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, […]

Public programs focusing on intersectional disability justice activism I admit I used to have some misconceptions about accessibility. After reading this week’s pre-class reading, Means Without Ends: Learning How to Live Otherwise Through Access-centered Practice, I’ve gained a new understanding of accessibility.   Originally, I had planned to create a QR code using Padlet and […]

26 March 2026 is Purple Day; a global day of recognition and to increase awareness of epilepsy. Here, Lucy, Daniel, Jessica and Tina – current PhD researchers – explore their work and its importance. Discussing ion channels, the menstrual cycle, sleep, and genetic epilepsies, they give us a glimpse of the diversity and complexities of […]

Guest blog, Anita Sangha – The Fairness Foundation  Last year, in partnership with the Discovering Liveability project team, The Fairness Foundation brought together a group of experts from public health, economics, sociology, and psychology to discuss the relationship between wealth inequality, suicide and liveability.   Suicide rates in the UK are on the rise. In the year 2023/24, 7,055 deaths caused by […]

On Thursday 26th and Friday 27th February, the Caliphal Finances team had the joy and privilege of meeting Professor Alain Delattre, Coptic and Greek papyrologist and Dean of the Faculty of Literatures, Translation and Communication at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. Also present were Eline Scheerlinck, who recently left the project and is now a […]

1.From Concept to Situated Practice Week 9 marks a critical moment where my curatorial thinking is realised through the exhibition Our Shell at Summerhall. The project shifts from a conceptual exploration of “home” towards a situated practice shaped by material, audience interaction, and spatial conditions. Rather than presenting a fixed narrative, the exhibition operates as an open […]