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We’re told it’s good to stretch yourself from time to time, to try something new. Due to an insightful suggestion from my colleague, Dr Neill Martin, I have found myself doing just that over the past year. The Inchcolm Antiphoner is a rare musical manuscript housed by University of Edinburgh, several fragments of it are […]
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 […]
With applications invited for the August 2026 ECAT-i (Edinburgh Clinical Academic Track – inclusive) intake, Antonia Churchhouse talks about her experience of taking part in the programme. Antonia applied to the University of Edinburgh’s ECAT programme in her first year as a Gastroenterology Registrar. I was really keen to do a lab-based PhD, learning core techniques that […]
In May 2025 the Suicide Cultures project hosted a 2 day symposium focused on the sociology of suicide. This is a topic that is central to the project, given our own aims to grow sociological research on suicide, as well as to showcase and share how sociological expertise and research can transform how suicide is […]
by Chantal Stebbings,[1] Emeritus Professor of Law and Legal History, University of Exeter In the second half of the nineteenth century in Britain, income tax was poised to dominate direct taxation in terms of revenue and potential for fiscal growth. The machinery of its administration was based entirely on that developed for the assessed taxes […]
Artist Fees and Venue Costs After reading the Fair Pay: Rates of Pay Signposting Guide provided by my tutor in the tutorial, I calculated the expenses for my selected artworks[1]. I referenced the Recommended Rates of Pay on the Scottish Artists Union website to determine daily artist fees for varying work durations[2]. I further refined […]
