In this post, Sarah Dunn discusses her experience of working across three Schools, with Tara Capel, Dorsey Kaufmann and Theodore Koterwas, with the aim of learning from each other to redesign two Design courses in the School of Informatics. This post is part of the Student Partnership Agreement 2025 series. As a long time member of […]

Today’s Film: The Man Who Invented Christmas This is a pseudo-biographical retelling of the writing of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. The film follows Dickens during the six weeks he was writing the classic and shows where his inspirations came from. During the film Dickens interacts with his own characters who manifest to comment […]

This blog introduces a new cross-institutional training initiative, the Scottish Research Leaders Network, launching in January 2026, and shares it’s purpose and benefits. Purpose In January 2026 the new Scottish Research Leaders Network will be launched, which is a collaborative initiative advancing research leadership across Scottish Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). The network aims to make […]

No matter what you’re going through, you are not alone and there is always support available to you. In this article, University of Edinburgh Staff Wellbeing Services Lead Victoria Swan outlines ways staff can access health and wellbeing support at the University. By Victoria Swan, University Staff Wellbeing Services Lead Counselling and Wellbeing Services Counselling […]

Today is the first day of this year’s wonderfully long Christmas holiday, so I should be feeling relaxed and jovial. But I have had to return my car to the garage after some very expensive repairs have failed to do the job. So I am feeling stressed as I return to Lenzie by train, just […]

By Alysia Jimenez, MSc Food Security Food waste is an awfully ‘wicked’ problem Throughout my studies as a MSc Food Security student, I have come to see how food security is not a single-issue problem but a complex and widely interconnected challenge. The Environmental Governance and Policy course has been especially important in shaping this perspective. This course has encouraged me […]