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Learning Analytics Policy Development
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/dlam/2018/06/22/learning-analytics-policy-development/
Reading Time: 4 minutesI wrote this up in a short brain dump to share with some colleagues internally recently, but since our Learning Analytics Principles and Purposes policy has now been re-published with a CC license, I thought it might be worth sharing some of the back story of it’s development to aid anyone thinking […]
From personas to behaviour modes
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/website-communications/from-personas-to-behaviour-modes/
We have evolved our personas for future web services. We now focus on our users’ behaviours, not their roles. History of our personas Website and Communications have been using personas for more than a decade to help inform decision-making around the development of EdWeb. Many people who have worked with our team or attended our […]
‘The science’: some sociological reflections
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/ed-decameron/the-science-some-sociological-reflections/
Liz Stanley Among repeated buzz terms about coronavirus and UK government responses are ‘following the science’ and the much stronger ‘driven by the science’. Their main use has been to present political policies as embedded in or even required by scientific evidence and advice, thereby giving greater authority to political decision-making through associating it with […]
The rise of eco-anxiety
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/sustainability/2019/rise-of-eco-anxiety/
Between the latest extreme weather event, a damning report on future temperature projections or news of another species going extinct, climate change in the headlines has become standard. Greater awareness of climate change is unarguably a positive (a lack of this is partially what got us into this mess, after all) but what toll does […]
Lan Wang: Reflections from COP24
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/sustainability/2019/lan-wang-reflections-from-cop24/
Lan Wang reports back from the 24th annual Conference of the Parties (COP), a meeting of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to address climate change globally. Lan Wang joined the Centre for Business and Climate Change (CBCC) at the University of Edinburgh for an MSc in Carbon Finance in 2012 and is currently […]
Policing the Lockdown in Cape Town
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/policingthelockdown-sipr/2020/05/08/policing-the-lockdown-in-cape-town/
By Fiona Anciano, SJ Cooper-Knock, Mmeli Dube, Mfundo Majola and Boitumelo M. Papane (alphabetical order denotes equal authorship) ‘If only they could deploy more soldiers and police for effective enforcement’, Zukiswa wrote, efforts to contain Covid-19 might be successful. Like almost half of the residents in Khayelitsha, Zukiswa lives in informal housing. Throughout the crisis, […]
Henry: graduating in 2020 and life as a new doctor
Henry Searle was one of the Edinburgh medical students who graduated early last year so that he could join the fight against Covid-19 as an interim foundation doctor. He tells us about the experience of graduating in 2020 and being thrust into the frontline of medicine. Edinburgh degree: Medicine 2020 Current treasured object: My flatmate […]
Usability Testing Service insight leads to student app enhancements
Over the past couple of months Vanessa and I have been supporting the development of a new web app for students. The Web, Graphics & Interaction Team invited us to get involved and help them make their new service as quick and user-friendly to use as possible. The collaboration has been a great success. The […]
How my nursing elective in Ghana inspired me to become a doctor
Emma McLachlan is a 6th-year nursing-turned-medical student at the University of Edinburgh. While she was on her nursing elective in Ghana in 2013, she decided she wanted to step things up and become a doctor. Let’s start from the beginning. What inspired you to travel overseas the first time? It all started back when […]
Exploring the experiences of homelessness during the pandemic, by Fiona Cuthill and Rosie Stenhouse
In March 2020, the people of the UK were confined to their homes as the Covid19 pandemic swept Europe and the question of, ‘what do we do with the homeless?’ loomed large in the policy corridors of the devolved governments of the UK. As Covid19 complicates existing health inequalities and exclusions from care, there was […]
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