As Academic Skills Consultants, we see a lot of students struggling to keep focused on academic reading and writing. In a world of constant distraction, this is an issue that affects both students and staff. This post offers some advice and signposts to further support. Firstly, think about your working environment. Where and when do […]

Spring Dissertation and Thesis Festival 23-27 February 2026: We have an exciting week of events planned for the Library’s Dissertation & Thesis Festival this February to highlight how the Library can help students succeed with their dissertation or thesis. Our programme includes a Discovery Day on Monday 23 February, when the Main Library (at George Square) will feature stalls from digital resource publishers and our own library teams highlighting our huge range of […]

We have recently acquired a facsimile boxed set of Archigram magazine: the Archive. Architecture’s most influential, innovative and beloved underground magazine, reissued for the first time in a handsome clamshell box! Published by Designers & Books. Inspired by comic-book culture, Pop art, psychedelia, the space race, sci-fi, Constructivism and Buckminster Fuller, the hugely influential British […]

The Centre for Research on Environment, Society & Health (CRESH) at the University of Edinburgh are looking to appoint a Postdoctoral Researcher in the field of ‘Environment and Health for a period of 4 years to contribute a UK Prevention Research Partnership (UKPRP) Consortium – SPECTRUM (Shaping Public hEalth poliCies To Reduce ineqUalities and harm) […]

Most noticeably this week, the Informatics package repository key gets it annual update. There are a few other notable changes, here are the details… Feb 16, 2026

We hope to use this blog section to share further resources related to the themes of the Poverty and Health Inequalities Forum, and other organisations working in this area. Please bear with us; we will update this section if and when time allows. Meanwhile, please do dip into the ‘Contributors‘ section of this site to […]