Student Experience Grants awarded in the autumn 2021 round of applications. Clubs, societies and social enterprisesClub, society or social enterpriseProject titleProject overviewAmount awardedCommunity BEESPortobello Wildflower Reintroduction ProjectTo cultivate and replant the Portobello coastal strip with wildflowers.£1,000Edinburgh University Boat ClubPurchase of coastal rowing boatsFunding for four coastal rowing boats to allow the club expand into the growing discipline that is coastal rowing.£5,000Edinburgh University Canoe Club Polo TeamPurchase of performance level boatsThe aim of this project is to make the team more accessible by purchasing performance level boats suitable for women and larger players.£5,000Engineering for ChangeWinds of ChangeDesigning and constructing an affordable and efficient local wind turbine for Edinburgh community use.£300Edinburgh University Cycling Club (EUCC)Improving EUCC's inclusivity and removing financial barriers through club bikesFunding to purchase mountain and road bikes and the required kit for use by students who do not have equipment of their own, in order to encourage more students to participate in cycling.£5,000Edinburgh University Formula StudentProposal for equipment to manufacture and test an electric powertrainPurchase of equipment to manufacture and test an electric powertrain on the society’s formula student car.£4,984Edinburgh University Jazz OrchestraUniversity Jazz Orchestra NetworkThis project aims to bring together a community of student-led jazz orchestras from universities around the United Kingdom to participate in collaborative concerts and social events.£2,237Edinburgh University Sub-Aqua ClubAdvanced exploration of underwater ScotlandTo expand the club’s current diving by gaining equipment and experience, allowing them to discover new and remote dive sites around Scotland.£5,000Gaelic Football ClubShinty-Hurling exhibition To host an “International Test Series” between the (Scottish) Edinburgh University Shinty Club and the (Irish) Gaelic Football Club.£1,020HYPED - Hyperloop EdinburghEuropean Hyperloop Week 2022The student-led group plan to co-organise and participate in the second European Hyperloop Week, an annual international event that enables students, guest speakers, companies and hyperloop enthusiasts to discuss its technology, feasibility and scalability.£5,000University of Edinburgh Humanoid Robotics SocietyHumanEdThis project aims to build prototypes in the first steps to the group’s primary goal of creating a humanoid robot from scratch.£3,390WellMed Peer SupportMental Health and Wellbeing Conference: Diversity and InclusivityTo host a Mental Health and Wellbeing Conference with the theme of Diversity and Inclusivity, where experts will be invited to talk about the topic and its role in mental health. Students will have an opportunity to present abstracts and posters.£960College of Arts, Humanities and Social SciencesSchoolProject titleProject overviewAmount awardedBusiness SchoolInternational Market Research Consultancy GroupThe group will prepare a report for a client organisation and this will entail a domestic student trek geared around helping students to understand international trade. £5,000Edinburgh College of Art20 Minutes of Action: Fringe Show 2022This project aims to generate a conversation regarding women’s safety and educate audiences on the victim-blaming culture surrounding incidents of sexual assault. It will also encourage participants to question how they can behave differently in the future.£5,000Edinburgh College of ArtAll day conference - The Future for Women in MusicA full day conference on the future of music for women, consisting of panel discussions and workshops run by industry experts and university staff, followed by a live music event.£4,150Edinburgh College of ArtClimascoresESALA Climate Action members propose a programme of workshops to engage ESALA students and the wider community in the development of ‘Climascores’ - climate-related recipes for material revaluing and community making.£3,000Edinburgh College of ArtFestival of Work from the MSc Sound Design 2021-22A festival for the MSc Sound Design 21/22 cohort to present a body of sound work and research to an audience and a panel of industry experts.£5,000Edinburgh College of ArtFruit Salad, Queer CabaretA student-led cabaret that showcases queer performance art in all its forms. It will give students a chance to express themselves in a safe and creative environment thus nurturing talents that would otherwise go unseen.£3,000Edinburgh College of ArtIntegrating Eco-critical Thinking with Art HistoryA series of workshops bringing together art historians to develop eco-critical art history methods within the Environmental Humanities.£1,350Edinburgh Law SchoolGypsy, Roma, Traveller Access to Justice ClinicGypsy, Roma and Traveller communities in Scotland and throughout the UK face grave human rights abuses. This project seeks to plug this justice gap and enable further access to justice for these communities through a student co-created clinic.£4,300Moray House School of Education and SportAssessment Feedback - what do students want and needThis project aims to gather student perspective on feedback in order to enhance the quality of assessment feedback.£3,840Moray House School of Education and SportDissertation Buddies Peer SupportThis project builds on a successful pilot study of peer support during the dissertation phase of postgraduate taught (PGT) degrees.£2,145Moray House School of Education and SportDrug use and abuse in sportTo host a guest lecture on current thinking regarding drug use and abuse in sport, and prevention of misuse.£380Moray House School of Education and SportExpanding Sports Science Literature in KenyaTo promote academic literature in developing countries, while giving Edinburgh University students access to elite athlete data.£2,426School of Health in Social Science1001 Think Tank: Co-producing parent-infant mental health resources within low and middle income countries (LMICs)This project will offer student Changemakers from across the University the opportunity to co-produce bespoke mental health resources with and for parents and babies living within LMICs alongside multi-disciplinary professionals.£4,994School of Health in Social ScienceConveRACEions: A PGR student-led initiative tackling racial inequalityInspired by the Black Lives Matter movement in October 2020, this project aims to create virtual and accessible spaces for people to have a conversation, dialog, or discussion about matters related to racial equality and justice.£1,000School of Health in Social ScienceSupporting students with caring responsibilities (SCR): Buddy scheme projectThe aim of this project is to encourage SCRs to follow their life goals of successfully completing any academic programme at the University with optimal support through the use of a Buddy scheme and subsequently a digital toolkit co-designed by students.£4,999School of Social and Political ScienceI Can See A Face (On The Side Of The Crags) - SingleTo digitally distribute an original song written during a period of student isolation, while enabling access of underrepresented individuals within the University to the music industry.£500School of Social and Political ScienceLawyers Without Borders (LWOB) - Edinburgh Human Rights ClinicThe Edinburgh Student Division of LWOB seek to establish Scotland’s first student-led Human Rights Clinic at the University.£1,865College of Medicine and Veterinary MedicineSchoolProject titleProject overviewAmount awardedEdinburgh Medical SchoolA group intervention to improve wellbeing for frontline healthcare workersA pilot intervention to trial the effectiveness of Cognitive Analytic Therapy for students who are working as healthcare professionals during the Covid-19 pandemic. The project aims to improve their wellbeing as online postgraduate students.£2,500Edinburgh Medical SchoolA needle in a haystack? Finding a supervisor for your undergraduate researchThis project aims to use a mixed methods approach to identify key elements of assessment that undergraduate students can use to find a suitable supervisor.£4,925Edinburgh Medical SchoolBringing the best practices in research to high school pupilsThis initiative will develop and deliver outreach resources and activities to get young people engaged with open and reproducible research.£4,400Edinburgh Medical SchoolEdinburgh Open Research ConferenceTo organise a hybrid conference on Open Research in May 2022 and create resource package to share before and after the event.£5,000Edinburgh Medical SchoolHealth Tech IncubatorThis project aims to train and mentor students with an interest in digital health and telemedicine on how to develop their ideas, through a three-month health tech incubator programme.£5,000Edinburgh Medical SchoolWellbeing activities: 'Back to Nature' seriesA collaboration with WellMed, a student mental health peer support group, and the Vet School. The project will link in to the Medical School’s Wellbeing Wednesday initiative and external events to highlight student wellbeing and WellMed as an avenue of support.£1,736Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary StudiesAnimal Aspiration Edinburgh - BAME/WP Summer SchoolThis collaborative project aims to host the first BAME/WP Veterinary Medicine and Science summer school to help raise awareness and tackle the lack of diversity.£4,984College of Science and EngineeringSchoolProject titleProject overviewAmount awardedSchool of EngineeringDarwin IIIFunding for the University of Edinburgh’s rocketry team to participate at the European Rocketry Challenge 2022, in Portugal.£4,980School of EngineeringFastMedCareEnhancing the reliability of healthcare services delivery in Rwanda and Burundi's hospitals and healthcare centres.£3,500School of EngineeringPrecious Plastic EdinburghConstruct and optimise a plastic-recycling machine in order to reduce the quantity of plastic waste on campus.£750School of EngineeringThe Adventure TableThis is a voluntary project that will give students the opportunity to use table-top role-playing as an innovative medium to fight food poverty and help young people in the local community develop social skills.£4,820School of GeoSciencesScience and engineering collaborationThe aim of this project is to seek multi-discipline research collaborations between researchers from different schools in the College of Science and Engineering through organising bi-weekly discussion forums.£3,468School of GeoSciencesWheelchair fencing training camp in FranceFunding to attend a week-long wheelchair fencing training camp and competition with the national team in Antibes, France in April 2022.£500School of MathematicsTackling Elitism: Amplifying Widening Participation experiencesA series of events that aim to ensure Widening Participation students' voices at the University of Edinburgh are heard in the institution, through outreach, networking, and community-building.£1,500School of Physics and AstronomySchool of Physics and Astronomy PhD Student ConferenceA three-day conference for 53 PhD students hosted in the Scottish Highlands during Flexible Learning Week in February 2022.£5,000Non-academic departmentsDepartmentProject titleProject overviewAmount awardedCentre for Research Collections and MuseumsFlourish in Auld Reekie: FAR BetterTo develop a new, free mental wellbeing resource focused on flourishing, through stories steeped in heritage, available to the University and civic communities.£2,970Information ServicesOpen Edinburgh - Improving Equality and Diversity online with WikipediaCreate new Wikipedia pages using content from the University of Edinburgh to increase the diversity of content shared and openly accessible to all.£4,964 This article was published on Tuesday 7 May 2024
