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The end of the first phase: King’s Buildings Union After the opening of Geology’s Grant Building, it would be some time before there were any other major academic building developments on the campus. The University Union had, however, been lobbying for a permanent building there since 1929, having spent seven years in the shared wooden […]
Free Covid-19 tests are available to all campus-based students and staff under the Scottish Government and UK Government’s testing programme and in the University’s TestEd Research programme. There are a number of Covid-19 testing options available to students and staff, and we encourage regular testing. Lateral flow tests In partnership with the Scottish Government, all staff and students have access to rapid, twice weekly […]
The expansion of The King’s Buildings campus in the 1920s and early 1930s took place against a general unease, both in educational institutions and the country as a whole. The Great War and its dislocations were still resonating throughout the population, and new political alliances and challenges were shaping Europe in unpredictable ways. The rise […]
We speak to Professor Karen Halliday, College Dean of Systematic Inclusion who has just taken on a broader Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) remit. What do you hope to achieve through your work as Dean of Systematic Inclusion? What I really hope to achieve is to deliver systemic change which starts from getting us to think about […]
The Great War had been over for less than a year, but the Government had already recognised several years earlier that the war effort had been hampered by a shortage of doctors, surgeons, scientists and engineers, a shortage that would only get worse with the growing realisation by the public and authorities that qualified men […]
We spoke to Teresa Ironside (Head of CSE Online Learning Development and Bayes Director of Education) to find out more about a new strand of College-wide activity known as ‘The Technology-Enhanced Learning Project’ which is working to transform and prepare our teaching delivery in response to Covid-19. Could you tell me what the Technology-Enhanced Learning […]
Whilst most of the King’s Buildings campus has been closed since March, essential workers have been on site every day. We spoke to two Cleaning Supervisors, Rab Scott and Danny McKinley, who have been helping to look after campus. Usually you would see 140 Cleaners working at King’s Buildings but right now there are only […]
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