Inspiring minds
How our learning and teaching is building the next generation of leaders, thinkers and creators.
Celebrating two decades of pioneering online learning excellence
The University has been running online learning degrees for 20 years. What is the impact when we remove geographical and financial barriers to studying?
‘Shedinburgh’: Opening up the Fringe on campus
Producer Francesca Moody reflects on the opening of new Fringe venue 'Shedinburgh' on campus at Edinburgh College of Art.
Classroom to clinic: Transforming paediatric care in Ghana
Gifty Halidu, a nurse in Ghana, has lowered the infant mortality rate at the hospital where she works, thanks to her experience studying the University’s Paediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM) degree.
Practical experience across borders
In a year-long Masters degree, how can the University make time to give students practical, first-hand knowledge of real-world challenges?
In the genes
Final-year epigenetics PhD student Kamila Malysz is the winner of the new Emerging Female Entrepreneur award at the University’s Inspire Launch Grow awards for student enterprise. She shares her journey from her childhood interest in biology to running her own lab that harnesses exosomes to make drug therapies more efficient and accessible.
The importance of empathy for climate action
Joud Almanie brings a distinctive perspective to discussion of the climate crisis. An understanding and empathy for different nation’s stances may be what the urgent need for action demands.
Swimming with the entrepreneurial tide
Students at Edinburgh have great opportunities to become part of its ever growing community of startup and spinout innovators. One former student recalls how he discovered - and capitalised upon - this opportunity to make a difference.
The Edinburgh hyperloop heroes
Our students are getting HYPED to make the next transport of the future a reality.
The Big Sort
Each year, as students move out of their University accommodation for the summer, a small army of volunteers moves in. Their mission? To reduce, reuse and recycle, and show that one student’s trash might be another’s treasure.
Revolutionising seagrass restoration
How a concept for an underwater seed-planting robot by an Edinburgh graduate could spark a sea change in blue carbon storage solutions.
A force for good
Does a business have the power to change the world? University of Edinburgh alumni Karis Gill and Aayush Goyal certainly think so.