Thursday 5th of February was a special day for Caliphal Finances as the first PhD of the project was very successfully defended by Dr Dalia Hussein who passed with no corrections! Dalia’s PhD is entitled: Ownership, Tax and State: Land Use in Abbasid Egypt (abstract below). The viva allowed for a stimulating conversation with the […]

Why interdisciplinarity? Interdisciplinary learning and teaching have become increasingly popular across different levels of education. They suggest new ways of working and offer a number of benefits, including: Deep engagement with complex challenges Ability to solve problems and develop critical thinking Increased relevance and responsiveness to the world Learning with a wide range of collaborators […]

It started with a free lunch; I volunteered to trek down to the BioQuarter for a student focus group about who-knows-what for the comped poke bowl. I had no idea what ‘Edinburgh Medical School 300’ was or what it was trying to achieve. What I did learn was that this World Café was meant to […]

Students from Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh College and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland have been stepping into the future of film and performance through a new collaboration with the ECA Immersive CoSTAR Realtime Lab, based at First Stage Studios in Leith. The CoSTAR Realtime Lab is a new virtual production facility that offers a […]

Oct 6, 2021

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 the 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, […]