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Create a stone cultural blender
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/opentoolkits/?p=7431
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Sherford: A report by Crab & Bee
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/makingroutes/2025/07/27/sherford-a-report-by-crab-bee/
“You moved the cemetery, but you left the bodies, didn’t you? You son of a ****, you left the bodies and you only moved the head stones. You only moved the head stones. Why? Why?” (Craig T. Nelson as Steven Freeling in the movie Poltergeist [1982]) With great discretion, paleo-archaeologist Danielle explained that there had […]
Three things I’ve learned about UX leadership in the last three-and-a-bit years: Reflections from an award-winner
Last month I was honoured to receive a national award for Outstanding Leadership from industry body UCISA, recognising my work driving positive change through UX. This achievement prompted me to reflect on my experiences leading UX in different realms over the past few years, and to think about what UX leadership means to me. At […]
Three things I’ve learned about UX leadership in the last three-and-a-bit years: Reflections from an award-winner
Last month I was honoured to receive a national award for Outstanding Leadership from industry body UCISA, recognising my work driving positive change through UX. This achievement prompted me to reflect on my experiences leading UX in different realms over the past few years, and to think about what UX leadership means to me. At […]
From recommendations to reality: Applying UX design thinking for a technical solution for staff profiles
The Role of Profiles project produced 10 recommendations for an improved University profile provision. To start actioning these, I assembled a working group of specialists and drew on UX design principles – implementing practical prioritisation while seeking innovative solutions that addressed the research findings. Recognising the widespread value and strategic importance of communicating the work, […]
The Second Edition of Personal Bar: Questions on Writing Legal Treatises in the 21st Century
by Elspeth Reid, Emeritus Professor of Scottish Private Law The publication of the second edition of Personal Bar has come nearly twenty years after the first, which these days is a long time in the world of academic writing. The transformed environment for the second edition has given me cause to reflect on the enterprise […]
From recommendations to reality: Applying UX design thinking for a technical solution for staff profiles
The Role of Profiles project produced 10 recommendations for an improved University profile provision. To start actioning these, I assembled a working group of specialists and drew on UX design principles – implementing practical prioritisation while seeking innovative solutions that addressed the research findings. Recognising the widespread value and strategic importance of communicating the work, […]
Behind the Scenes at Edinburgh’s Museum of Childhood: A Look at the Technical Side of Accessing Collections
What secrets can the skills of a cataloguer unlock about a book collection? In this blog, Kathryn Downing, MSc student in Book History and Material Culture at the University of Edinburgh, shares some fascinating insights from her experience working with some of the oldest books in the Museum of Childhood’s archive in the ongoing process […]
The location of Theory
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/nicolasruiz/2022/10/06/the-location-of-theory/
In my first year as an undergrad student in Philosophy, I had to take a class on classical thinkers. This was a foundational class to understand the pillars of political science, anthropology, and sociology. The course was named “Marx, Weber, and Durkheim.” The approach to the authors was uncritical; we read them and tried to […]
Phase 1 Report Summary (BSL)
This is the summary of ‘The impact of the British Sign Language (Scotland) Act 2015 on deaf education’ report published on 12 November 2021. Click to download a copy: Full Report (PDF | DOCX) Summary (PDF | DOCX) 1 Introduction The British Sign Language (Scotland) Act was passed in 2015. The first national BSL plan was published […]
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