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MSc One Health, 2018
Andrew’s career journey began in veterinary clinics, but today he wears multiple hats as an epidemiologist, lecturer and non-executive director of an animal welfare charity. Inspired by his Edinburgh degree, Andrew is a One Health advocate tackling challenges that affect humans, animals and environment alike.
In 2025, we discovered that AI tools like ChatGPT were not able to “read” the entry requirements on our 2026 undergraduate degree finder and often returned incorrect information. Inspired by the University of Dundee, we implemented a solution, which – according to my latest testing – has successfully boosted the accuracy of results. Mar 18, […]
Welcome back to ReproducibiliTea for 2025/2026 – our dedicated space to talk about Open Science with insights from invited speakers! For this year we went bold and decided that not one, not two, but three speakers for each session would give you, dear reader, the best overview of each topic. Our slightly longer session of […]
By Minquan Xiong, University of Edinburgh Key Facts This blog draws on interview evidence from the Sports Games for Rural-Migrant Workers from Sichuan in China. It shows that sport does not automatically produce wider social outcomes. Sport can function as a conditional platform that opens access to new social fields and opportunities. Key Messages What […]
Student Storyteller, Mona Eskandaripour provides an insight into the very first Edinburgh Medical School 300 event of 2026. On 15 January 2026, 300 students and staff, alongside our special guests and industry collaborators, gathered against the commanding backdrop of the Large Event Space at the Edinburgh Futures Institute to launch our commemoration of three centuries […]
In every town and city today, cutting across parks and waste ground, you’ll see unofficial paths created by walkers who have abandoned the pavements and roads to take short cuts and make asides. (Robert Macfarlane, The Old Ways) I meet Stewart on the high street and appreciate his energy right away. We set off at […]
