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#CelebratingTogether: Ross Stewart

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/learningexchange/2021/05/11/celebratingtogether-ross-stewart/

Edinburgh University Students’ Association’s Student-Led Teaching Awards are back to recognise outstanding members of learning and support staff. After a challenging year for everyone, we’re celebrating our worthy nominees by shouting about their successes across our digital platforms.    What is your full name?  Ross Stewart  What is your job title?  Tutor  What school or service do […]


#CelebratingTogether: Clara Lazzoni

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/learningexchange/2021/04/22/celebratingtogether-clara-lazzoni/

Edinburgh University Students’ Association’s Student-Led Teaching Awards are back to recognise outstanding members of learning and support staff. After a challenging year for everyone, we’re celebrating our worthy nominees by shouting about their successes across our digital platforms.    What is your full name?  Clara Lazzoni  What is your job title?  Tutor  What school or service do you […]


#CelebratingTogether: Sarah Slingluff

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/learningexchange/2021/03/29/celebratingtogether-sarah-slingluff/

Edinburgh University Students’ Association’s Student-Led Teaching Awards are back to recognise outstanding members of learning and support staff. After a challenging year for everyone, we’re celebrating our worthy nominees by shouting about their successes across our digital platforms.    What is your full name?  Sarah Slingluff  What is your job title?  Tutor for History of Art 1  […]


#CelebratingTogether: Dr David Lewis

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/learningexchange/2021/03/16/celebratingtogether-dr-david-lewis/

Edinburgh University Students’ Association’s Student-Led Teaching Awards are back to recognise outstanding members of learning and support staff. After a challenging year for everyone, we’re celebrating our worthy nominees by shouting about their successes across our digital platforms.    What is your full name?  David Lewis  What is your job title?  Lecturer in Greek History and Culture  […]


#CelebratingTogether: Frederikke Haure-Petersen

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/learningexchange/2021/03/05/celebratingtogether-frederikke-haure-petersen/

Edinburgh University Students’ Association’s Student-Led Teaching Awards are back to recognise outstanding members of learning and support staff. After a challenging year for everyone, we’re celebrating our worthy nominees by shouting about their successes across our digital platforms.    What is your full name?   Frederikke Haure-Petersen  What is your job title?  Tutor for Research Methods in Applied Psychology  What […]


COVID-19 and Caregivers of children with Intellectual Disabilities (ID) across the UK, by Karri Gillespie-Smith

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/covid19perspectives/2021/05/31/covid-19-and-caregivers-of-children-with-intellectual-disabilities-id-across-the-uk-by-karri-gillespie-smith/

Caregivers of children with intellectual disabilities (ID) are more vulnerable to mental health difficulties when compared to carers of typically developing (TD)children. Intellectual disabilities are characterised by adaptive skill deficits, which can be associated with challenging behaviours (i.e. verbal and/or physical aggression, self-injury, disturbed sleep, and destructive tendencies). Challenging behaviours should not be viewed negatively […]


Aidan McGlynn

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/davidhumetower-philosophy/2020/09/29/aidan-mcglynn/

David Hume was a brilliant philosopher, and his work is unquestionably important for both the history of Western philosophy and for debates in contemporary philosophy. He also held overtly racist beliefs and thought them fit to be published; moreover, he stood by those comments even after his contemporaries pointed out that they were factually and […]


Artists who work with objects and sound

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/s2097221_art-practice-2-2020-2021yr/2020/10/17/artists-who-work-with-objects-and-sound/

I’ve been researching some artists who work with objects – fitting with the title of the current project – as well as sound: something I’d like to implement more in my practice. John Cage’s work has changed, challenged and inspired the music world, as he has mixed ideas from Indian and Chinese philosophy, worked with […]


Obesity in Afghanistan: the Increasing Burden of NCDs on the Afghan Population

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/s2005828_global-health-challenges-an-introduction-2019-2020sem1/2019/10/06/obesity-in-afghanistan/

One of the major non-communicable diseases (NCDs) affecting the population in Afghanistan is obesity – in Jalalabad city, 32% of people were overweight and 27% were obese according to a 2015 study. There are only a few studies on NCDs and related risk factors  in Afghanistan, including the ones by Kwaja Mir Islam Saeed on […]


World Animal Day

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/research-bow/world-animal-day/

Anecdotally, we all know that animals make us happy. Spending a few minutes playing with a puppy or watching a video of some cute animals on YouTube is sure to put a smile on your face. But did you know that research has shown several benefits of spending time with animals? For example, the frequency […]


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