Oct 6, 2021

Background During the preparation of my CMALT portfolio, I attended some webinars organised by the Association of Learning Technologists (ALT) and I enjoyed the collaborative atmosphere of these events. As soon as I heard about the formation of a new Special Interest Group in Digital Assessment (SIG DA) in September 2024, I expressed an interest. […]

Research ‘dissemination’ has long been the default route to enable impact. But it is increasingly criticised as too passive, one-directional and researcher-led. Instead, ‘knowledge mobilisation’ is gaining traction, appearing in funding applications and offered as researcher development training (for example here). Knowledge mobilisation offers a more dynamic, relational approach to getting research used.    In a Nutshell: Dissemination vs Knowledge Mobilisation  […]

Paget’s Awareness Day is held annually on 11 January and this year’s focus is on pain – one of the most significant aspects of Paget’s disease. Researchers at the Institute of Genetics and Cancer have found that in Paget’s disease of bone (PDB) there is abnormal processing of sensory signals, but this only applies to […]

Please share this attached poster with any students or staff – the Staff Pride Network has teamed up with the local LGBTQI+ academic network Queer.ed and UCU Edinburgh to launch a Trans-inclusion poster campaign, deadline for submissions 20 February 2026. 3 winners to be announced before the end of LGBT+ History Month (i.e. end of […]

I’ve thought about writing this post for awhile because I want to share all of the scholarships I applied for as a Canadian international PhD student at the University of Edinburgh. My goal with this post is to illuminate funding opportunities, and to help other Canadian researchers and potential doctoral students alleviate the financial stress […]