How supercomputers can predict rising sea levels
PhD student Lokesh Jain has won the prestigious Coimbra Group Three-Minute Thesis Competition. His research uses a supercomputer to model how icebergs and sea ice melt around the Greenland ice sheet to try to narrow uncertainty in future sea level rise.
An experience that will “stay with you for the rest of your life”: a student orator reflects on his graduation
Across the University, thousands of students have been celebrating their achievements at our graduations.
Why youth work matters
Sabrina Tickle, cofounder of The Wee Haven Youth Project, more commonly known as the WHY project in Edinburgh, shares why youth work matters more than ever and what it means to be winner of the University’s Being Edinburgh Alumni Award 2026.
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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