In this post, Rozet Balliou describes how she, along with a group of staff and students, set up a wellbeing day at Edinburgh Zoo for Edinburgh Medical School students and staff. Rozet is a 4th year Medical Student at Edinburgh Medical School, and a and a member of the WellMed committee. This post is part ..read more

In this extra post, Clare Cullen, Maddie Kurchik, David Overend and Jenny Scoles, introduce the Toolkit for Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching – a website designed to offer a collection of ideas, methods and resources to support anyone interested in the possibilities of working across, and beyond, disciplines. The toolkit project was funded by the Principal’s ..read more

In this post, Isobel Finnie and Caroline Gordan describe their Student Partnership Agreement funded project, entitled, ‘Banishing the Winter Blues Together’. The project set about building and developing a feeling of community through Health and Wellbeing events with and for Professional Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) Primary students 2023-24. Isobel and Caroline both teach on the ..read more

In this extra post, Callum Ferguson explores the concept of ‘challenge’ in relation to sport performance and learner development. Callum is a Study Development Advisor at the Institute for Academic Development, and a PhD student at within the Human Performance Science research group at Moray House School of Education and Sport. ‘Challenge’ is an interesting ..read more

In this post, Lucy Kershaw explains how they used Student Partnership Agreement Funding to rejuvenate a monthly meeting series, in an attempt to support PhD students and engage colleagues from across other Centres and Schools in imaging physics. Lucy is a Reader and an MRI physicist working at the Edinburgh Imaging Facility QMRI. This post ..read more

In this post, Max Nyman, a 4th year chemistry student, describes how they used their Student Partnership Agreement funds to provide an inclusive community building event by buying a selection of board games, and hosting a staff and student games night at the School of Chemistry. This post is part of the Student Partnership Agreement 2024 ..read more

In this extra post, Anna Pilz discusses her participation in the Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PgCAP). Her assessment task for the option course on ‘Working with PGRs’ led her to develop a project for the Principal’s Teaching Award Scheme (PTAS) on ‘Co-Creating a New Development Needs Analysis for PGRs’ (January 2024-July 2025). Anna is ..read more

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 ..read more

In this post, Dr Brian McGrail critically examines the concept of empowerment in education, questioning the paradigms of power that underpin traditional teaching and learning. He argues for “depowering” as a strategy to foster more equitable educational practices that challenge existing power structures. Dr McGrail is a Lecturer in Social Sciences at the Centre for ..read more

In this extra post, James Garforth, Benedetta Catanzariti, and Meenakshi Mani, from the Centre for Techomoral Futures (Edinburgh Futures Institute), share their reflections on designing an MSc course ‘Translational Data and AI Ethics’, which responds to the broader challenges of implementing translational ethics teaching programmes within more traditional computer and data science degrees. Data and ..read more