How to know the world? What the untold story of the 1926 Floating University world cruise says about how universities came to have authority over knowledge in the 20th century.
Dr Tamson Pietsch, Director of the Australian Centre for Public History, University of Technology, Sydney
Slides available: Professor Sotaro Kita 'Gesture: its relationship to thinking and speaking'
Professor Sotaro Kita's seminar took place on Thursday 9th May at Moray House School of Education.
Have you ever wondered….who does higher education policy actually ‘work’ for?
Professor Sarah Hayes, University of Wolverhampton
Keeping the Teacher in the Loop: AI technologies for supporting exploratory learning environments
Dr Kobi Gal, University of Edinburgh
A balancing act: Designing an exhibit for embodied learning
- Jamie Menzies, Research Assistant, Move2Learn Wellcome Trust Institutional Partnership Translational Award project
Data Justice Week
We're delighted to be hosting a week long series of events bringing together colleagues from across the university and leading researchers from the UK and Europe. Data Justice Week will explore crucial issues of bias, inequality, and injustice, increasingly amplified by the data-intensive technologies now embedded in our social institutions.
Move2Learn launch new project website
You can now follow Move2Learn project news, announcements and events through the recently launched Move2Learn website: www.move2learn.net.
The team are grateful for the support of the College Web Team (CAHSS), partcularly Senior Web Content Officer David Oulton, in developing the website to date.
Developing Children's Understanding of Personal Data
Dr Andrew Manches and Lydia Plowman have secured funding of £5000 from The Edinburgh Futures Institute in order to explore young children's understaning of personal data through the new project 'Developing Children's Understanding of Personal Data'.
The Madonna of the Annunciation, Francesco Allegrini (National Galleries of Scotland)
AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership 'Unlike a Version: the lives of digitised artworks'
Application deadline 3 May 2019 (12pm). Eligible to UK/EU students. Covers UK/EU fees plus stipend.
The University of Edinburgh and National Galleries of Scotland are seeking a doctoral student for an AHRC-funded Collaborative Doctoral Partnership award, 'Unlike a Version: the lives of digitised artworks'.
