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Blogs from the School of History, Classics and Archaeology

Category: Academic communities

A sample of dark seeds sits in a dish under a microscope. A comparative sample can be seen on a laptop beside the microscope.

Plants and People, Past and Present

It’s not just trowels and trenches in Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh … Hello! My name is Dr Alice Wolff and I am the IASH-HCA Postdoctoral Fellow for the 2025-2026 academic year. My focus within archaeology is archaeobotany, the study of plant remains in archaeological contexts. In April 2026, I ran a workshop for […]

7 May 2026

Lydia has blonde hair parted in the middle and smiles into the camera

Finding community as a postgraduate student

By Lydia, from the USA, studying MSc Intellectual History Hi everyone! My name is Lydia! I am a current postgraduate student in the Intellectual History programme, from the United States. When I moved to Edinburgh, I had never been before, knew no one, and had no idea where to start finding community. I had such […]

22 April 2025

Interior of the learning environment - a museum

Unveiling innovation in Online Learning: The HCA TEL Learn Ultra Showcase

In this post, Rose Day, Learning Technologist at the School of History, Classics, and Archaeology (HCA), highlights the HCA TEL Learn Ultra Showcase. The showcase features some of the innovative courses and provides insightful commentary from course organizers and learning technologists who played pivotal roles in their development. This post also belongs to the Spotlight on Learn […]

8 August 2024

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