Search results for: associate chaplain urzula glienecke
Where are you from? Raising awareness of Third Culture Students in Higher Education
Post originally published on “Teaching Matter Blog” Where are you from? Raising awareness of Third Culture Students in Higher Education In this extra post, Dr Laura Cariola and Tamara Lai describe the challenges faced by Third Culture Students in Higher Education, and offer suggestions on how students and members of staff can support these students. […]
What’s in a name or why terms like “ECR” can be alienating
Many researchers do not relate to terms like “ECR” or “postdoc” so when events seeking their engagement are advertised using these terms, the unintended consequence is that a considerable part of the target audience feels excluded. Here, we explore why some terms and assumptions about research staff can be alienating and propose solutions to be […]
ChatGPT: the future of recruitment?
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/careersinformed/chatgpt-the-future-of-recruitment/
We regularly monitor trends in recruitment and the launch of ChatGPT has certainly been a talking point within the Careers Service. Shelagh Green, our Director, explores the impact of ChatGPT and other associated Artificial Intelligence (AI) software in recruitment. A version of this blog was originally published on the Teaching Matters blog. So, what is […]
Research
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/pruteanu/research/
We are working mainly on high pressure fluids and fluid mixtures, with the main goal being to relate their atomic structure to the properties and behaviour of the bulk, macroscopic system. To this end we employ a wide range of techniques, from quantitative imaging, Raman spectroscopy inside Diamond Anvil Cells and neutron diffraction, to classical […]
Professor Caroline Hayward: An interview celebrating 45 years of service
By Caroline Hayward and Shona Kerr Professor Caroline Hayward has decided to retire, after 45 years of service between the University and the MRC Human Genetics Unit. In January 2024 the Senatus Academicus conferred on her the title of Professor Emeritus. We wanted to learn about her career, so project manager Shona Kerr interviewed […]
What do hood and gown colours mean at graduation?
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/postgradlife/graduation-gown-colours/
When University of Edinburgh students graduate, McEwan Hall is awash with a rainbow of bright colours. But what do these gown and hood colours signify? Twice a year at the University of Edinburgh, we get to celebrate the successes of our students at their graduations. These ceremonies are held in the spectacular surroundings of McEwan […]
Exclusion to Inclusive Solutions
The Inclusive Society course intensive was an interesting class, which I enjoyed from the lecturers to the guest presenters. The appreciation of the intensive rolls from the previous semester, which taught about exclusion and inequality in society. I recall that the class, which showed the different ways exclusion happens in society, also included some ideas […]
Why We Should be Wary of Xenotransplantation in a Post COVID-19 World - by Chioma Dibia
The following is Part 3 of a five part student blog series sharing the excellent work of Edinburgh Law School undergraduate and postgraduate students on the Contemporary Issues in Medical Jurisprudence course. On January 7, 2022, David Bennett became the first human patient to receive a genetically modified pig’s heart. This unprecedented xenotransplant was preceded […]
A painful precedent? R v Brown, criminality and consent - by Rhiannon Frowde
Who decides where normal ends and perverse begins? The leading case on consent to injury in criminal law, R v Brown, raises questions as to the role of morality in law. In the UK, individuals cannot consent to actual or grievous bodily harm, unless the activity falls within an excluded category, such as sport or medical treatment. In Brown these […]
Art and Bioethics: Natural Partners for Collaboration?
By Lawrence IllsleySparkle and Dark Theatre Company Sparkle and Dark Theatre CompanyThe Mason Institute and Wellcome Trust discuss art, bioethics and assisted dying at the University of Edinburgh.BackgroundSparkle and Dark are migrating from London to Edinburgh this August to perform their new show, Killing Roger, at the Underbelly on the Cowgate during the Edinburgh Festival […]
Recent comments