This is how we do it… These images give an idea of the process for computer numerical control (CNC) cutting timber joinery into large engineered wood products. Here a dovetail joint is cut with a cross-laminated timber (CLT) mortise and a laminated veneer lumber (LVL) tenon, to create a test specimen to investigate the strength […]

I hadn’t planned to focus my first published PhD article on our ‘not knowing’ about intergenerational suicide. I have analysis to share and haunted stories to tell. However, in my work as a PhD researcher (at the University of Edinburgh) and as a psychotherapist, I was encountering surprise from other therapists and suicide researchers: What, […]

Hi, I am Sara Defratyka and my research life is focused on methane in the atmosphere and its isotopes. So, so exciting!   Currently, I am a Postdoc at University of Edinburgh, working mostly within POLYGRAM and PARIS projects.  As my studies are made in strong collaboration with National Physical Laboratory (Teddington, Greater London), on the […]

In this Spotlight on LOUISA post, Course Organiser, Madeleine Campbell, and Learning Technologist, Jamie Auld Smith, share their experience of implementing an integrated Learn assignment rubric with the aim of enhancing the consistency of essay feedback provided to postgraduate students while ensuring a practical and transparent marking and moderation workflow. Jamie and Madeleine share this […]

Mathew Williams Institute of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences School of GeoSciences University of Edinburgh, Crew Bldg. Edinburgh EH9 3JN, UK Tel: +44 131 650 7776, Fax: +44 131 662 0478 Email: mat.williams@ed.ac.uk Education Ph.D., School of Environmental Science, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK, 1994. BA (hons.), Biology (Pure and Applied), University of Oxford, UK, […]

Since November, when I began my journey as an intern digital skills trainer, I’ve been designing course materials and delivering online webinars on “Introduction to R”. While virtual delivery has been the norm, I recently had the exciting opportunity to host my first in-person session in the Eleanor Ormerod Training Room at the Main Library. […]