Reading time: 3 minutesBy Allie, from the USA, studying MSc Climate Change Management I’m Allie, a masters student from the United States, currently on the one-year, full-time MSc Climate Change Management programme. I decided to do a masters in order to change career and pursue a passion. I did my undergraduate studies in Neuroscience and French, so I had a bit of a science background, but changing to climate change management was […]

Reading time: 2 minutesBy Muz, from Scotland, studying the PgDip Clinical Education (Online Learning) Hi, I’m Muz! I’m currently studying the online, part-time PgDip in Clinical Education at the  University of Edinburgh, while also working as a clinical skills facilitator at Edinburgh Medical School. I’ve called Edinburgh home for nearly a decade, and I honestly love it here. After a year of juggling work and study, I wanted to share some of […]

Reading time: 3 minutesBy Jolina, from the Philippines, studying MSc Science Communication and Public Engagement (Online Learning) Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose your future. Choose to study a postgraduate online degree at the University of Edinburgh. Choose hard fun. With a family of two young children, a golden retriever, and a job, why would I want to […]

Reading time: 2 minutesBy Muz, from Scotland, studying the PgDip Clinical Education (Online Learning) I’m Muz, a Clinical Skills Educator at Edinburgh Medical School, and I’m also studying on the PgDip Clinical Education (Online) programme. Balancing work and study means I often find myself on both sides of the desk in the same week, and sometimes even on the same day. It’s busy, but it’s also […]

Reading time: 2 minutesBy Lola, from England, studying a Master of Public Health (Online Learning) When I first began exploring masters degree options, I quickly realised I needed a programme that wouldn’t require me to step away from my career or uproot my life. Flexibility was non-negotiable. An online masters offered exactly that: a way to grow professionally while still showing up fully […]

Reading time: 3 minutesBy Carolina, from South America, studying Data Inequality and Society Something that surprised me about living in Edinburgh, as I had never been to Scotland before at all, was how much it actually felt like the fairy tales I’d seen as a kid. My background is in neuroscience and so I’m not one of those […]

Reading time: 2 minutesBy Amanda, from Scotland, studied Religion and Literature   I have just finished a masters in Religion and Literature at the University and I’ll be doing my graduation in McEwan Hall tomorrow, which I’m very excited about.    I have been thinking, how did I come to do that in my fifties? Well, I’m a Baptist minister and I had been considering further study for a while. I happened to meet the person who’s now my supervisor on a random committee that we had both been invited to join. […]

Reading time: 2 minutesBy Bella, from the USA, Sound Design MSc Why Scotland? I’m not entirely sure whether it was growing up in history-filled New England, my early obsession with Harry Potter, or the seven seasons of Outlander I binge-watched a few years ago, but something about Scotland has always called to me. So, when I started considering a master’s degree in the UK two years ago, Scottish universities […]