We now have dates in place for our Childcare Academy Information Sessions:
Monday 27th November @ 1pm
Monday 18th December @ 10am
Thursday 11th January @ 10am
Wednesday 24th January @ 1pm
If you would like to book a place to come along and hear more about the Academy, ask any questions and take away an application pack, please do not hesitate to contact me on the number below or Barbara Webster on 0131 311 6926.
Today – 24 November 2017 – is national Carers’ Rights Day and VOCAL, a charity that supports unpaid carers, is using the day to highlight the development of a new Edinburgh Carers’ Hub and launch an appeal for £100,000 to prepare for its opening in spring of next year.Continue reading Caring in the City: New Edinburgh Hub for Family Carers
We invite you to an unforgettable Christmas experience packed with uplifting carols, multimedia, and a thought-provoking message. Mulled wine and mince pies will be served.
Also featuring a fun-packed Christmas party for kids aged 1-12.
Destiny Church | North Saturday 9th December, 5pm 7 Waterfront Broadway EH5 1SA (Morrisons complex)
The Scottish Greens are celebrating the launch of a grant for a quarter of a million pounds to explore the creation of a Citizens’ Income, a longstanding Green policy.
U!REKA conference 20 November 2017 at the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Professor Alistair Sambell speaking.
Edinburgh Napier University has hosted a conference aimed at developing a network of research excellence with five European partners. The event marks the first anniversary of the formation of the Urban Research and Education Knowledge Alliance (U!REKA) and the signing of an agreement to collaborate on urban research projects.
Last year’s consortium launch in Amsterdam examined how the university and its continental partners could develop their shared interests in applied research, professional education and the future world of work, and also paved the way for future staff and student exchanges.
This week’s three-day conference in Edinburgh brought together more than 100 academic and professional services staff from all the partners to develop new and existing projects based on urban displacement, migration and refugees; health and wellbeing in urban environments; sustainable development; the Smart City and educational research.
The conference also offered the opportunity to discuss potential international collaborations around student and staff mobility, joint degrees, best practice in learning and teaching and approaches to library services amongst other topics.
Professor Alistair Sambell, Vice Principal at Edinburgh Napier, said the university was delighted to welcome its partners to Edinburgh for the second U!REKA conference. He said: “We look forward to developing new and existing projects together in our academic and professional services, as well as learning from each other.
“The conference has been a great opportunity for us to keep building this strong network and working closer together to deliver our common objectives of excellence in research, student and staff mobility, international collaboration and best practice in higher education.”
Professor Mark Deakin (ABOVE), from the host university’s School of Engineering and the Built Environment, said the conference drew on the findings of Edinburgh Napier analysis which mapped the intellectual capital of U!REKA and shared the results with delegates.
He said: “Keynote speakers highlighted the interdisciplinary nature of the Alliance’s research and education, and the 50 papers presented at the conference showcased the ongoing activities of the partner universities in addressing global challenges relating to urban displacement, sustainable development, health, wellbeing and Smart Cities.
“The workshop activities with the delegates served to capture the potential that U!REKA has to conduct interdisciplinary research and education on a global scale and act on the opportunities such a platform offers to develop an idea lab capable of meeting the challenges which cities currently face.”
The partners in the consortium formed last year are Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, Metropolia University of Applied Sciences (Helsinki), Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, University College Ghent and Edinburgh Napier University.
The families of Guardsmen Joseph Goulden and Raymond Frederick Rose, who both served with the Coldstream Guards before being killed during World War 2, can finally take comfort in knowing the location of their loved ones’ final resting place.Continue reading Mystery of missing soldiers finally solved
We invite you to an unforgettable Christmas experience packed with uplifting carols, multimedia, and a thought-provoking message. Mulled wine and mince pies will be served.Continue reading Carols by Candlelight in Leith
Well, this is awfully short notice. Sorry peeps! That’s three episodes of Blue Planet II in between times! Hope you’re watching. It’s sensational. Did you see this last Sunday’s episode highlighting the plastic problem? That’s millions of people now hopefully nudged to change habits. Where has the Beeb been?
Moreover, I hope you can come to Wardie Bay Beachwatch this Saturday 25th Nov, 11:30-2pm. Just turn up or sign up on facebook or the MCS website here.
No need to tell me you’re coming. Just wrap up warm! Last time I looked, it’s going to be sunny. We’ve been very lucky with the weather. It’s let us do our work relatively unhindered.
Last month’s data summary attached as ever. 73.7% plastic…. grrrr…. (see below)
