Edinburgh Hybrid Learning Exchange – monthly digest (January 2021)

Reading time: 3 minutes The Hybrid Teaching Exchange website showcases how colleagues across the University have approached the shift to hybrid teaching. Here, Joe Arton, Academic Developer and part of the Hybrid Teaching Exchange project team, shares how the approach to Semester 2 has had to shift in response to the news over the past few …

Rolling out Covid-19 testing for students

Reading time: 4 minutes This month saw the University create, manage and operate the largest Student Covid-19 testing site in Scotland. From the moment the Universities Minister for Scotland announced on 11 November that mass testing would be available for all students wishing to travel home for the winter break, teams of staff and …

Need to know – 1 December

Reading time: < 1 minute Here are the top updates from the Adaptation & Renewal teams working across the University. 1. Update from Lee Hamill Yesterday Lee Hamill shared the latest news on our current financial position. He spoke about our existing operating model, the challenges we face and the essential work underway to reshape …

The Edinburgh Hybrid Teaching Exchange – monthly digest

Reading time: 3 minutes The Hybrid Teaching Exchange website showcases how colleagues across the University have approached the shift to hybrid teaching. Here, Joe Arton, Academic Developer and part of the Hybrid Teaching Exchange project team, and Dr Jon Turner, Director of the Institute for Academic Development (IAD), share how the approach to Semester 1 …

Need to know – 17 November

Reading time: < 1 minute Here are the top updates from the Adaptation & Renewal teams working across the University. 1. Updates on Semester 2 planning A new sharepoint page is available with detailed information about Semester 2 guidance and planning. It will be regularly updated in line with the latest announcements from the Scottish …

Life in lockdown: an international perspective

Reading time: 4 minutes Originally from Chennai, India, PhD student Durai Arun Pannir Selvam shares how he’s navigating the pandemic. Scotland’s public health response to the pandemic can be challenging for everyone at the University, but perhaps none more so than our international students. Originally from Chennai, India, PhD student Durai Arun Pannir Selvam …