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Academic Freedom and Freedom of Expression Working Group
Academics have recently received an email from the Provost with regards to the setting up of a new Academic Freedom and Freedom of Expression Working Group. Our colleague, Lauren Hall-Lew, sent the letter below in response to the announcement. It is an excellent, and necessary, response – and reflects what, we think, should be the […]
Employ.ed on Campus: Gintare’s story, much more than just an internship
(Featured image – Gintare during the Photography competition exhibition event in November 2022) Are you looking for an internship this summer? The Careers Service works in collaboration with a range of University of Edinburgh Departments to offer the Employ.ed on Campus structured summer internship programme. Employ.ed on Campus internships offer second, third and penultimate year undergraduate […]
ALT-C 2023
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/learning-design/2023/09/14/alt-c-2023/
2023 marks the 30th year of ALT (Association for Learning Technology) and this year’s conference themes were: Leading People in a time of complexity; Diversity and Inclusion; Sustainability and Social Justice; and Emerging technologies and behaviors, highlighting a clear interest in a deeper consideration of edtech’s potential impact, rather than just its utility. With so […]
Access to Orphan Medicinal Products: Equity, Affordability, and the Role of Regulation
Introduction In December 1999, the European Commission adopted the Orphan Regulation to promote the research and development of orphan medicinal products (OMPs) for the diagnosis, prevention or treatment of a rare disease. The Orphan Regulation can be understood as an attempt to improve health equity, as it provides the pharmaceutical industry with financial incentives to […]
User research on the Notifications service
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/website-communications/user-research-on-the-notifications-service/
What is the Notifications service? In the Portal Services team, we look after MyEd and Notifications. The Notifications Service is a cross-system solution for personalised notifications and emergency communications. Tasks and alerts about critical information can be sent by or received from different systems and sources across the University and then distributed by the […]
How did the number of deaf children change in the NHS Lothian area over 2019 – 2024?
We know that hundreds of deaf children were late diagnosed in the NHS Lothian area, many severely late so they experienced language deprivation. Here we look at the statistics collected using the CRIDE Survey. This is an annual survey completed by the heads of local authority services for deaf children and returned to CRIDE, the […]
Alumni Stories: Lauryn Mwale
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/mathematics/2024/07/25/alumni-stories-lauryn-mwale/
Lauryn shares her memories from her time studying Mathematics at Edinburgh and how it shaped her next steps, achievements and career in Business Strategy. Programme BSc (Hons) Mathematics Year of graduation 2021 Job title Associate – Business Strategy Industry Asset Management Home country Zambia Why did you decide to study Maths at the […]
Cornel West Lecture 2: Metaphilosophic Andante
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/gifford-lectures/2024/05/08/cornel-west-lecture-2-metaphilosophic-andante/
Lecture Two: Metaphilosophic Andante, took place at St Cecilia’s Hall on Tuesday 7 May, and was chaired by Professor Mona Siddiqui, Professor of Islamic and Interreligious Studies, Assistant Principal Religion and Society, University of Edinburgh, and Jane and Aatos Erkko Chair, Helsinki Collegium. You can watch the Lecture recording on YouTube, and join in the […]
Titles and Abstracts of the Talks at the Huawei Edinburgh Workshop in December 2021
Back to the workshop page Adam Baker: Systems Research in Huawei Abstract This talk will give an overview of the newly established Systems Infrastructure Research (SIR) lab, part of the Edinburgh Research Centre. I will present our core research areas and describe current and future projects in distributed systems and operating systems. Bio Adam Barker […]
What is Depression? A Q&A with Stella Chan
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/depressiondetectives/2021/04/19/what-is-depression-a-qa-with-stella-chan/
Depression Detectives is up and running, and we’ve kicked off our weekly online Q&As! These are a chance for the group members, with lived experience of depression, to quiz scientists and experts who work on depression or related topics. This week we were joined by clinical psychologist and researcher Stella Chan, and this is the […]
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