To explore the experiences of undergraduate students who are engaging in entrepreneurship alongside their studies, we spoke to two School of GeoSciences final year students who have been involved in the development of a sustainable business idea. Can you tell us about yourselves? Hello! Maria Montull and I (Heather Young) are two co-founders at Hiccup, […]

My name is Ademiku Adeleye and I am from Nigeria. I am a Mastercard Foundation Scholar, studying a Food Security Master’s degree. I am also the Postgraduate Taught School representative for the School of Geosciences. First impressions Embarking on a journey as an international student often gives you a variety of experiences, some anticipated, others […]

Hello, my name is Oliver Nock, and I am writing to reveal the secret of the King’s Building’s community garden that you can be a part of! Now, as a humanities student who doesn’t frequent the Kings Buildings, it is my perhaps unqualified observation that one may not describe the campus as a particularly green […]

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 […]

A summer of topology This summer, I was lucky to receive funding for a project on homology theory, a topic in Algebraic Topology, from the School of Mathematics Vacation Scholarship and College Vacation Scholarship funds. In homology theory, you assign to each topological space a sequence of abelian groups, called homology groups, which encodes the […]

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 […]