In late 2021 UK universities were invited to bid for British Council funding to support female post-doc fellowships in STEM fields. Colleagues in the Schools of Biological Sciences and Engineering were interested and we entered a bid. We were one of only five UK Institutions who were successfully awarded a British Council grant of £175k […]

India is the world’s second largest country in terms of population and is expected to surpass China to become the world’s most populous country by 2024.  More than 50% of this population is below the age of 25, making the demand for Higher Education, both in India and overseas, huge.  India has the most universities […]

The new Student Support model will begin rolling out from September 2022. Thanks to everyone who got involved and shared their views on what it should include. As a reminder, the aim of the new model is to ensure all taught undergraduate and postgraduate students have access to consistent levels of timely, professional, and empathetic […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]