College news

Current news and research updates form around the College. Older items can be viewed in our archive section at the bottom of the page.

News listing

Publication date

Independence experts awarded

15 October, 2015

With a referendum on Scottish independence due to be held in 2014, three University of Edinburgh…

Music graduate wins prestigious competition

15 October, 2015

A Music graduate has won joint first prize at the L’Espace du Son 2012 competition in Brussels.

Memoirs shed light on fate of Irish famine victims

15 October, 2015

A Victorian aristocrat’s diaries reveal why the potato famine killed millions of Ireland’s poor but…

Bilingualism is best way forward for families

15 October, 2015

Families should be encouraged to embrace language learning if Scotland is to engage more fully with…

Global tobacco cash cuts

15 October, 2015

Proposed funding cuts within the international body responsible for tobacco control will leave the…

The Edinburgh Gadda Prize 2012

15 October, 2015

The Italian Department has held a series of public events to mark the Edinburgh Gadda Prize 2012.…