A couple of months ago, as I was busy reprimanding Clyde for something or other, I was greeted by a couple at the end of my street on their way onto the Moss. They introduced themselves as Tony and Julia and they recognised Clyde from my blog, so surmised that I must be David. Apart […]

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 […]

If you are interested in artists’ books and zines be sure to visit the annual Fruitmarket Bookmarket, on this year February 14th and 15th, at Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, 1 minute from Waverley Station! This is always a fantastic fair and a great opportunity to talk with book makers and artists. Coming up in March, Wednesday […]

Spring Dissertation and Thesis Festival 23-27 February 2026: We have an exciting week of events planned for the Library’s Dissertation & Thesis Festival this February to highlight how the Library can help students succeed with their dissertation or thesis. Our programme includes a Discovery Day on Monday 23 February, when the Main Library (at George Square) will feature stalls from digital resource publishers and our own library teams highlighting our huge range of […]

This article was originally published on the LinkedIn newsletter ‘Springboard Bulletin’, by Climate Springboard: View original article   Placement-based dissertations are a way for businesses to host a student with specialised knowledge, who will contribute to a pre-arranged research project in line with organisational objectives. We spoke with recent graduate Phoebe Doran, who completed her […]

Our Careers in Sustainability blog series comes to a close with a special contribution from Zbigniew Kanabrodzki and Dono Abdurahmanova, Green Digital Design Interns at the Information Services Group at the University of Edinburgh. They explain what Green Digital Design is and share their internship experience.   Zbigniew’s experience:  What I have been up to before this internship  Sustainable practice has been constantly emphasised across all […]