France has had a long and troubled relationship with its Muslim populations. French armies faced down Muslim leaders during the expansion of the country’s empire in Africa in the 19th century. And in the…
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My colleagues and I recently had the great privilege to announce a remarkable new discovery: a dolphin-like reptile that prowled the Middle Jurassic waters 170 million years ago. When you think of scientists…
The dairy sector in the UK is going through a period of high uncertainty. Not only are suppliers having to cope with retail price wars and the fact that milk prices are being reduced by the increasing…
The expansion of higher education in the UK has been driven by a political desire to increase economic growth and to promote social mobility at the same time by drawing more graduates from a larger pool…
The new proposals for extending more powers to Scotland by the Smith Commission are radical: devolving extensive tax and welfare powers will make Scotland one of the most autonomous regions in western…
The World Health Organisation has defined obesity in children as a major threat to public health and the UK government treats it as a high priority. While we know a lot about the problem of childhood obesity…
Here’s a figure that deserves some attention: in the first year in which Scotland had a single police force, 8,000 stop searches were carried out by armed response officers, an average of 29 searches by…
Poverty is associated with a great number of health problems. One relatively recent health crisis largely attributed to poverty is obesity. According to the World Health Organisation, obesity rates have…
Note: this article has spoilers. In Interstellar’s near-ish future, our climate has failed catastrophically, crops die in vast blights and America is a barely-habitable dustbowl. Little education beyond…
Improve the school results of children from poor backgrounds and they will escape poverty in adulthood. This is the way the UK government believes it can alleviate child poverty, built on a belief in the…
The current outbreak of Ebola in West Africa (and perhaps elsewhere) and now Marburg Fever, a related a hemorrhagic fever virus in Uganda, has generated much talk about the collective “failures” to pre-empt…
Burkina Faso has suddenly grabbed the world’s attention with a remarkable popular uprising, in which hundreds of thousands of Burkinabé have forced the resignation of long-serving president Blaise Compaor…
The group charged with delivering more devolution to Scotland is to draw up the most significant programme of constitutional change for the UK since 1998 this November. Already the period when citizens…
When, in armed conflict, civilians are killed on a large scale, when schools are attacked and children are orphaned, charges of genocide are often not far behind. In discussions about Operation Protective…
The 3rd annual John Maddox Prize has been awarded to Emily Willingham, a science writer in the US, and David Robert Grimes, a physicist at the University of Oxford, in recognition of their work in the…
Everywhere scientists look it seems like they are finding dinosaurs. A new species is emerging at the astounding pace of one per week. And this continues with the announcement of perhaps the strangest…
Scottish National Party (SNP) leader-in-waiting Nicola Sturgeon recently confirmed that her party wants to see the Scottish parliament take control over almost all taxation, pensions, the welfare system…
Glasgow recently became the first European university to join the rapidly-expanding fossil free divestment movement. Following hot on the heels of the Australian National University, Glasgow promised to…
Poor nutrition is a primary cause behind the rising cost of health care in many developed countries. Although pupils have good knowledge of what is healthy and what is not, that does not always translate…
Exhibit B was a live performance staged by non-professional black actors that has been touring around Europe. These actors were “displayed” in a series of 13 “tableaux vivants” that recall the troubling…
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Reader in Psychology, The University of Edinburgh
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Lecturer in Digital Methods, The University of Edinburgh
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Senior Lecturer in Territorial Politics, The University of Edinburgh
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Lecturer in Corporate and Insolvency Law, The University of Edinburgh
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Professor in Ecology and Disease, The University of Edinburgh
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Lecturer in Social and Political Philosophy, The University of Edinburgh
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NERC Postdoctoral Research Associate, The University of Edinburgh
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Chair of Sport and Head of the Academy of Sport, The University of Edinburgh
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Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, The University of Edinburgh
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Senior Lecturer in Sport and Leisure Policy, The University of Edinburgh
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Research Fellow, Alwaleed Centre for the Study of Islam in the Contemporary World, The University of Edinburgh
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Chancellor's Fellow Sociology and History of Biomedicine, The University of Edinburgh
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Féminisme, Mouvements sociaux, Travail, Agriculture, Politique, The University of Edinburgh
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Reader in Astrobiology, The University of Edinburgh
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Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Gender and Politics, The University of Edinburgh
