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EMS – The Practical Experience of Vet School
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/vetstudentlife/2021/05/07/ems-the-practical-experience-of-vet-school/
What is EMS? EMS stands for Extra Mural Studies. Basically, that means something like work experience. I know that other people have talked about their EMS experience and I just wanted to share mine as well. We all end up having different opportunities in a bunch of different places. I figure learning about others’ experiences […]
Adverse Childhood Experiences: a social justice perspective - Gary Walsh
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/CRFRresilience/2019/05/15/aces-a-social-justice-perspective/
Gary is a PhD Researcher at the School of Education, University of Glasgow. His research focus is on social justice, citizenship and philosophy of education. His practice background is in education and the charity sector, including NSPCC (ChildLine Schools Service). Gary has previously written about ACEs in an article for TESS magazine. His other […]
Usability tests have revealed how students and staff use Learn for hybrid teaching and learning
As part of the programme of user experience research for the latest phase of the Learn Foundations project, Learn Foundations teamed up with colleagues from Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) and the User Experience and Digital Consultancy Service to conduct usability testing. The programme of user experience research for Phase 3 of the Learn Foundations Project sought to understand how Learn […]
Social science COVID-19 research at Edinburgh supported by Scottish Funding Council-Global Challenges Research Fund, writes Aphaluck Bhatiasevi
“It is our task to resist the biologicalisation of this disease and instead to insist on a social and political critique of COVID-19. It is our task to understand what this disease means to the lives of those it has affected and to use that understanding not only to change our perspective of the world […]
We urgently need to understand the medication histories of COVID-19 victims, writes Dr. Stefan Ecks
On March 18, 2020, Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Howard Bauchner discussed a possible link between common hypertension medications and a heightened risk of dying with a coronavirus infection. Dr. Fauci directs the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and is a key advisor on the White House Coronavirus Task Force. Dr. Bauchner is […]
The impacts of COVID-19 on teaching practice and opportunities for virtual internships, by Yi-Shan Tsai, Nataša Pantić, Michael Phillips, Dragan Gašević, and Ana Hibert Santana
This project is funded by BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants. This project is currently collecting data. For further information: https://sites.google.com/view/bacovid At the time of writing, 153 countries have closed their schools and universities, affecting almost 70% of the world’s student population. Although higher education institutions have made a rapid shift to teaching online and in […]
Sport, poverty and education
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/sport-matters/2016/03/30/sport-poverty-education/
By Grant Jarvie Access to sport can alter life chances and advance educational achievement. Sport provides for both formal and informal education. The potential of sport to improve lives, help with the means to escape poverty and enhance educational achievement has yet to be fully realised and understood in Scotland. Sport can be a multi-faceted […]
A Research Bow Festive Special
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/research-bow/a-research-bow-festive-special/
Welcome ravenous ResearchBow readers. It’s time for a relaxing respite. Today’s edition features something a little different, to help us all settle down for the Winter break. Find yourself a cosy corner, slurp a warm drink, and munch a mince pie or two (or three, or four…) to settle in. With these essential prior preparations, […]
Chapters...
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/postdigitallearningspaces/chapters/
Exploring the postdigital through our learning spaces Lucila Carvalho (Massey University) & James Lamb (University of Edinburgh) Especially for the benefit of those new to the concept of the postdigital, this chapter will provide an introduction to its central assumptions, and in particular how they relate to the idea of learning space. The principal ideas […]
Is there a tipping point before we pivot collectively and decisively for racial justice?
By Rowena Arshad, University of Edinburgh This post is based on a talk from a co-sponsored RACE.ED and CRITIQUE Author-Meets-Critic event held on Professor Nasar Meer’s book, The Cruel Optimism of Racial Justice, held 2 November 2022. It was originally posted on the RACE.ED website and is reposted here with permission. This blog captures some of […]
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