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Bioinformatics During Lockdown
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/the_irish_astrobiologist/2020/06/16/bioinformatics-during-lockdown/
As most labs have been shut down due to COVID-19, it has been pretty hard to do research the past few months. Instead, I have been using this time for reading, writing, and familiarising myself with online bioinformatics software. Normally I get a bit scared when I hear about computational biology or chemistry, largely because […]
Carving a career in translation
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/careersinformed/carving-a-career-in-translation/
Our third blog in our PhD Horizons series, throughout June, continues with an excellent contribution from Dr Ian Giles. He lives in Leith, Edinburgh and is a commercial and literary translator of the Scandinavian languages. Ian is the current Chair of the Swedish-English Literary Translators’ Association (SELTA), a frequent contributor to Swedish Book Review and […]
Inspiration. Perspiration. Education?
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/ede/2017/08/25/inspiration-perspiration-education/
This post is by Tomas Sanders who is the current Open Content Curator intern in EDE. When not an intern, Tomas is a History student at the University of Edinburgh, as well as a walking tour guide (sadly he’s not one of the ones that get to wear a cloak). “I want to be inspired. […]
How I will travel better: my journey with flying
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/sustainability/2020/how-i-will-travel-better-my-journey-with-flying/
Sonya Peres is the Responsible Institutes Research Intern for EAUC Scotland who has been focusing on their Travel Better package to support universities and colleges to reduce the amount of air travel. During this time, Sonya was prompted to reconsider her own flying habits and has set herself some goals for 2020. In the past […]
Sion Pickering: A journey to understanding business travel and sustainability
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/sustainability/2019/sion-pickering-business-travel/
Sion Pickering, Projects Coordinator at the Department for Social Responsibility and Sustainability, reflects on the complex subject of sustainability and business travel on his train journey back from a conference in Berlin. It’s 06:20 and I’m sitting on a train. No big surprises there, many people participate in this activity every day. It’s shown by […]
Sustainability Heroes: Cat Hirst
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/sustainability/2017/sustainability-heroes-cat-hirst/
To mark ECO Week 2017, which aims to promote the wide range of careers related to the environment and sustainability, we are profiling a range of professionals who are leading the way within the sustainability sector. We’re calling them our ‘Sustainability Heroes’! Throughout the week we will publish a series of short, snappy interviews that […]
Sustainability Heroes: Andrew Pendleton
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/sustainability/2017/sustainability-heroes-andrew-pendleton/
To mark ECO Week 2017, which aims to promote the wide range of careers related to the environment and sustainability, we are profiling a range of professionals who are leading the way within the sustainability sector. We’re calling them our ‘Sustainability Heroes’! Throughout the week we will publish a series of short, snappy interviews that […]
Living with a Star Baker
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/medstudentlife/2020/12/02/living-with-a-star-baker/
Hi, I’m Jamie Donachie and I’m a year 6 student. I’ve always enjoyed The Great British Bake Off, but this year I’ve been especially invested since I live with this year’s best contestant – Peter. We’ve been flatmates for a few years now, and I’ve been shamelessly fangirling him throughout the entire process of auditions, […]
The impact of COVID-19 on individuals with and without eating disorders in the UK, by members of Eating Disorders and Behaviours Research Group
This blogpost is written by the members of Eating Disorders and Behaviours Research Group: SiennaMarisa Brown, Marie-Christine Opitz, and MacKenzie Robertson. The University of Edinburgh’s Eating Disorders and Behaviours (EDB) research group [1] was established Autumn 2019 as an effort to consolidate postgraduate research (PGR) candidates with eating disorders and/or behaviours as a general area of […]
The NHS is a health system not a charity. It should be funded accordingly, writes Rebecca Richards
He walked his way into the hearts of a nation – one lap of his garden at a time. In doing so, 100-year-old – soon to be Sir – Captain Tom Moore raised a staggering £29million for the NHS.[1] While perhaps the most publicised, he is not the only private citizen helping the NHS respond to the Covid-19 […]
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