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A reflection on the Beijing Forum
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/sustainability/2016/1095/
Environmental economics PhD student Nazli Koseoglu reflects on her experience of attending Conservation stream of Beijing Forum held at the University of Peking, China between 4rd- 10th November. Earlier this month I travelled to Beijing to attend the Beijing Forum Student Conference on Conservation Sciences stream with Dave Gorman, the Director of Sustainability and Corporate […]
Why I Find It Helps To Remember You Have A Bum And A Back
The demands of remote teaching have given urgent rise to so many needs during the past 12 months. We need screen breaks, we need good spec tech, we need more space at home than most of us have got, we need our children to go away, we need to move and stretch, and (I think, […]
Student Wellbeing Team: Hello from Debbie!
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/medstudentlife/2021/08/06/student-wellbeing-team-hello-from-debbie/
Hi I’m Debbie and I am the Director of the Clinical Educator Programme and a Senior Lecturer in Medical Education at Edinburgh Medical School, but I’m also a member of the Student Wellbeing Team! Who am I? I am a qualified teacher with a background in humanities and social sciences. I spent a number […]
Looking after your wellbeing as a medical student
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/medstudentlife/2021/02/12/looking-after-your-wellbeing-as-a-medical-student/
Hi I’m Hazel Mason. I’m a second year medical student and for my SSC project this semester, my group has decided to write blogs reflecting on our experiences as medical students at Edinburgh University. We are covering several different topics and this blog is about wellbeing. A question that I was asked in my university […]
In focus: BAME Medics
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/medstudentlife/2020/12/02/in-focus-bame-medics/
Hi there! My name’s Sorna and I’m one of the publicity managers for the BAME Medics Society. We are a new society that was formed this summer during the increased media attention around the Black Lives Matter movement worldwide, and are made up of a core committee and around 102 members. We currently have links […]
Cancer Alley Becomes COVID Alley as Environmental Racism Perpetuates the Pandemic's Death Rates in this Louisiana Community
COVID-19 Impacting Socially and Economically Marginalized Groups The United States is a developed, sophisticated economy by all global metrics, but is not immune to challenges – including public health challenges – borne out of social and economic inequality. At alarming rates, these challenges are disproportionately impacting poor and marginalized populations, and often-times communities of color. […]
Week 7: Multimodality and Identity in the EFL teaching space
Bringing in multimodality within English as a Foreign Language (EFL) education, whether digital or co-presential, opens up notions of identity and power amongst the different actors in those spaces. As Early et al (2015, p. 447) point out, multimodality ‘entails much more than the simple addition of visual literacy to the crowded list […]
Curious spatial seismic discrepancy at Lancashire fracking site
Micro earthquakes produced by high pressure fracking at Preston New Road do not follow the expected distributional pattern. At first sight all looks to be business like. Cuadrilla’s hydro-fracking, at the end of 2018, generated a tight swarm of over 38,000 micro earthquakes at depths below 2km. Furthermore, the energy released neatly followed the anticipated […]
Washington DC
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/cbovill/2020/02/04/washington-dc/
I was in Washington DC from 22nd to 27th January. I was primarily there for the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) Conference at the Marriot Marquis Hotel. Having learned some top tips from others at previous conferences, instead of paying the eye-watering hotel accommodation prices for moderate rooms, I booked an Airbnb apartment […]
Five Reasons I Chose University of Edinburgh by Gift
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/geosciences/2020/02/five-reasons-i-chose-university-of-edinburgh/
By Gifty, MSc Environment & Development “WHY EDINBURGH” I have lost count of the number of times people ask me this question and in most cases, they really want to know why I have chosen to study here. Well, my reasons for studying at the University of Edinburgh can be compressed into five main points. […]
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