It is the last day of the year, and I am walking with four-year-old Minnie and her mum, Jenni. Jenni and I were in the same tutorial group when we started university in 2000, and we have stayed close friends ever since. We have been in each other’s lives for quarter of a century now, […]

Oct 6, 2021

In this post, Yuemiao Ma, Sarah Ward and Lindsey Horner describe the ‘Towards Publication’ project, which aimed to support Postgraduate Researchers and academic staff in working towards academic publishing through supportive seminars and writing retreats in Moray House School of Education and Sport. This post belongs to the Student Partnership Agreement 2025 series. Introduction Writing […]

Over the coming weeks and months, there will be edge switch upgrades occurring on each floor of the Forum and the Bayes Centre. Scope: Wired connections in offices will be affected. WiFi, phones and doors will not be affected. This is being done to ensure the security, reliability, and modernity of our network. On each […]

… quite a lot actually. Good and bad. But you can add reducing carbon emissions from degradation to the list. New paper by Iain McNicol here. Importantly, they seem to work just fine from a carbon perspective even when  people are allowed to use the land. So these don’t have to be strictly protected areas to […]

In September, Nick and Mel from the UX team attended Assistive Technology Day, a training event organised by the Scottish Sensory Centre. Sessions focused on how technology can support deaf and hard of hearing students, with talks from educational audiologists and the JISC accessibility team. Dec 22, 2025