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This extra post from Sally Crumplin grew out of a collective initiative among Humanities colleagues at the University of Edinburgh’s Centre for Open Learning, to explore and embed a conscious and pro-active approach to equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in each course that they offer. Sally offers examples of three courses who have implemented small […]
  For the last two years we have been working on an exciting project to digitise the University of Edinburgh’s Art Collection. This has been a joint effort between both the Conservation and Collections Management and CHDS teams to create new visual records of the University of Edinburgh’s impressive Art Collection. Mar 9, 2026
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This March, we ran a spotlight series on how good safety practice for different digital communication tools. This is as part of the first of this year’s quarterly digital safety, wellbeing and citizenship themes. Read on to learn how to keep your details safe in your emails, social media channels, video conferences, and attachments.  Emails  Many people do not know that your university or employer are […]
Student ambassador, Lara, gives visitors a tour of the King's Buildings campus, Edinburgh.
By Lara, from the United States, studying Biological Sciences Campus tours are one of the best ways to get a real feel for the University of Edinburgh, especially if you’re not able to attend an Open Day. They give you the chance to explore the campus in person, ask questions, and imagine what day-to-day life as a student […]
Yande, I am very happy to enjoy your blog. The exhibition “A Certain Absent” designed in your blog makes the audience unable to see clearly and incompletely through blurred, delayed and fragmented images, thus slowing down the viewing pace and rethinking “how do we see and understand images”.   Your concept was not like this at very […]
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