Research Data Workshops: Sensitive Data Challenges and Solutions This workshop at the Bioquarter was attended by 27 research staff representing all three colleges, with a majority of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine. It began with an introductory presentation from …Continue reading →

‘Not a Varsity Bird’: William Soutar’s Student Years TAGS: William Soutar 100 years ago this week, one of Scotland’s best-loved poets became a student of Edinburgh University. On 13 October 1919, the 21-year-old William Soutar added his name to the university’s …Continue reading →

Losing the Heid… or not The Parthenon Frieze at Edinburgh College of Art Running around the walls of the Sculpture Court of Edinburgh College Art is a cast of the Parthenon Frieze, which was first …Continue reading →

Research Data Training – Semester 1 *UPDATE* – We have just added two new and exciting courses to our training schedule: Assessing Disclosure Risk in Quantitative Data (RDS006) Assessing Data Quality in Quantitative Data (RDS007) To …Continue reading →

Announcing our new “Quick Guides” series Earlier this week we bid farewell to our intern for the past four weeks, Dr Tamar Israeli from the Western Galilee College Library. Tamar spent her time with us carrying …Continue reading →

Diamonds and Rust: Re-housing the Student Records One of the largest components of the Department of Social Work’s archive is a collection of over 1000 student admission files from 1928, when the school was transferred to the …Continue reading →

Planning for Humanity: Patrick Geddes in India, 1914-1924 This October we celebrate the 165th anniversary of Patrick Geddes’ birth (2 October 1854).  We bring you news of a series of upcoming events which commemorate Patrick Geddes and his …Continue reading →

COPE European Seminar On Monday I attended the COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) European Seminar in Leiden.  Cope has been around for over 20 years, and began as a relatively informal group of …Continue reading →

Updated MANTRA content: Research data in context The Research Data Support team is pleased to announce the launch of the first in a series of updates to MANTRA, the free and open online research data management training …Continue reading →

A week under the Bolognese sun   One of the best parts of working at the University of Edinburgh is their focus on professional development. Staff can enhance their experience at work through online courses, workshops, …Continue reading →