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Introduction to Researchers’ Journeys Blog Series | Dr Cecile Menard

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/iad4researchers/2023/05/24/researchers-journeys-blog-series-dr-cecile-menard/

#redefineuniversity or why one dictionary definition is symptomatic of the invisibilisation of researchers This post is the first in a series that explores what it means to be a career researcher. Each post is written by one long-term researcher employed at the University of Edinburgh. In this introduction to the series, Dr Cecile Menard reflects […]


"Who is the Buddha?" resources

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/teachingbuddhism/who-is-the-buddha/

Here you can find all the resources created as part of the 2022-23 “Who is the Buddha?” project, run by Dr Naomi Appleton (Edinburgh) and Dr Christopher V. Jones (Cambridge) as part of their AHRC-funded project “Comparative Buddhology in Indian Narrative Literature”. The resources comprise: Six recorded webinars from early 2022 with accompanying powerpoint files that […]


Peer Review - Zekun Yang

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/s2358907_curating-2022-2023sem2/2023/04/10/peer-review-zekun-yang/

Zekun’s blog chronicles the development of a continuous and thought-provoking curatorial project. She takes a cartoon character as her starting point and expands it to encompass traditional Chinese religious Taoist thought. Through the yin and yang diagram, she explores the duality of human identity, resulting in a captivating curatorial concept. In her blog, Zekun recounts […]


10 Literature Review: A Quick Supplement To Academic Information (2)

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/s2607379_knowledge-integration-and-project-planning-education-futures-2023-24/2023/12/12/literature-review-a-quick-supplement-to-academic-information-2/

Core Concepts 1. Holistic learning experience: refers to an educational approach that considers the whole child’s development, including cognitive, emotional, social, and physical aspects. 2. Children’s education: focuses on teaching strategies and curriculum frameworks specifically designed for children, taking into account their unique cognitive and emotional needs. 3. Natural environment awareness: It involves developing an […]


Creative events of the LGBTQ+ History Month: An SPA funded project

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/staffpridenetwork/2023/12/20/creative-events-of-the-lgbtq-history-month-an-spa-funded-project/

In this post, Jonathan MacBride offers a review of creative events that he along with colleagues Jaime Prada and Katie Nicoll Baines organised during the LGBTQ+ History Month, these were supported by the Student-Staff Partnership fund. This post belongs to the Hot Topic series: Student Partnership Agreement 2023↗️. The original article appeared here: https://www.teaching-matters-blog.ed.ac.uk/student-staff-partnership-fund-report/ Edinburgh University […]


Our research

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/insectrobotics/

  We research and model the sensorimotor capabilities of insects. This ranges from simple reflexive behaviours such as the phonotaxis of crickets, to more complex capabilities such as multimodal integration, navigation and learning. We carry out behavioural experiments on insects, but principally work on computational models of the underlying neural mechanisms, which are often embedded […]


Personalisation in MyEd – Managing contributions from our content providers

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/website-communications/personalisation-in-myed-managing-contributions-from-our-content-providers/

This post is another in a series on the theme of personalisation in MyEd. Our project update from September 2023 gives a good overview of what has been achieved so far.  Project update For this tranche of work, we have decided to focus on the following areas:  Continuing to deliver school-specific content to students in […]


Liminal Spaces Project: Report on First Advisory Board Meeting

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/mason-institute/2016/01/20/liminal-spaces-project-report-on-first-advisory-board-meeting/

By Annie SorbieOne year into the Liminal Spaces Project, there has been a distinct air of industry amongst the team as it moves apace towards the next phase in Year 2. The scene was set for the first external Advisory Board Meeting, which took place at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh on 13 […]


Lighting Design for Spaces_ Week 4

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/s2223175_lighting-design-for-spaces-2021-2022sem2/2022/02/15/lighting-design-for-spaces_-week-4/

When the class began, the teacher, asked us what is color and what is light. I think it’s very interesting that when we study something, we always start to define its essence, but rarely put the two things together for correlation research. Now, I was inspired to think about not just the essential definitions of […]


Roadside Riches

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/s2078396_space-place-and-sensory-perception-2022-2023sem2/2023/03/19/roadside-riches/

Taste is influenced by the situational, geographical, social and historical contexts it occurs in, this helps us to understand how and why people might interpret and perceive taste differently (Højlund, 2015). This blog will explore how context can elicit very different visceral experiences of taste. Travelling on a bus in Nepal, our expedition ascended up […]


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