I’ve thought about writing this post for awhile because I want to share all of the scholarships I applied for as a Canadian international PhD student at the University of Edinburgh. My goal with this post is to illuminate funding opportunities, and to help other Canadian researchers and potential doctoral students alleviate the financial stress […]

Viva Survivor. That’s the name of the preparatory course to get fourth-year doctoral students across the finish line and through their PhD defence. Organized by Nathan Ryder, the former podcast and now online workshop, is designed to calm the fears and anxieties of researchers, and set them up for success. General advice for success I […]

1. Introduction My SICP project “Invisible Load: The Boundary Between Gazing and Being Gazed Upon” not only presents women’s invisible experiences within the exhibition but also uses the exhibition as a mechanism of visibility to critically engage with these issues. My approach centers on a female perspective, using various media forms and public programs to […]

This February I was back at the PHPUK conference in London. The venue this year was 1 America Square with a historic wall through the middle of one of the rooms. There were three tracks to follow so unfortunately we couldn’t go to all the talks, but managed to cover two thirds. It Depends – […]

Curatorial Narrative: In contemporary urban life in pursuit of efficiency, matter is often simplified into functional tools. The materiality of perception in this exhibition refuses to regard perception as abstract psychological comfort, and reshapes it into a concrete viewing practice. By considering everyday materials as weighted existences, we explore how the way we treat material […]

In this extra post, Andrei Ghira, Eduardt Nica, and Aurora Constantin, from the School of Informatics, and Gennaro Imperatore, from Computer and Information Sciences (University of Strathclyde), discuss two MSc projects aimed at embedding accessibility into the curriculum. These projects address the pedagogical challenge of teaching accessibility as a fundamental principle of education, moving beyond […]