Student Experience Grants awarded in the autumn 2024 round of applications. Clubs, societies and social enterprises Club, society or social enterprise Project title Project Overview Amount awarded Archaeology Society Scottish Student Archaeology Society Conference (SSASC) SSASC is a student conference allowing a unique opportunity for archaeology students across Scotland to come together, present their research and network with archaeology organisations. SSASC will be held in February 2025. £2,340 Black Women* at Edinburgh Nurtured, the Magazine by Black Women at Edinburgh Nurtured Magazine celebrates the creativity and experiences of Black women students, fostering community and cultural awareness at the university. £1,846 Edinburgh Studio Opera A relaxed performance of Massenet's Cendrillon with Edinburgh Studio Opera The project aims to introduce a relaxed, captioned performance of Jules Massenet's Cendrillon at the Pleasance Theatre in March 2025. £1,743 Edinburgh University Formula Student Formula Student Autonomous Vehicle Control System Enhancement Edinburgh University Formula Student seeks funding to purchase a SpeedGoat Vehicle Control Unit (VCU) to enhance autonomous vehicle performance, precision, and testing capabilities. £5,000 Edinburgh University Mountaineering Club Widening Access to Mountaineering Skills This project aims to widen access to acquiring essential mountaineering skills such as trad climbing, winter safety, winter climbing, and navigation for minority ethnic, international students in the club. £3,000 Edinburgh University Neurological Society Scottish International Neuro Conference (SINC) The SINC unites Scottish university neuro societies to host the annual SINC Conference, fostering collaboration, innovation, and leadership in neuroscience, neurology, and neurosurgery on a global stage. £4,540 Filmmaking Society Edinburgh Filmmaking Society Equipment Overhaul The project is based around upgrading and modernising their equipment list in order to better serve our members and local community in bringing their creative projects to life. £4,864 HYPED Test Track Upgrade and Creating Test Rigs for Levitation Technology Support Steel L profiles will be bought to modify the test track to enable levitation. Furthermore, HYPED are developing custom test rigs to evaluate their sensors and software, ensuring the proper integration of all subsystems for optimal performance. £5,000 Jewish Society Hebrew Lessons at Edinburgh University This project will allow the Jewish society to offer modern spoken Hebrew lessons in Edinburgh. £600 Skydiving Club Purchase of custom jumpsuits for formation skydiving (FS) To provide the club with accessibility to essential jumpsuits for members to access, to improve the performance and presence of the club and university in social and competitive events. £4,880 University of Edinburgh Korfball Club Inclusive Korfball: Urban Korfball for All Urban Korfball offers a new, accessible version of korfball with shorter games and a smaller court, designed for players of all fitness levels. £4,400 Widening Participation Medics Free Stethoscopes for 2nd Year Widening Participation Medical Students This project aims to help address the inequalities and additional challenges widening participation (WP) medical students face. By providing WP students with a free stethoscope at the start of their second year, this is one less financial strain. £5,000 College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences School Project title Project overview Amount awarded Business School AI-driven Carbon Emissions Calculator The project measures student carbon footprints, offers tailored actions to reduce emissions, and tracks progress with analytics. £4,988 Business School Cultivating Community Champions to Enrich the Student Experience This project aims to pilot and evaluate the impact of paid student-led Community Champion roles in fostering connections and community among students and staff, and enhancing students' sense of belonging at university. £4,865 Edinburgh College of Art Animating Urban Voices: A Cross-Cultural Exploration of Animation This project aims to explore animation's role in representing urbanization and social change and fostering cross- cultural dialogue £4,800 Edinburgh College of Art Co-crafting through rural craft: a hands-on workshop for UoE students and staff An in-person practical workshop and handling session, for UoE students and staff to connect with rural craft practitioners. It will be showcased at the Pittenweem Arts Festival August 2025. £2,836 Edinburgh College of Art Edinburgh Meets Munich: A 70th Anniversary Celebration of Twinned Cities An interdisciplinary student-led contemporary jewellery exhibition, celebrating the 70th anniversary of two 'twinned cities' with internationally renowned excellence of contemporary jewellery and silversmithing £5,000 Edinburgh College of Art Premodern Art Historians' Remaking Retreat Postgraduates and scholars researching material culture and architecture will exchange technical, electronic and craft skills through a series of 'reconstruction' workshops. £4,409 Edinburgh College of Art Re-futuring George IV Bridge through Immersive Technologies ECA postgraduate students and staff collaborate in experimental spatial practices using emerging immersive technologies, to develop re-imaginings of the George IV Bridge for exhibition at InSpace Gallery for Architecture Fringe 2025. £2,836 Edinburgh College of Art Visualising Old College An opportunity for students to participate in a live curatorial project within Old College, which aims to critically review its capacity to showcase alternative histories. £5,000 Edinburgh Futures institute Wintering Well at EFI A series of co-created activities in the winter months that brings students together and prevents isolation. £2,010 Moray House School Of Education Broken Silence: Women's Voices, Autonomy and Well-being This student-led event features art exhibitions, workshops, and discussions celebrating women's autonomy and resilience. £4,010 Moray House School Of Education Valuing and recognising feedback: Student's perceptions on the use of feedback This project aims enhance the student academic experience by raising awareness of the different types of feedback students receive, and how they can use this feedback as part of their studies. £1,200 School of Divinity Between Athens & Jerusalem: Classical Studies and Christian Origins in Dialogue An interdisciplinary conference to unite Biblical Studies and Classics researchers to explore shared methodological approaches and research interests. £2,050 School of Health in Social Science Brave Academic Spaces: decolonising to meet eachothers gaze This project improves student's sense of belonging to the university through improving cultural competence through "Brave Spaces. £4,293 School of Health in Social Science Death cafe for pre registration nursing students Provision of six facilitated Death cafe's over one year with for pre-registration nursing students, for students to share experiences and concerns about death & dying. £4,605 School of Health in Social Science STARS: Co-creating a video series to support students' understanding of research The project incorporates student voices and insights to co-produce a video series covering core research topics that are simple, fun and engaging. £5,000 School of History, Classics and Archaeology Lacuna: Reconstructed Objects from Edinburgh's Queer Past A community-minded treasure hunt exhibition across the University of Edinburgh's campuses. The exhibition will consist of twelve ceramics objects reflecting LGBTQ history. £1085.95 School of Law Jurisprudence by Experiment: Merits and Limits The project comprises two half-day workshops bringing together philosophers, cognitive psychologists, and legal philosophers to discuss the merits and limits of the use of experiments and empirical studies to contribute to the study of legal concepts. £2,100 School of Literature, Languages and Cultures The Edinburgh inter-University Film Festival (EIUFF) The Edinburgh Inter-University Film Festival aims to elevate emerging student filmmakers through screenings, talks, and workshops. £5,000 School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences Different Journeys: A student art exhibition Through a series of conversations, student artists will create original art pieces that reflect the narratives of mature students' lives before returning to education, fostering cross-generational understanding and tackling stigma on campus. £1,470 School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences Funding for Plurality to Print and Expand Plurality, established in December 2023, is an interdisciplinary intersectional feminist journal for undergraduates. Utilising the grant to improve our in-person events and get an Adobe InDesign subscription. £1,163 School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences Inclusive Language Learning Support for Neurodivergent Students at the University This project aims to develop an inclusive language learning support program for neurodivergent students at the University of Edinburgh. By providing tailored resources and peer-led workshops, the project enhances their academic and social experience. £4,800 School of Social and Political Science Conference on Myanmar This project will involve the organisation of a half day conference centred around the country of Myanmar. The conference will invite Myanmar academics in exile (based in the UK) to present their research in Edinburgh. £1,400 School of Social and Political Science Ekasi Scholar Stories Ekasi: Scholar Stories is a podcast series served to be a platform to amplify Mastercard Foundation Scholars voices who are committed to sustainable development, by highlighting their journeys of online and on-campus study. £1,720 School of Social and Political Science BISA Postgraduate Network Conference 2025 The British International Studies Association (BISA) Postgraduate Network will hold a three-day in-person conference at the University of Edinburgh for PhD students and early-career researchers across all disciplines within PIR in May 2025. £5,000 School of Social and Political Science Original Polling Data for Introduction to Political Data Analysis (IPDA) This project will give students on the pre-honours IPDA course in SSPS the opportunity to design and field original survey questions to a nationally representative sample, and to analyse the resulting data in their assessments for the course. £5,000 School of Social and Political Science Sport analytics as a nomadic field This project provides a crucial opportunity for sport analytics students distributed across the three Colleges of the University of Edinburgh to meet and showcase their work to the London-based sport analytics industry. £2,400 College of Science and Engineering School Project title Project overview Award amount School of Chemistry The Max Engine After record-breaking success at Race-2-Space 24 with the Wee-Maxwell engine, Scotland's first student liquid bi-propellant engine, Endeavour is developing the next engine for Race-2-Space 25, a milestone for the first liquid-fueled rocket in the UK. £2,000 School of Engineering Student-led participatory research: Celebrating the student voice and experience A hybrid workshop to introduce students to participatory research followed by an International workshop to showcase participatory research. £5,000 School of GeoSciences Decolonizing Indigenous Research Praxis: A Toolkit for Training at Edinburgh Project aims to bridge the gap between Indigenous and academic knowledge and research practice through a series of workshops and co-development of a toolkit to decolonize research. £5,000 School of GeoSciences Emotional Food Desserts: Chinese Students' Eating Experience in Edinburgh Expanding on the emotional dimension of the concept of 'food desserts' by taking a sample of Chinese international students in Edinburgh and focusing on the dietary issues they face in their lives. £3,189 School of GeoSciences Feeding the Future: Student-Led 'Serious Games' for Sustainable Food Systems Project aims to engage the public on food sustainability through 'serious games' at Glastonbury Festival. £5,000 School of GeoSciences Learning by leadership: A Climate Action Network A visit to the Amboseli and Chyulu Hills REDD+ sites for MSc Carbon Management students in Kenya, providing carbon management insights and aims to establish a Climate Action Network for University of Edinburgh students in Kenya. £2,933.26 School of Informatics Melody - Music Based Dating App This project aims to change the way students at Edinburgh University and other Universities interact with dating apps by harnessing the power of musical connection. £4,000 School of Informatics Theory Union Programming Languages at Edinburgh Successor A student-led academic conference on theoretical computer science. It will introduce students to academia and offer a new way for academics to show their work to undergraduates. £4,000 School of Informatics The AI Creativity Portal: A Dynamic Platform for Discovery and Connection A student-led development of an AI-powered, interactive website for the discovery and exploration of Creative AI related events, groups, and individuals in the University of Edinburgh. £4,956 School of Mathematics Fostering Student-Staff collaboration for Generative AI literacy toolkit A student-staff collaborative project to create open-source educational materials for the Gen-AI concepts with the aims to foster engaging, accessible Gen-AI literacy through creative and collaborative content creation. £4,300 College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine School Project title Project overview Amount awarded Edinburgh Medical School ATLAS Ambassadors: co-creation of innovative anatomical learning sessions This project will focus on establishing novel anatomical learning tools and sessions via co-creation with current anatomy students and the ATLAS (Anatomy Teaching Laboratory Additive manufacturing and Scanning) Facility team. £5,000 Edinburgh Medical School Medics' Musical 2025 A musical produced and performed by Edinburgh medical students in 5th year. The profits raised from the musical will go towards Waverley Care, a charity which supports people with Blood Borne Viruses in Scotland. £1,000 Edinburgh Medical School Optimising A Course In Communication Skills For Postgraduate Students Benchmarking and optimisation of a course for improved communication skills in scientific academia, a skill required throughout many programmes despite students varied cultural and experiential backgrounds. £2,600 Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies Co-Creating and Sharing Insights from the UoE-ILRI One Health Summer School Through a series of workshops and resources fostering collaboration, One Health education will be enhanced by developing and sharing insights from the Edinburgh-ILRI One Health Summer School. £5,000 Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies Creative Catalyst: Community of practice & Wellbeing retreat for PhD students This writing retreat will apply a peer-led model for GAAFS students and staff to build skills, enjoy fun activities, understand local food systems, and bring students from different PhD stages together to rebuild GAAFS community culture. £4,950 Non-Academic Department Department Project title Project overview Award amount Edinburgh University Sports Union UoESport.tv - students live streaming university student sport UoESport.tv is a platform created for the 'UoESport' students, staff and alumni community delivering live and on-demand sport streams to celebrate and promote the achievements of student athletes. £4,167.76 Student Experience Services Thriving at the University of Edinburgh Student Guide Envisioned as an illustrated handbook primarily for international students, this guide offers cultural insights, practical tips, and university resources to ease the transition to Edinburgh, fostering an inclusive, confident start to university life. £5,000 This article was published on 2025-01-16
