautiful. This process connects you very […]
Getting involved in sports at the University: Netball in Edinburgh
Blog by Katie, Sociology Interested in getting involved in sport when you join us in Edinburgh? Katie shares everything you need to know to get involved in netball at the University and more widely in Edinburgh. With local clubs holding trials over the next few weeks, it’s the perfect time to give it a try. […]
Departmental Tea Rooms - A Silver Bullet?
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/iad4researchers/2018/05/15/departmental-tea-rooms-a-silver-bullet/
Last week, whilst talking about practical strategies to support researcher mental health, I faced a tricky question about what I would do to make things better. The question has been bouncing around my head and prompted reflections about my own time as a researcher and why there used to be less talk about stress. I […]
Creative & Cultural Careers round-up 1
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/careersinformed/creative-cultural-careers-round-up/
Over the next few months, Gina Black, Careers Consultant for Edinburgh College of Art, and Sharon Cant, Employer Engagement Advisor, will be regularly posting to share a summary of what’s new in terms of Creative & Cultural Careers. We hope these round-ups will be useful for any students and graduates interested in Creative & Cultural […]
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