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Power’s Discontents – Week 4/5
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/ls_efie11121_efie11122_2022_23/2022/10/24/powers-discontents-week-4-5/
First off, I would like to extend my heartfelt gratitude for the great comments and questions I’ve been getting from classmates. These have given me much to think about, as did points made in our cohort meeting in week 3. Some highlights from last week that I wanted to highlight because I found something especially […]
/ / / / What is the MA CAT?
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/macat/about/
/ / / / Re-imagine the Art School Established by Neil Mulholland in 2001, the Masters of Contemporary Art Theory is a post-studio programme that supports the research and practices of artists and aspiring art professionals alike. Our MA CAT encourages practices that are speculative and reflective, developing artistic research on, and in, a range […]
“…Only the first rough draft of history” - Reflections on the first ten years of the Mason Institute - by Graeme Laurie
The Mason Institute was established in 2012 to honour and continue the legacy of Professor J Kenyon Mason who had been an Honorary Fellow in Edinburgh Law School since 1985 and Regius Professor of Forensic Medicine in the University from 1973-1985. The essence of that legacy is an openness of spirit and mind towards contributions […]
1500 Word Critical Reflection
The objective of quality education for all is frequently discussed in the current era of curricular reform (Murdoch et al., 2021). As a result, in order to provide students with a high-quality educational experience, a suitable relationship is required, and the instructor takes on the role of a learning facilitator. These connections are described by […]
Saffron-hued Skin: Seeking ideals of beauty in Early Modern North India
In this blog post, the IASH postdoctoral fellow for the Renaissance Goo project, Dr Sonia Wigh, tackles ideas about skin colour in Indian early modern texts. Having white skin was often fetishized in European texts about ideal beauty, and this has been linked to early colonial ideas and the formation of racial identity. How did […]
Student Projects and researchers
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Zorana Alimpic Zorana is a human rights researcher based in South Africa though she originally hails from Serbia having grown up in Canada. She holds a B.S.W (Ryerson University) and M.S.W (York University) from Canada where she worked with refugee and migrant communities as well as a Research Associate for York University. After completing her […]
Appraising the new undergraduate study website: a scorecard approach
We recently reviewed the new undergraduate study website with 19 students, using a summative usability testing approach to produce a performance scorecard. While the new site scored really well, we identified a few areas to improve further. Why do we want to measure performance? It’s been great to get such positive feedback from around the […]
2021 - 2022
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/intermediality/events/2021-2022/
Dr Inma Sánchez-García (University of Edinburgh) ‘Pasolini and Shakespeare: All the World is (not just) a Stage’ This lecture is part of a rich series of events, Pasolini and the Classics, organised by our colleague Emanuela Patti for Pier Paolo Pasolini’s 100th anniversary. See the full programme here). When: Tuesday, 21st June 2022. 5.00-6.15pm BST […]
Scots Law Influencing English Law on Deposits and Debt
by Katy Barnett, Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne[1] As Alexandra Braun has noted, academic consideration of Scots law has tended to focus either on whether the particular hybrid of Roman law and common law is ideal, or on the ways in which Scots law has been influenced by other jurisdictions. It is less […]
Conclusions
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/s0452814_critical-data-and-education-20242025sem2/2025/04/04/conclusions/
Introduction Data is a powerful and persuasive tool, influencing learning from personalised Duolingo study all the way to national educational policy (Williamson, 2019). The four thematic blog posts mark a path that wades progressively deeper into the understanding and conceptualisation of data within the context of higher education. Constructing data in education I began with […]
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