Reading time: 3 minutes by Andrew, from London, studying Biodiversity, Wildlife & Ecosystem Health (MSc), Postgraduate Online Learning Programme I am in the third year of my programme of online study with the University of Edinburgh, and it is very easy to notice that this final instalment of my MSc journey feels rather ‘different’. The first two years of […]

Reading time: 3 minutes by Aurelia, from the UK, studying MSc International Animal Welfare, Ethics and Law, Postgraduate Online Learner Getting started with your studies can feel like an overwhelming time, this can be more difficult if you are studying an online course as you wont have a physical classroom or the same kind of timetable to help you […]

Reading time: 2 minutes by Faith, from Kenya, studying Innovation Technology and the Law (LLM), 1st year (PG) Finding accommodation in a new city is by far one of the most challenging and confusing tasks for a student (at least it was for me). The challenge comes in when you have various options but are not sure which one […]

Reading time: < 1 minutes by Ruby, from Yorkshire, studying History, Postgraduate I’m sharing a day in my life studying during the pandemic. This vlog was originally published on ‘SHCA: Blogs from the School of History, Classics and Archaeology’. To read more blogs from History, Classics and Archaeology students you can visit the site here: https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/shca/

Reading time: 4 minutes by Theoklitos, from Greece, studying PhD Precision Medicine, 3rd Year In this short essay, I would like to talk about the way in which stoicism is both a skill required to thrive (and survive) during a PhD project, but also a mindset which naturally evolves through all the hardships you face in that time. Stoicism […]

Reading time: 2 minutes by Greg, from the UK, PhD Precision Medicine, 4th Year Current status. Location: Edinburgh, UK. Weather: Grey. Beverage: coke. Currently reading: Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry & The Logic of Scientific Discovery by Karl Popper. I’m Greg, and I have been a scientist for the last nine years. I’m studying for my PhD […]

Reading time: 2 minutes by Monjurul, from Bangladesh, studying MSc One Health, 2nd Year I’m a distance student at the university from Bangladesh. I joined the programme in 2019 and I’m now at the end of diploma level study. When I joined the programme, I was within a break of work for a while. Studying via distance learning helped […]

Reading time: 2 minutes by Greg, from the United Kingdom, PhD Precision Medicine, 4th Year Current status. Location: Edinburgh, UK. Weather: rain. Beverage: Everyday Tea. Currently reading: Metternich: Strategist and Visionary by Wolfram Siemann. I’m Greg, and I have been a scientist for the last nine years. I’m studying for my PhD in physiology. I am writing my thesis, […]