by Chantal Stebbings,[1] Emeritus Professor of Law and Legal History, University of Exeter In the second half of the nineteenth century in Britain, income tax was poised to dominate direct taxation in terms of revenue and potential for fiscal growth. The machinery of its administration was based entirely on that developed for the assessed taxes […]

For millions of women worldwide, endometriosis is a daily reality marked by chronic pain, fatigue and a long search for answers. Affecting around one in ten women, the condition remains widely misunderstood, with diagnosis often taking years and treatment options limited. At the University of Edinburgh, a pioneering research initiative is working to change that. Led by Edinburgh alumnus […]

As someone who is really interested in developmental psychology, I often find myself thinking about how different tools shape our habits and influence our cognitive behaviours, particularly when it comes to thinking and learning. The kind of thinking I’m referring to is the kind that happens when you’re halfway through solving a problem or trying […]

Mathew Williams Institute of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences School of GeoSciences University of Edinburgh, Crew Bldg. Edinburgh EH9 3JN, UK Tel: +44 131 650 7776, Fax: +44 131 662 0478 Email: mat.williams@ed.ac.uk Education Ph.D., School of Environmental Science, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK, 1994. BA (hons.), Biology (Pure and Applied), University of Oxford, UK, […]

Oct 6, 2021

The 2027 undergraduate entry went live last week, and it was the first time that two editions were published in the new degree finder at the same time. The team went on campus to conduct some usability testing with it. In this blog I’ll show how testing it has given us the confidence that displaying […]