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Should the EU introduce a carbon border tax?
Executive Summary As part of its “Fit for 55” policy package, the EU plans the introduction of a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) to avoid carbon leakage and ensure the competitiveness of EU firms. Rather than introduce the CBAM, the EU should phase out the allocation of free Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) allowances until 2026 […]
Reflections on the JUSTICE Human Rights Conference 2020 - 'Climate Change and Human Rights'
University of Edinburgh Pro Bono Society Committee members attended the JUSTICE Human Rights Conference 2020. They have produced six blog posts based on their reflections. The sixth blog in this series is by Xu Chen, Pro Bono Society Communications Officer, and Graduate LLB student, reflecting on the breakout session ‘Climate Change and Human Rights.’ Addressing the […]
My MOOC experience
My MOOC experience I joined a FutureLearn MOOC: Teaching Young Learners Online, run by the British Council. There are 37,868 people enrolled on the course and the course is projected to last 3 weeks, with 3 hours of work a week expected. The course is aimed at English Teachers and is run by two ‘Educators’. […]
Week 3 - Critique of Educ-ai-tion rebooted? Exploring the future of artificial intelligence in schools and colleges. National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA)
The NESTA report sets out to explore the potential of artificial intelligence and education (AIEd) within the UK, addressing pedagogical challenges and considers how the AIEd sector can grow effectively and responsibly ‘enabling schools and colleges to learn and evolve’ (p.5). A Brave New World? It is interesting that the foreword is written by Sir […]
MY NEW TOPIC: LEGAL POT SALES POLICY IN DC
Due to the vast lack of information about scuba diving while being under the influence of cannabis, I changed my topic to discuss the legalization of recreational marijuana use in the District of Columbia (DC). DC has a very unique legalized marijuana statute. Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment Initiative of 1998 contains a rigorous […]
Did God Create Us Equal?
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/gifford-lectures/2015/02/04/did-god-create-us-equal/
Turning his attention now to human equality and its relationship to concepts of God, Professor Waldron offered the following alternative challenges: Can there be a religious argument for equality which holds firm in the present day? Or accepting some original theological foundations for human equality, can the ‘jist of the argument be detached from its […]
Online Learning Myth Busting Series: Myth #2 – "Online degrees aren’t ‘real’ degrees"
Guest post by Rachel Ashcroft, Digital Engagement Officer in the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh Misconceptions about online learning often lead to a snobbery that online degrees aren’t ‘real’ in some way. If a student hasn’t attended tutorials in person or physically handed in their assignments, then they were never really […]
Seeing (with) Blackford Hill
Seeing (with) Blackford Hill Drawing, not as a two-dimensional bounded object, but as a process, is a contemporary iteration of attunement with seeing space. Blackford Hill’s Nature Reserve provides a unique opportunity to draw with and not for non-human agents. Figure 1: Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows 1831 John Constable 1776-1837. (image: Tate) ‘Landscape’ often […]
A Study in CMYK - Problem Management applied to printing
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/itiltattle/2019/12/20/a-study-in-cmyk-problem-management-applied-to-printing/
With Christmas rapidly approaching, I’m sure many of you will be looking forward to enjoying a whodunit, whether in print, film or game. I’d already referenced Holmes when introducing Kepner-Tregoe problem analysis and by popular demand have been asked to tell a story. So settle down and grab a mug – are you’re sitting comfortably? […]
ITIL4 - Building new Foundations.
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/itiltattle/2019/06/07/itil4-building-new-foundations/
Over the last 12 years, we’ve had 516 University of Edinburgh staff complete ITIL Foundation training and at the end of May, we ran our first ITIL4 Foundation, adding another 14 names to the list. I was one of the attendees on this course, sitting an ITIL Foundation for the third time (I can tell […]
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