Grand debut into Heritage: A Peek into my Collections Care Assistant Role Isabela Tapia Hernandez The Collections Care Assistant role was created for our students to explore the cultural heritage sector through employment and support their career aspirations post-graduation. This is the …Continue reading →

Reflections on a Journey in Conservation: My Time as a Collections Care Assistant Back in March we welcomed our new Student Collections Care Assistants; Abigail Miskin, Ella Joyce and Isabela Tapia Hernandez. Four months on and it is time to say goodbye and …Continue reading →

It’s audit time! TAGS: Collections Management | Edinburgh University Art Collections Anyone who has attended a meeting, had a conversation in the corridor, or bumped into me in one of our stores, knows that one of my main talking points for …Continue reading →

RESP Outreach Intern – End of Internship Written by: James Rice, RESP Outreach Intern With the launch event completed, my internship was coming toward its end. After six months, I was surprised at how quickly it had gone …Continue reading →

New to the Library: Osmosis We are happy to let you know that the Library has a subscription to Osmosis, a health education platform of 1,800 animated videos and 22,000 integrated practice questions, covering subjects …Continue reading →

Is that Vegan…? Conscious conservation changes during the One Health Project and beyond. By Amanda Dodd, Projects Conservator, Heritage Collections In this week’s blog, Amanda Dodd reviews the work she did on the One Health Project with a particular focus on this use …Continue reading →

Recreating Connections: Exploring Charles Lyell’s Offprint Collection An offprint is a separate printing of a work that originally appeared as part of a larger publication, such as an academic journal, magazine, or edited book. Offprints are used …Continue reading →

Curating and illustrating the ‘Animal Encounters’ online exhibition Written by: Rebekah Day, RESP Curatorial Intern From December 2023 to May 2024, I have had the pleasure of working on curating an online exhibition for the Regional Ethnology of …Continue reading →

One Health Research wrap up Hello again! This is my final week on the One Health project, in which I’ve undertaken research and academic engagement – it’s been a fascinating and exciting project to contribute …Continue reading →

One Health Academic Engagement My role in the Wellcome Trust One Health archival project has involved identifying research topics that can be found in archival records, undertaking research AND academic engagement.   We have …Continue reading →