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National honours for ECA architecture journal »

ECA

They design, they modify and they manage the world around us. Our cities, our waterways, our space. Two weeks ago the crème de la crème of landscape architects were recognized in the Landscape Institute’s biennial awards. The Lands...

Tue 09 Dec 2008 by Philip Close | Read more »

ECA exhibit showcases Japanese ties »

ECA Japan Exhibition

As part of a collaboration with Kyoto Seika University, Japan (KSU), the Edinburgh College of Art, this week, are to display a mixed-media exhibition based on an artistic exchange between the two cultures. Drawing inspiration from a two week visit in ...

Tue 09 Dec 2008 by Amy Grant | Read more »

Celebrated neuroscientist to set the record straight »

Brain

Apparently, listening to Mozart won't make you smarter. Kicking off the University of Edinburgh Christmas lectures, award-winning Professor Sergio Della Sala looks set give these neurological myths a thorough going over. His lecture on 10 December, en...

Tue 09 Dec 2008 by Tom Evans | Read more »

Scottish Disney executive awarded honourary degree from QMU »

Walt Disney

When Andrew Mooney grew up in Whitburn, a mining village in West Lothian, he couldn’t see the point in college. He wanted to go to work and get a head start over his colleagues. 30 years later, the influential Scot has returned to the Lothians a...

Sun 23 Nov 2008 by Philip Close | Read more »

Israeli ambassador draws vocal protest »

protest leaflet

Over 100 people rallied outside Edinburgh University in protest about a lecture given by the Israeli ambassador earlier this month. The protest, organised by the Scottish Palestine Solidarity Campaign (SPSC), demonstrated against the controversial app...

Sun 23 Nov 2008 by Demian Hobby | Read more »

University of Edinburgh launches million pound Centre for Diaspora studies »

Slavery discussion

The University of Edinburgh has officially launched a £1 million centre of study with a promise to shed new light on the role of Scots throughout the world. The Centre for Diaspora has been billed as the first centre in the world for the advance...

Sun 09 Nov 2008 by Nick Eardley | Read more »

Antarctic landscape uncovered »

The underlying landforms of the East Antarctic are to be revealed in detail, thanks to a project being launched by Edinburgh researchers to map and monitor the rock beneath the worlds biggest ice sheet. The East Antarctic ice sheet spans around four m...

Sun 09 Nov 2008 by Cameron Robinson | Read more »

'Dramatherapy' opens at QMU to mixed reviews »

As of January next year, Queen Margaret University (QMU) will be offering a course in 'dramatherapy', the first of its kind in Scotland. The dramatherapy foundation certificate is designed for both drama students and healthcare professionals, and adds...

Sun 09 Nov 2008 by Tom Evans | Read more »

Students getting dumber, degrees getting easier, research getting weirder »

empty lecture

New research has found that academics are under pressure to award students higher marks, and that plagiarism is rife in universities. 34 per cent of academics questioned felt that 'dumbing down' reports are correct, while 82 per cent felt that lack of...

Sun 09 Nov 2008 by Rob Church-Taylor | Read more »

Edinburgh professor to advise Scottish government »

University of Edinburgh professor, Ian Underwood has taken up a prestigious position as an advisor to the Scottish Government.He is currently the Professor of electrical displays at Edinburgh and is to join the Scottish Science Advisory Council (SSAC)....

Sun 26 Oct 2008 by Rob Church-Taylor | Read more »

Local business to benefit from university expertise »

A new fund started by two of Scotland’s leading universities has been made available to small businesses.It is hoped that by utilising the academic expertise of Napier University and Queen Margaret University, firms will be able to overcome their...

Sun 26 Oct 2008 by Rob Church-Taylor | Read more »

"Father of QMU" retires »

Professor Anthony Cohen CBE, principal of Queen Margaret University (QMU) has announced he is to retire at the end of this academic year.Professor Cohen will relinquish his position in the summer of 2009. His departure follows six years at the head of...

Sun 26 Oct 2008 by Kevin Guyan | Read more »

Warwick buys controversial body parts »

Warwick university

Warwick University has announced the purchase of 200 body parts from the controversial German anatomist Gunther von Hagens.The university used £400,000 of a £1.1 million grant from a local strategic health authority to pay for the items.Mr ...

Sun 26 Oct 2008 by Robyn Keystone | Read more »

Reuters and ITN open their archives to students »

A new initiative launched this month, entitled Newsfilm Online, has made over 3,000 hours of news film from the last century available to students across the country. Collaborating with the British Universities Film and Video Council (BUFVC) and the J...

Sun 26 Oct 2008 by Rebecca Sibbett | Read more »

Heriot-Watt deploys radar in search for renewable energy »

The Pentland Firth contains a lot of potential energy

A pilot project lead by Heriot-Watt University’s International Centre for Inland Technology (ICIT) in Orkney has been set up to map tidal currents in the Pentland Firth. Working alongside the Environmental Research Institute (ERI) in Thurso the ...

Sun 26 Oct 2008 by Cameron Robinson | Read more »

University to support bilingualism in education »

The University of Edinburgh has launched a new scheme to raise awareness the benefits for children with two languages. Bilingualism Matters is a one-stop shop for families looking for information and advice on using multiple languages in everyday life...

Mon 13 Oct 2008 by Elisabeth Evans | Read more »

Stem-cell breakthrough in diabetes treatment »

Stem Cell Research

Thanks to revolutionary research into stem cells, scientists at Edinburgh University have revealed that they are a step closer to a cure for diabetes.They have developed stem cells which are able to reproduce and develop into the cell variety associate...

Mon 13 Oct 2008 by Rob Church-Taylor | Read more »

ECA unveils 'feeling' software »

ECA 'feeling' software

A spin-out company based at Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) has launched a piece of design and modelling software called Cre8, which allows users to interact with and manipulate content in a virtual 3D workspace using their sense of touch. The software ...

Mon 13 Oct 2008 by Rob Church-Taylor | Read more »

Scottish researchers get £4m windfall »

Grants worth a total of £3.87 million have been awarded to researchers by the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) as part of a drive to encourage innovation and entrepreneurship in Scotland.At a ceremony in the Great Hall of Edinburgh Castle, educat...

Fri 03 Oct 2008 by Simon Mundy | Read more »

Heriot-Watt professors scoop awards »

In a boost to Heriot-Watt University's rankings as a research university, two professors at the institution have been awarded prizes for papers written in their respective fields.Professor Paul Jowitt, executive director of SISTech and professor of Civ...

Fri 03 Oct 2008 by Evan Beswick | Read more »

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