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Sex, gender identity and academic freedom

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/academicfreedom/2019/12/10/sexgender/

Over the last two years an intense debate has broken out about how sex and gender identity should be defined in law and policy. Co-authored by University of Edinburgh academics and researchers, this blog looks at the main arguments underpinning the debate, the impact on universities, and the steps needed to support academic freedom. Dr […]


Sport, disability and gender: Voices from sub-saharan african girls and women

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/sport-matters/2020/01/29/sport-disability-and-gender-voices-from-sub-saharan-african-girls-and-women/

By Susanna Neumann “Girls and women with disabilities should not be ignored because sport is their right!” (Interviewee 6, 01.08.2019) “Sport is the key; it is the main key of everything! Sport brings us together, no matter the disability, no matter the gender, no matter the status, no matter where you come from. Sport will […]


January 2019 Bulletin!

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/scphrp/2019/02/03/january-2019-bulletin/

View this email in your browser Happy New Year! Welcome to our first bulletin of 2019. Bringing you our usual mix of news, publications, project updates and more. This has been an exciting start to the year for SCPHRP, with lots to look forward to. In this issue you can read about: Antimicrobial resistance in West Africa […]


September Bulletin 2018

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/scphrp/2018/09/28/september-bulletin-2018/

Hello and welcome to our September bulletin. Bringing you our usual mix of news, publications, project updates and more. We’d like to extend a warm welcome to all new and existing students who joined us at the University of Edinburgh this month! Autumn is now upon us and September has been a busy month welcoming students […]


The Impact of Big Tobacco on a ‘Generational Endgame’ for Tobacco in Malaysia.

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/s2272353_global-health-challenges-an-introduction-2022-2023sem1/the-impact-of-big-tobacco-on-a-generational-endgame-for-tobacco-in-malaysia/

MALAYSIA is currently endeavouring to become the first nation to successfully combat the tobacco pandemic through the Generational Endgame (GEG) campaign. The effort to end the scourge of tobacco has been languishing since 2003 as the Ministry of Health (MOH) struggles to establish a standalone Act. Tobacco control has been a subsidiary bill under the […]


Behind the Scenes at Edinburgh’s Museum of Childhood: A Look at the Technical Side of Accessing Collections

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/selcie/2019/09/06/behind-the-scenes-at-edinburghs-museum-of-childhood-a-look-at-the-technical-side-of-accessing-collections/

What secrets can the skills of a cataloguer unlock about a book collection? In this blog, Kathryn Downing, MSc student in Book History and Material Culture at the University of Edinburgh, shares some fascinating insights from her experience working with some of the oldest books in the Museum of Childhood’s archive in the ongoing process […]


The location of Theory

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/nicolasruiz/2022/10/06/the-location-of-theory/

In my first year as an undergrad student in Philosophy, I had to take a class on classical thinkers. This was a foundational class to understand the pillars of political science, anthropology, and sociology. The course was named “Marx, Weber, and Durkheim.” The approach to the authors was uncritical; we read them and tried to […]


Phase 1 Report Summary (BSL)

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/deafeducation/the-impact-of-the-british-sign-language-scotland-act-2015-on-deaf-education/

This is the summary of ‘The impact of the British Sign Language (Scotland) Act 2015 on deaf education’ report published on 12 November 2021. Click to download a copy: Full Report (PDF | DOCX) Summary (PDF | DOCX)   1       Introduction The British Sign Language (Scotland) Act was passed in 2015. The first national BSL plan was published […]


Fuori Programma

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/thefilmdispatch/a-short-film-telling-under-represented-memories-of-italian-right-wing-political-violence-1969-1980/

In their short film Fuori Programma, PhD student Irene Ros looks at the collective memory of Italian right-wing political violence (1969-1980) through interviews with Italian women who were young adults at the time. Fuori Programma [Unscheduled or Off Plan] is a short experimental documentary film, that edits together the memories of the first nine participants […]


Water, Health and Social Justice: More Rhetoric than Right

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/mason-institute/2016/11/14/water-health-and-social-justice-more-rhetoric-than-right/

By Shawn H.E. Harmon, Janice Graham, Emma FitzGerald, Tanya DavisThe Arts and Ethics Research Group (AERG) at the University of Edinburgh is an international interdisciplinary research group funded by the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities. Through the collaborative working of individuals from the arts, humanities and sciences, it seeks to encourage new insights […]


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