Prominent scientist ‘downplayed #Covid #LabLeak theory to avoid upsetting #China’

Private messages show Prof Andrew Rambaut of #EdinburghUniversity helped stifle debate into #virus’s origins because he feared ‘s---show’ for accusing Beijing

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/07/22/covid-lab-leak-prof-andrew-rambaut-avoid-upsetting-china/

We're now in the third month of a marking and assessment boycott at UK Universities, and student solidarity at Edinburgh has grown to such proportions that it regularly moves me to tears. Watch this whole clip, taken from a graduation ceremony this morning. It is spellbinding.

So much credit to @sssn_edi

#edinburghuniversity #ucu #ucurising #edinburgh #graduation #solidarity

And of course here's your daily... The Edinburgh Minute ⏰: Wednesday 12 July 2023

Students disrupt graduation event, pink door repaint complaint debate, £3k Taylor Swift tickets, Europe's most 'overcrowded' tourist attraction + the Butterbeer pub mystery

https://edinburghguardian.substack.com/p/the-edinburgh-minute-wednesday-12
#edinburgh #scotland #edinburghuniversity

The Edinburgh Minute ⏰: Tuesday 20 June 2023

Students’ anger at ‘grotesque’ grades row, bus surfers caught on camera, AI tourist guide + Edinburgh’s first postal service

https://edinburghguardian.substack.com/p/student-degrees-edinburgh-minute-20-june-2023 #edinburgh #edinburghuniversity

The Advice Place, Student Voice Hub, Student Opportunities team, and the main Welcome desk will remain in their current locations in Potterrow. The Pleasance will also undergo some acoustic improvements and the re-establishment of the Pleasance Cabaret Bar as an intimate space for performance and film screenings. The Pleasance Salisbury will provide spaces to accommodate events previously held in the Dining Room. (4/4)

#BreakingNews #TeviotRowHouse #EUSA #EdinburghUniversity #TeviotDev2023

The Students’ Association is working with the University to provide alternative spaces for social events, informal study, and food and beverage outlets during the closure of Teviot Row House. These spaces will include Potterrow, the Pleasance, and some additional University spaces in the central campus area. (3/4)

#BreakingNews #TeviotRowHouse #EUSA #EdinburghUniversity #TeviotDev2023

The Teviot Row House upgrade project is expected to commence in late October 2023 and be completed by Spring 2025, subject to final planning approvals and contractor appointments. During this time, Teviot Row House will be closed. (2/4)

#BreakingNews #TeviotRowHouse #EUSA #EdinburghUniversity #TeviotDev2023

The University and the Students’ Association are collaborating to upgrade Teviot Row House, the oldest purpose-built student union building in the world. The upgrade will improve accessibility, toilet provision, and environmental building performance. The project will also create new spaces, including a student community lounge, group workspaces, a wellbeing studio, and a gallery. (1/4)

#BreakingNews #TeviotRowHouse #EUSA #EdinburghUniversity #TeviotDev2023

New #openaccess publication #SciPost #Physics

Particle dynamics on torsional galilean spacetimes

José Figueroa-O'Farrill, Can Görmez, Dieter Van den Bleeken
SciPost Phys. 14, 059 (2023)
https://scipost.org/SciPostPhys.14.4.059

#EdinburghUniversity
#BoğaziçiUniversity
#KULeuven #TÜBİTAK

Lecture by Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, Leader of the :quebec: #PartiQuébécois at the 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 The University of #Edinburgh.
(in English) 🖥️ https://youtu.be/kaa74SqXJaQ

#EdinburghUniversity #polQc #PSPP #PQ #paysQc #referendum #Quebec #independence #Scotland #YesScots

I’ve had a great morning scrolling through #Edinburgh #EdinburghUniversity #MedicalScience #MatureStudent etc to find new followers, if I’ve followed you today, Hi!

I’m a 40 something mum of one, married to a Texan, based in #CentralScotland. I attend #EdinburghUniversity im in year 3 of #MedicalScience with the dream of doing #PostGrad #Medicine or #ScotGem

I also run a #MassageClinic and a #SleepCoach living with #narcolepsy

I love to read, watch #TrueCrime TV and listen to #Podcasts

Happy #FollowFriday my mastodon friends.

Today I’d love to follow some people in #Academics

I’ve tried to find others who attend or teach at #EdinburghUniversity and/or people in the #MedicalScience field but I’m not having much luck.

Would love a follow or a tag/boost if you happen to know fellow mastodon folks in those areas.

As always, I follow all back because I love meeting new internet friends, and y’all are now my friends ❤️

Signed up for a dissection class Friday afternoon prior to our #repoductivebiology practical. We get to dissect rat testes. This makes me giddier than it probably should.

Also, even though the wiki project for our #cancer #immunotherapy project is very messed up, I stepped up and claimed #cytokines as my section to complete.

See I am trying to be a good #student

#medicalscience #edinburghuniversity aiming for #scotgem 🤞🏻

Why do I hate data analysis so much? How can I fall in love with it and find it easier? #studentlife #locomotivepractical #bmto #edinburghuniversity

Three of the Nations at Glasgow University represent areas of Scotland where students came from. These are Glottiana (or Clydeside), Transforthana (or Lothian) and Rothesay. Students from all other places were lumped together in a fourth Nation called Loudoniana.

#glasgow #glasgowuniversity #edinburghuniversity #heraldicsymbols #stonework #carvings #buildings #design #architecture #glasgowbuildings

Symbols of the Four Nations over a door of the John McIntyre Building, University of Glasgow.

You'll see these symbols on various locations around the Glasgow University campus (including on the main gates).

They are the symbols of the four Nations of the University, a tradition in Scotland's three oldest universities that is not found at newer ones, like Edinbugh University.

#glasgow #glasgowuniversity #edinburghuniversity #stonework #carvings #design #architecture #glasgowbuildings

Honestly, we are advocating for this scenario: 'The University of Edinburgh will not join Mastodon, because it is a pointless endeavour and gives us the upper hand in being student-first.'

#EUVS #VSE #VSEideas #VSEcampaign #EdinburghUniversity #halfjoking

McEwan Hall on a freezing winter night. My graduation ceremony was in there, about a lifetime ago...

More pics on my Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_gazette/

#Edinburgh #photography #NightPhotography #architecture #NightPhotography #McEwanHall #BristoSquare #EdinburghUniversity #Scotland #Ecosse

Teviot, the oldest purpose built student union in the world, all dressed up for the festive season, on a frigid winter night.

More on my Flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_gazette/?

#teviot #TeviotRowHouse #Edinburgh #Edimbourg #EdinburghByNight #StudentUnion #NightPhotography #photography #Christmas #ChristmasLights #Scotland #Ecosse #EdinburghUniversity #architecture

I'm looking to hire a student at #EdinburghUniversity to do an hour long research project at the University Library.

What would be a good way to find such a student and what would be a reasonable payment?

It just involves looking up stuff that would be difficult for me to reach.

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