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Stronger Together: Moving from Loneliness to Solidarity in Your PhD Journey
The PhD journey can be lonely, especially at the beginning when everything feels uncertain and overwhelming. Peer support is crucial at this time, providing emotional support, encouragement and feedback. In this article, Rhea and Isaac share how they found solidarity during their PhD journeys. Rhea, a PhD student moving to Edinburgh from India, and Isaac, […]
Week 1- Research
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/s2336789_interior-design-2b---change-of-use-2023-2024sem2/2024/01/23/welcome/
Lost In Translation. Lost in Translation; Directed by Sofia Coppola is a romantic comedy film based in Tokyo which explores the themes of isolation, connection and cultural disassociation. The film is based in the Park Hyatt hotel in central Tokyo where they explore various interior spaces within the city. Hotel Interiors, crowded cityscapes, […]
Guatemala: land of water and fire
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/claudia-elijas-parra/2024/03/04/guatemala_land_of_water_and_fire/
Guatemala: land of water and fire Cities on Volcanoes Conference The twelfth edition of the biennial conference Cities on Volcanoes (CoV) was hosted in Antigua Guatemala, a city under the watch of three volcanoes: Fuego (active volcano named “fire”, and Kaqchikel in Maya), Agua (dormant volcano named “water”, and Hunahpú in Maya), and Acatenango (dormant). […]
The Embryo-shaped Elephant in the Room
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/mason-institute/2016/05/13/the-embryo-shaped-elephant-in-the-room/
By Catriona McMillanRecent scientific research published in Nature and Nature Cell Biology has revealed that researchers have been able to keep in vitro ‘embryos’ alive for 13 days. This has produced an explosion of commentaries[1], calls for action and expressions of concern regarding the 14-day rule for research on human embryos (contained in s3(3)(a) of […]
Failings then inaction from NHS Lothian Audiology
The two reports carried out by the British Academy of Audiology are incredibly damning. The Lothian audiology team felt everything was going well, but in fact the basic knowledge of how to test children for deafness was completely lacking. In this blog I’m going to discuss seven issues which I think are important. Let’s have […]
METAVERSE AND THE CONTROL OF THE BODY
Image: Yusuf Akın Gülsayın In October 2021, Facebook announced it would be changing its name to Meta in an effort to deflect the PR nightmare it’s been having after the platform’s involvement in electoral interventions, genocides, as well as hosting right-wing extremism on its platform. Although the name itself was implemented recently, the word Meta […]
The Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill 2022: private international law aspects
by Eric Clive, CBE, FRSE, Professor emeritus, Edinburgh University Law School The Secretary of State for Scotland, a Minister of the United Kingdom government, has made an order under section 35 of the Scotland Act 1998 blocking Royal Assent to the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill 2022, a bill passed by the Scottish Parliament with […]
Participant Information Sheet
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Participant Information Sheet Participant Information Sheet PDF Project Title: Exploring the relationship between lived experience and treatment decisions for adults living with fecal incontinence Hello, my name is Hannah Kimler and I am a PhD student in the School of Health in Social Science at the University of Edinburgh. My research is focused on gathering […]
People
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Surbhi Agarwal Surbhi is Postdoctoral Research Associate working on two Data For Children with UNICEF projects (1) GenVax project which aims to improve understanding regarding gender related barriers to immunization using large datasets and GIS systems and (2) the SEASNUT project for improving prediction of wasting prevalence making it comparable between countries and developing patterns […]
Final take-home messages and recommendations for research, practice and policy.
Our final messages This section is taken from the CRITICAL project policy brief. The team collaborated over 18 months to raise the voice of the most vulnerable and marginalised, we used heritage as our tool for dialogue around climate change adaptation and we learnt so much about heritage and the opportunities that can be found […]
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