College news

Current news from and relating to the College can be found in this section, along with research updates. Older items can still be viewed in our archive section.

News listing

Publication date

Brain Box

15 October, 2015

What's in the Brain Box? There are clues inside but you'll need to use your brain to work…

The World of Illusions

15 October, 2015

Is seeing always believing? Join neuroscientists, psychologists and illusionists for an evening in…

Me and Granny are Learning Spanish

15 October, 2015

What happens when we learn a language and does speaking two affect how our brains develop and age?…

Brain, Mind, and Consciousness

15 October, 2015

Science has been remarkably effective at describing the natural world, including human beings, so…

LateLab: Beauty by Design

15 October, 2015

At the final LateLab of the 2015 Edinburgh International Science Festival, Sian Hoffman will unlace…

Should You Trust What You Hear

15 October, 2015

One of the famous scholarly disagreements of the Scottish Enlightenment was between Thomas Reid and…

The Great Ape Debate

15 October, 2015

People are apes, but are apes people too? In 2014 a US court case argued that a privately held…

Embodied

15 October, 2015

A unique exhibition of art works responding to carbon in its many forms by students of the…

Why near-death events are all in the mind

15 October, 2015

Near-death experiences are not paranormal but triggered by a change in normal brain function,…

Checking tuition fees made easier

15 October, 2015

Tuition fee rates for the College's undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes can now…