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Kinghorn v Wood and the origins of trusts in Scotland – Edinburgh Private Law Blog

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/private-law/2023/10/09/kinghorn-v-wood-and-the-origins-of-trusts-in-scotland/

by León Carmona Fontaine, PhD Student at Edinburgh Law School. If there was a Scottish case from the 1620s in which a Scottish court had decided that there was a sham ... However, I will leave this point, and the fact that Mr Wood’s gift embodied a

Experimenting with GenAI: why we won’t be using it to help with degree finder editing for now – Future student online experiences

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/future-student-experience/experimenting-genai-why-wont-be-using-it-degree-finder-editing/

Each year, our Content Operations team edits nearly 900 programme entries as part of the annual update of our degree finder. ... I will provide you with text which needs copyediting to meet the requirements for how people read on screen.

Policing the Lockdown in Cape Town – Policing the Lockdown

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/policingthelockdown-sipr/2020/05/08/policing-the-lockdown-in-cape-town/

Mmeli Dube is an activist in Cape Town and a Political Studies PhD Candidate at the University of the Western Cape.

The Stories and Afterlife of Lady Grange – Cultural Heritage Digitisation Service

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/culturalheritagedigitisationservice/2017/03/16/the-stories-and-afterlife-of-lady-grange/

And so it goes, story to story. Since 1878 and the entry of the Lady Grange papers into the University’s Special Collections, new stories have emerged that draw on Lady ... Bridget Moynihan, English literature PhD , University of Edinburgh. Further

Week 7: assessment (notes) – Charlotte Bosseaux / An Edinburgh Model for Online Teaching

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/cbosseau_an-edinburgh-model-for-online-teaching/2020/06/08/week-7-assessment-notes/

A Wikipedia entry on a new topic. ... A defined research proposal for submission to a PhD programme. Length of assessment: ‘Consider strict word limits or equivalent metrics, ones that skew lower than what has traditionally been the case

Update event: the future of prospective postgraduate taught programmes online provision (13 December) – Future student online experiences

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/future-student-experience/update-event-future-prospective-postgraduate-taught-online-provision/

field enquiries from prospective postgraduate taught students. manage digital channels targeting prospective postgraduate taught students, including degree finder entries . ... Prospective PhD research playback session 4 December 2023.

Design sprint 3 research summary: testing the breakdown of tuition fees – Future student online experiences

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/future-student-experience/design-sprint-3-research-summary-testing-the-breakdown-of-tuition-fees/

Our prototype presented an ‘estimate your tuition fees’ feature within a degree finder entry page for a PGT programme. ... We have two more design sprints to go, entry requirements and scholarships, after which we will be consolidating everything

Can machine learning and satellite data help detect land use? – School of Mathematics

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/mathematics/2024/04/09/can-machine-learning-and-satellite-data-help-detect-land-use/

After the satellite data had been pre-processed by Dave McKay from EPCC, the University’s and UK’s leading centre for supercomputing, I worked with Lucy Wells, a PhD student ... It offered additional development opportunities, including PhD

(Out)reach for the stars! – Charlie Fraser / Geoscience Outreach Blogs

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/s1728085_geoscience-outreach-and-engagement-2023-2024flex/2023/10/25/outreach-for-the-stars/

Here in Scotland, as long as you attain the average entry requirements in your penultimate year then you’re sure to receive an unconditional to university.

Generating immersive large-scale virtual field work for Zoology students – Teaching Matters

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/teaching-matters/generating-immersive-large-scale-virtual-field-work-for-zoology-students/

There are two key requirements for virtual fieldwork to be both successful and accessible. ... The second requirement is to be gentle with the constraints on the user.