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[last updated: October 5, 2021]
Hedgehog rescue at the Edinburgh BioQuarter
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/sustainability/2021/hedgehog-rescue-at-the-edinburgh-bioquarter/
Dr Elaine Emmerson, Group Leader, Centre for Regenerative Medicine, Edinburgh BioQuarter, tells us how a hedgehog survey turned into a hedgehog rescue. Survey for the Hedgehog Friendly Campus Project On a sunny Monday afternoon in early August, around 12 volunteers from The Centre for Regenerative Medicine (CRM) and Building Nine on the Edinburgh BioQuarter met […]
[last updated: March 30, 2021]
Why we’re a Hedgehog Friendly Campus
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/sustainability/2021/why-were-a-hedgehog-friendly-campus/
The University of Edinburgh has recently been awarded a silver accreditation as a Hedgehog Friendly Campus. Learn more about the importance of protecting our spiky neighbours’ habitat and the student Hedgehog Champions leading this work.
[last updated: May 4, 2020]
Helping Edinburgh become a hedgehog friendly campus
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/sustainability/2019/niamh-kinch-hedgehogs/
Second-year Veterinary student, Niamh Kinch, tells us about why she’s helping conserve the local hedgehog population through the Hedgehog Friendly Campus initiative.
[last updated: November 23, 2021]
Sustainability Champion spotlight: Ecosia, tree planting and COP 26
Niamh Kinch, Vet student, speaks about her journey as a Sustainability Champion, from helping to make Ecosia the University’s default search engine, to what she learned at COP 26.
[last updated: September 3, 2021]
Work-based placement: Max Franz Sikora
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/sustainability/2019/work-based-placement-max-franz-sikora/
Max Franz Sikora joined the Department for Social Responsibility and Sustainability on a placement from the Technical University of Munich for 2 months. In this blog, he reflects on what he learnt.
