Academic Freedom & Freedom of Expression: Five questions with Professor David Smith

Reading time: 6 minutes The Working Group has recently been refreshed following an open call for participation across the University community. New, extended, membership of the group has been established to populate various workstreams to focus on key challenge areas, and new Terms of Reference for the group have been developed and adopted to …

Getting to know Corporate Services Group

Reading time: 3 minutes CSG provides essential, behind-the-scenes services that support and shape life at the University. It plays a key role in ensuring that we remain a great place to work, study and research, thanks to a wide range of expertise across the following departments: Accommodation, Catering & Events Bioresearch & Veterinary Services …

Edinburgh Futures Conversations

Reading time: 3 minutes This autumn, high-profile academics, activists and creatives are gathering to tackle questions about the future of education through conversations, readings, participatory workshops and commissioned performances. Covering the emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI), importance of creative arts, and issues of learning and unlearning in relation to race, gender, and disability, the …

Giving back to the city that founded us

Reading time: 5 minutes Like many ancient universities, the University of Edinburgh is intrinsically linked with the city. Opened in 1583 by the Town Council under the University Settlement movement, the University is the oldest in the English-speaking world to be founded on a civic basis. Our civic origin, as well as our significant …

Edinburgh University Press celebrates 75 years

Reading time: 2 minutes This anniversary sees EUP in the second year of an ambitious five-year strategic plan with the vision of connecting people and ideas to inspire creative thinking, open new perspectives and shape the world we live in. Its goals align to the twin pillars of mission and business sustainability. With a …

Welcome Week

Reading time: 3 minutes Welcome Week is an opportunity to celebrate all the great things our University has to offer for our students.  During Welcome Week, staff organised a wide variety of events across our campuses to help make our students feel welcome and supported, including School induction activities, the Principal’s Welcome Ceremony, the …