Changing the visual design mid-way in a video project is quite unusual, but pivoting to a softer animation style with stick figures proved successful for both the client and us.

Welcome to the May – July Learning & Teaching Enhancement Theme: Skills for Success Framework, co-edited by Lorna Devlin (Senior Design Lead, Skills for Success). Welcome to this Teaching Matters Blog series exploring how the Skills for Success Framework is embedded and uncovered across the University of Edinburgh.    An evolution of Graduate Attributes, the skills and mindsets built into the […]

Just before I meet Julia, a pair of herons fly over Lenzie. I have never seen two flying together before. They soar fast and high, riding the wind, determined to get somewhere; at odds with the lazy feeling of this sunny spring morning. I meet Julia outside her house and say a quick hello to […]

SPECIAL MENTION LEWIS EDWARDS MEMORIAL PRIZE 2026 Albane Mbow is a third year English Language and Literature student who grew up in the United States and currently lives in Switzerland. Her stories explore geographical and temportal alienation, moving, growth, and change. She was co-editor of the 2nd edition of BW*E’s Nurtured magazine and photographs for […]

In this post, our Year 3 (2025-2026) student, Amy Grant,  shares her inspiring journey from struggling at school to studying for a BA in Childhood Practice at the University of Edinburgh while working full-time. She reflects honestly on the challenges, the support that made a difference, and why she now believes university is for everyone,  […]

We all know that monoculture is not a good thing. In a monoculture forest, every tree looks the same, grows at the same rate, and draws from the same narrow nutrient pool. It looks orderly and logical, but it’s brittle. A storm is likely to flatten the whole forest, a disease will affect every identical […]