We’re told it’s good to stretch yourself from time to time, to try something new. Due to an insightful suggestion from my colleague, Dr Neill Martin, I have found myself doing just that over the past year. The Inchcolm Antiphoner is a rare musical manuscript housed by University of Edinburgh, several fragments of it are […]

Artist Fees and Venue Costs After reading the Fair Pay: Rates of Pay Signposting Guide provided by my tutor in the tutorial, I calculated the expenses for my selected artworks[1]. I referenced the Recommended Rates of Pay on the Scottish Artists Union website to determine daily artist fees for varying work durations[2]. I further refined […]

In May 2025 the Suicide Cultures project hosted a 2 day symposium focused on the sociology of suicide. This is a topic that is central to the project, given our own aims to grow sociological research on suicide, as well as to showcase and share how sociological expertise and research can transform how suicide is […]

By Allie, from the United States, studying MSc Climate Change Management I’m Allie, a masters student from the United States, currently on the one-year, full-time MSc Climate Change Management programme. I decided to do a masters in order to change career and pursue a passion. I did my undergraduate studies in Neuroscience and French, so I had a bit of a science background, but changing to climate change management […]

Meg shares how an integrated Masters in Mathematics at Edinburgh – including a year abroad at Caltech – led her towards a PhD in robotics and control.   Programme: MMath Mathematics Year of graduation: 2024 Job title: PhD student in Control and Dynamical Systems at CalTech Industry: Academia / Robotics Home country: United Kingdom   […]

The following post is part of the Mason Institute student blog series, which publishes the excellent work undertaken by Edinburgh postgraduate students on the Contemporary Issues in Medical Jurisprudence course, a component of our Master’s in Medical Law and Ethics degree programme. ________________ Air pollution affecting children disproportionately became evident after the death of Ella […]