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Bright Shadows: Scottish Art in the 1920s (City Art Centre)
Visited 06/10/20. One room exhibition in the basement of City Art Centre. Varied collection (although almost all 2D work) and I enjoyed looking around. One annoying attendee playing a loud game on her phone. Family of gingers also in attendance. https://www.edinburghmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/bright-shadows-scottish-art-1920s ‘Cecile Walton at Crianlarich’, Eric Harold Macbeth Robertson. Oil on canvas, 1920. This piece […]
Research
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Overview of Research Interests Summary We live on a dynamic planet, whose upper layers respond in a brittle fashion to slow forcing from the underlying mantle. This takes the form of localised earthquake faulting on a large scale, and fracturing on a much smaller scale. Understanding the processes that lead to the mechanical, structural, hydraulic […]
People
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SECO brings together more than 50 experts in radar remote sensing, field ecology, biogeography and phylogenetics, carbon cycle modelling, model-data fusion and attribution. SECO network of people spans six continents and work in more than 20 countries across the dry tropics. Africa Angola Francisco Maiato Pedro Gonçalves, PhD – Herbarium of Lubango Burkina Faso […]
The 56th Language Lunch
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/languagelunch/2017/02/16/the-56th-language-lunch/
The 56th Language Lunch Date: 2017-02-16 Location: G.07 Informatics Forum Individual differences in perspective taking: inhibition and switching across the lifespan Madeleine,Long; None; None Work on the role of executive functions (EF) in regulating communicative perspective taking has primarily focused on inhibitory control in younger adults, the results of which are mixed. Less consideration has […]
Final Appreciation from Professor Stewart J. Brown
Below is the text from the Vote of Thanks given by Professor Stewart J. Brown, professor of Ecclesiastical History and Vice-Convenor of the Gifford Lectureships Committee. It is my honour, on behalf of the Gifford Committee, to offer some concluding remarks by way of our appreciation to Professor Hempton. Now more than 133 years […]
Intelligent Machines, Part 1. On Defecating Ducks and Invisible Labor
In September 2018, the British Academy and The Royal Society have published an evidence report on the impact of Artificial Intelligence on the future of work. The review, which aims at helping policy makers to tackle the “disruptive effect” of AI (2018: 4), suggests that around “10-30% of jobs in the UK are highly automatable, […]
Design System’s inaugural Designathon
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/website-communications/design-systems-inaugural-designathon/
On Monday 4 April, the Design System product team ran our very first Community Designathon (a collaborative, co-design workshop). This marked a very important milestone for the Design System product team, in terms of its development and the journey that it has been on. Working with our Design System community Since the Design System’s inception, […]
Student perspective: Grace Ferris on Climate Week
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/sustainability/2017/climate-week-2017/
Biotechnology student Grace Ferris explains what Climate Week is and shares her personal perspective on living sustainably. The University of Edinburgh will be observing the Scottish government’s National Climate Week 2017, running from 18th-22nd September. Several societies throughout the Students’ Association will be organising small events to raise awareness of the issue of climate change […]
Student Internship: Oriane Brunet
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/sustainability/2015/student-internship-oriane-brunet/
Have you noticed how the words ‘Fairtrade’, ‘local’ and ‘sustainably sourced’ are more and more common on food and drink labels? As a central part of our everyday life, economy and ecosystems, food can be a major lever for positive social and environmental impact, and the University of Edinburgh has considerable weight in the Scottish […]
Navigating undergraduate academia as a mature student
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/shca/navigating-undergraduate-academia-as-a-mature-student/
Much of university recruitment is aimed at school-leavers, but what if you are older or have been out of education for some time? Tristan – MA (Hons) Ancient and Medieval History – told us his story. In 2018, the University of Edinburgh launched its Access Programme as part of its Widening Participating Initiative. As a […]
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