SCOPE: Pandemic insights – animal care under lockdown

Reading time: 3 minutesMany of us have been working differently since lockdown began earlier this year. Here, staff from Bioresearch and Veterinary Services (BVS), share how they have been helping to keep our research running and ensuring the health and welfare of research animals during the pandemic. The Bioresearch and Veterinary Services team …

Virtual Doors Open Days tours still available

Reading time: < 1 minuteLike many things this year, the popular Doors Open Days went online. Although the doors to Edinburgh and East Lothian’s favourite buildings remained closed on 26 and 27 September, the University was able to provide the Cockburn Association, organisers of the event, and the general public with virtual and video …

Technicians in the Time of Covid: Lab in Lockdown

Reading time: 4 minutesIn the University of Edinburgh we have more than 1,000 technicians – highly trained and experienced individuals with diverse skills working across all subject areas. Across the UK the technical community has been recognised as being at the forefront of the higher education and research sector’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.