e-Placement Scotland Nov 1, 2010 - Jul 31, 2022
Between 2010 and 2014, e-Placement Scotland worked with industry to create over 800 paid placements for students in Scotland’s universities and colleges. The project team disseminated widely to both education and business sectors in order to maximise...
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Learning from Korea - Media Skins as Public Art Dec 1, 2012 - Aug 1, 2015
Academic research into the use of video content for public art projects involving archival research, content preparation & knowledge transfer in preparation for a groundbreaking collaboration between ENU, Yonsei University in Seoul and the Edinburgh...
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Associate Student Project Oct 27, 2014 - Jul 31, 2023
The Associate Student Project (ASP) builds partnerships between the School of Computing and local further education colleges (FEs) to support students who study for the first two years of their degree at college (e.g. via an HND) and then enter unive...
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New Online Local TV News Service - Freakworks Jan 9, 2012 - Jul 31, 2012
The company are planning to launch a new division of their business called ?Leith.TV?. This will be a video-on-demand hyper local news service which will have a focus on Leith centric news. They are aiming to provide their audience with a daily video...
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Developing entrepreneurial capabilities for the global labour market: A cross national study of IT students in the UK and Australia Feb 1, 2017 - Jan 31, 2018
The overarching aim of this study is to investigate how universities are preparing IT students for the global labour market. The focus of this study is entrepreneurship which is now given high priority in public policy. Fostering entrepreneurial acti...
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Mobility grant with Ukrainian National Forestry University Nov 1, 2016 - Oct 31, 2017
British Council "Mobility Grant for Leadership Development Project". Funds visit by 6 persons from Ukraine to Edinburgh to seek potential collaborations in education and work based learning.
Exploring brokerage activities between Life Science research and teaching communities in UK Higher Education Institutions Mar 1, 2017 - Jul 31, 2018
Teaching-focused academics in UK Life Science departments may experience anxiety about their continued ability to teach undergraduates at Honours level, and postgraduates at Masters and doctoral level, because they are aware that they become increasi...
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Ocean Plastic: Developing a Model for localised Remanufacturing May 1, 2018 - Apr 30, 2019
The objective of this research study is to develop a prototype model for gathering and reusing ocean plastic in-situ. The proposal is to visit a number of beachside locations along the Scottish West Coast (including islands), in order to scope the am...
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Supporting Recovery Through Integration: What Works? What Doesn’t? Oct 1, 2017 - Dec 31, 2017
Integration of health and social care services is happening across the United Kingdom. Integrating services is important as it puts more focus on supporting the lives – not just the health – of individuals and families. Vulnerable groups in society,...
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An Exploratory Study of Designing and Developing a Core Physiology Curriculum for Pre-registration Nursing Education Dec 1, 2017 - Mar 31, 2019
This project aims to inform the creation of a discipline specific physiology core curriculum that is agreed by stakeholder groups vested in nursing and physiology education to clarify relevant physiological topics required in pre-registration nursing...
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How can we direct military veteran�s spouses to the most appropriate welfare organisations for their needs? Jun 25, 2018 - Aug 31, 2018
Undergrad vacation scholarship. Study includes online survey of spouses experiences of seeking help with issues arising from military service of partner, and levels of success and critique. Also a systematic mapping and critique of online welfare pro...
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Secondary Glazing SME support Sep 1, 2018 - Jan 31, 2019
The project is designed to reduce material wastage, develop new surveying, and installation processes and develop a suite of new products (or sub-product types) that can be more readily applied to a specific age/type of window. This will have signifi...
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Innovation voucher Gamification Feb 4, 2019 - Apr 22, 2019
The project will produce recommendations for the application of gamification to the training product, informed by the company context, with a design led by the latest academic research in gamification for engagement with learning.
How are we positioning apprenticeships? A critical analysis of job adverts for degree apprentices Jan 1, 2020 - Aug 31, 2021
The introduction of the degree apprenticeship presents opportunities for students to pursue a degree while working in paid positions relevant to their studies. Within this model, employers take an active role in recruitment, funding, and degree conte...
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Measuring Quality in Initial Teacher Education Apr 1, 2020 - Mar 31, 2023
The MQuITE project seeks to involve all stakeholders in the development of a contextually appropriate means of measuring quality in initial teacher education in Scotland. It engages with both literature and practice to inform this process. The projec...
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Let's Play Wester Hailes: Community Produced Video Games of Edinburgh May 1, 2021 - Jul 31, 2022
This project aims to engage children and young people with the computer games industry. Working with WHALE Arts we will build games and upload them onto bespoke arcade machines. The games created will be displayed at numerous events that aim to bri...
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Global Film Industry, International cultural heritage and public engagement. A Panel Discussion by UNESCO Cities of Film Network Officials/Researchers Jul 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2022
This panel discussion explores the relationship between international cultural heritage/public engagement and research and creative practice with panel speakers from UNESCO Cities of Film Network.
“Empowering Indonesian women in STEM: Building resilience through network, advisers and role models Jan 1, 2024 - Dec 31, 2024
Strengthening pathways into employment for women graduates:
Affirming their major choices
Championing female role models in STEM
Facilitating networking of STEM career choices
Providing support system for women in STEM
QAA Enhancement activity plan | session 2023-24 Jan 1, 2024 - Dec 31, 2024
Retain and Reclaim: Innovating Resilient Learning Communities
Addressing student retention and academic engagement is closely aligned with the Enhancement Theme of Resilient Learning Communities and the key institutional priorities of Edinburgh Napi...
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Are nurses ready for robots? Understanding the digital technologies needs of nursing students Sep 1, 2024 - Aug 31, 2026
We are witnessing an increased interest in digital health: from AI to robotics, technology is entering the healthcare environment and is proving to be an asset. During Covid-19, robots were used in hospitals to help with repetitive tasks, such as dis...
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