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Visually countering the complexly embodied disabled character
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/s1357934/2019/09/10/70/
Watching three recent comedies which feature characters with disabilities, I notice a similarity in the techniques which seek to address a mainstream, able-bodied tension around the disabled body. Speechless is an ABC sitcom about a white family with a teenage son – J.J – with cerebral palsy, who needs an aide to communicate. Kenneth, his […]
Research Seminar: World AIDS Day 2020
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/staffpridenetwork/2020/12/01/research-seminar-world-aids-day-2020/
In recognition of World Aid’s Day 2020 and this year’s theme of “Resilience”, the University of Edinburgh Staff Pride Network hosted a panel event to address the question: How is the COVID-19 pandemic affecting individuals living with HIV/AIDS in Scotland and around the world? and share insights as to how communities and health systems have […]
A Wee Trip Back to Canada
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/vetstudentlife/2019/01/18/a-wee-trip-back-to-canada/
Hi everyone, Happy 2019!!! It was certainly a busy trip back home, but it was so lovely to be back surrounded by family and friends. The break whizzed by, filled with EMS (Extra Mural Studies) placements, spending time with friends, Christmas and New Year’s, and most of all spending time with family. Although it was busy, […]
Great Nursing Treasure Hunt
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/nursing-blog/great-nursing-treasure-hunt/
It’s Welcome Week at the University of Edinburgh and the events are abundant! In addition to the many student association and official university events, the School of Health in Social Science Masters in Nursing programme organised several welcoming activities for our new cohort! Our first day of orientation was GREAT — very educational and equally as fun! […]
Supporting inclusion through School internship
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/physics-astronomy/2020/02/16/internships-and-inclusion/
by Liana Ahmed Last summer I was given the incredible opportunity to intern with the School of Physics and Astronomy’s Equality and Diversity (E&D) team to develop their new website and wiki. As this was my first ever job as a developer, I came into it not really knowing what to expect. Being a bisexual […]
International Women's Day: Dr Ailsa Oswald
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/scope/2021/03/08/international-womens-day-dr-ailsa-oswald/
International Women’s Day celebrates women’s achievements, raises awareness against bias and encourages action for equality. One of the missions of International Women’s Day 2021 is ‘to assist women to be in a position of power to make informed decisions about their health’. With that in mind we are shining a spotlight on some of our […]
The Info-BC Project
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/canceroutcomes/info-bc-intro/
Supporting shared decision making in secondary breast cancer: What matters to patients in an era of personalised care Every day patients with secondary breast cancer face difficult decisions about their treatment. Different treatment options are associated with unique benefits but also negative side-effects. Info-BC seeks to find out how people value these aspects of treatment […]
mHealth and User Centered Design in low resource settings
Walk into almost any corner store in India, Pakistan, Zambia, Mexico, or Tanzania and you will find cell-phone top-up cards for sale. Corner stores and markets and even street vendors understand that mobile phones mean business. There are now more than six billion wireless subscribers in the world, and more than 70% of them reside […]
Alumni profile: Aster de Vries Lentsch
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/sustainability/2016/alumni-profile-aster-de-vries-lentsch/
Aster graduated in 2015 with an MSc in Environmental Sustainability. Find out how her dissertation project has turned into a research position with the Institute of Geography. “Bonkers but Good” Hello! My name is Aster de Vries Lentsch and I’m the creator of the STREAMLINE interview format. STREAMLINE started as my dissertation project for the MSc […]
Dancing With Data
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/sustainability/2014/dancing-with-data/
Professor Chris Speed, Chair in Design Informatics at Edinburgh College of Art, delivered an inspiring and forward thinking lecture on how design is adapting to the rapidly increasing availability of big data. Most of us here in the West now carry smartphones, which are constantly producing data, even when we are not using them. We […]
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