Would you believe me if I told you that a Ted talk changed everything in my life? I was in my final year of under-graduation studying economics. To be very honest, I wasn’t enjoying the subject anymore. I was studying as I had to graduate and obtain good grades. I …
Research Bow was launched in 2019 as an initiative to make our postgraduate research community links stronger, by sharing and learning from each other’s experiences, insights and tips! Since then, we have experienced a steady growth with the help of our core editorial team members and lots of engaging contributors across the school, normalising the ups and downs …
Back in October 2015, I was competing for an elusive space in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. My sport was canoe slalom; a technically, physically, and mentally demanding sport that requires its athletes to navigate a canoe/kayak through a set course of gates, without touching or missing any of them, …
We are excited to present to you the third research centre in our blog series: The Edinburgh Centre for Research on the Experience of Dementia (or ECRED)! Would you like to know more about the centre’s journey, initiatives and inspiring work? Read this interview with Prof Heather Wilkinson, the director …
We are back with that time of the year! The time where we gather our drafts together and start on to work towards consolidating everything we have worked for an entire year. It is never easy, especially for the first years who no doubt have heard of the annual review …
I completed my master’s degree at the University of Edinburgh in 2018. Although it was only one year long, I would like to say it was the most wonderful period in my life. I met several people from different countries, and some of them even accompanied by their family members. …
It’s time to put the spotlight on our second School Centre: the Centre for Homelessness and Inclusion Health! Did you always wonder about the centre’s journey, initiatives and inspiring work? Read this interview with Dr. Fiona Cuthill, the Academic Director for the Centre for Homeless and Inclusion Health, to learn all about it …
Destruction cannot be heard because rushing blood drowns out words. Destruction cannot be spoken because a mouth crowded with gasps smothers thoughts. That is why devastation leaves one at a loss for words. Becoming speechless ends the protective spell that “the worst is not so long as we can say, …
This Saturday, on March 20th, we are celebrating the ‘International Day of Happiness’. I have to be honest, it feels strange to write about happiness amongst so much confinement and grief that COVID-19 has brought into all of our lives. I believe that is important to acknowledge those who suffered, …
