Turning the tide on pesticide suicide
Pioneering clinician-researcher, Professor Michael Eddleston, explains how restricting access to highly toxic pesticides has saved hundreds of thousands of lives, and why global action is now within reach.
Edinburgh’s historic student union begins a new chapter
After more than two years behind scaffolding and hoardings, one of Edinburgh’s most iconic University buildings has reopened its doors.
How donor support is driving climate action across our community
From environmental stewardship to community care and climate education, donor support is helping to accelerate the University’s response to the climate crisis in diverse and meaningful ways.
Tackling the climate and environmental crisis
We are helping to address the climate emergency by marshalling our research to understand the causes and effects of climate change, and to help communities adapt and mitigate its effects. Learn more about how our researchers are having a positive impact on the planet and its people.
Understanding our changing world: graduates celebrate 60 years of ecological science
Every forest, river and coastline tells a story about how our planet works. For 60 years, students on the Ecological Sciences programme at the University of Edinburgh have been learning how to read and tell those stories.
Edinburgh good reads: conversations across centuries
Find out what medievalist Kate Ash-Irisarri has lined up on her personal reading list and what her students recommend to her, this National Year of Reading.
Edinburgh good reads: 19th-century highways and byways
Find out which books inspire Dr Owen Holland's teaching, reading for pleasure, and his political predilections.
Harnessing digital, data and AI
We are marshalling cutting edge data, digital and AI technologies to unlock solutions to a range of environmental, social and economic challenges. These are some of the projects using digital technologies to make a real world difference.
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