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New UCISA Higher Education user experience (UX) Community of Practice
Staff from universities across the UK have formed a new UX (user experience) group as part of UCISA – a member-led professional body for digital practitioners in education. Initially established in June 2021, the group became part of UCISA in September 2021. Beginning a HE UX community Recognising that UX is an expanding profession within […]
Global Mental Health in the Climate Crisis: Urban Green and Blue Spaces for Community and Student Health
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/sustainability/2021/global-mental-health-in-the-climate-crisis/
During Summer 2021, Shannon Branigin (MSc Global Mental Health and Society) completed a placement-based dissertation with the Department for Social Responsibility and Sustainability (SRS). Her research focused on global mental health, the climate crisis, and sustainable development, looking into Edinburgh’s urban green and blue spaces as opportunities for mental health systems. What is Global Mental […]
The students behind the Permaculture Garden
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/sustainability/2020/the-students-behind-the-permaculture-garden/
We hear from one of the students involved in creating the University’s very own Permaculture garden, the Ecological and Environmental Science with Management student, Lucie Pestiaux. In this period of great uncertainty and instability, many have started to grow food. Around me, I have heard of people living an increasing reconnection to nature by spending […]
Anya Hart Dyke: give time - not stuff - this Christmas
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/sustainability/2019/anya-hart-dyke/
Anya Hart Dyke graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 2002 with an MA in Social Anthropology with Development and worked in the University’s Department for Social Responsibility and Sustainability from 2012 – 2015. Conscious of the waste created and items accrued at Christmas, Anya explains why she’s encouraging people to give the gift of […]
Climate conscious travel: what is the University doing?
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/sustainability/2019/climate-conscious-travel-uoe/
In the first of two new blogs on climate conscious travel, SRS Projects Coordinator Siôn Pickering asks why travel is an environmental problem, uncovers the scale of business travel at the University of Edinburgh, and discusses how the University is reducing its business travel emissions to lessen its impact on the environment. What is the […]
One Cherry: the student start-up changing second hand shopping
Anton Puzorjov is a PhD student at the University of Edinburgh, the Founder of the University of Edinburgh Entrepreneurs Society and someone who’s on a mission to fight fast fashion. He founded One Cherry just 1 and a half years ago with the aim of making it easier for charity shops to sell their clothing […]
#TechniciansMakeItHappen
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/sustainability/2017/technicians/
Technicians and their work are vital to the research and teaching work undertaken within universities, but they have become unsung heroes. Andrew Arnott explains how a dedicated group is now trying to change that at University of Edinburgh. #TechniciansMakeItHappen. This is the hashtag of an awareness raising campaign run by the Gatsby Foundation and the […]
4 Ways of Conducting Participatory Research With Children
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/socialwork/126-2/
In a report by the World Bank Group (2018), 10 countries had a significant number of migrant children who had been living without their parents. This movement of the children within national boundaries has been enormous in India. Among the many organisations that work towards combating this phenomenon is Salam Balak Trust (SBT) and this […]
User Experience certification
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/website-communications/user-experience-certification/
Last week, I spent three days on an intensive course to consolidate my knowledge on creating an effective user experience, and now hold the certificate of ‘Certified Professional in User Experience (Foundation level)’, or CPUX-F. The course was run by User Vision, who have been in close consultation with Rolf Molich, one of the godfathers […]
Student wellbeing during lockdown: A Year 2 medic insight
Hi, my name is Megan Taylor and I’m a second year medical student. As part of our SSC project for this semester, our group is writing blog posts on our experience of being medical students at Edinburgh University. This is my second article, and it will focus on wellbeing. As I’m sure most of you […]
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