CRESC is the ‘Economic and Social Research Council’s centre for research on socio-cultural change. It is a £4.5 million research council funded major international research centre analyzing socio-cultural change. It is the first major research centre in Britain to develop a broad, empirically focused account of cultural change and its economic, social and political implications. Read more…
The Pear Tree House does not stand still for very long! Since coming to the Pear Tree last year George Fyvie has striven to create a powerhouse hub to give back to the community as much as we have been given! They make extensive use of the Counting House (upon which the dome of the Usher Hall was based due to it being the traditional home of the Usher family.
“We also count ourselves proud to be a home to many local groups such as Edinburgh Tango and Edinbop Swing Dancing, along with The Edinburgh Fortean Society, Midlife Crisis rock and grunge and the fantastic Ragged University project – aiming at giving free education to all who want to learn!” Read more…
Name of speaker and subject:
Dr Tim Willis, Flexpansion Ltd.
BA (Linguistics & Phonetics, Leeds), MSc (Cognitive Science & Natural Language, Edinburgh), PhD (Informatics, Edin.)
Good morning this is a talk based on the introductory tutorial Edinburgh University offers in Linguistics & Phonetics, which I’ve taught several times. There’s so much in here it could be stretched ad infinitum, but these are some of the topics which I touch on in my work:
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Alice Hawkins was a woman who was right at the heart of the suffragette movement in the UK. Peter, her great grandson, recounts the story of her life here for everyone to enjoy as a part of the Ragged University project – www.raggeduniversity.co.uk
Although the tattooing element of extInked is now finished, the project is far from over with many of the ambassadors launching fundamental follow-up awareness raising projects. The ambassador for the Western Capercaillie, Nick Dixon, is starting a grassroots group to support the RSPB affiliated ‘Friends of the Western Capercaillie’.
I’m a longterm peace, human rights and nuclear disarmament campaigner. In 1996 together with other concerned individuals I founded Edinburgh CAAT Group and have been active as a campaigns organiser for 14 years.
A Campaign Against Arms Trade began in 1975 in England, established by individuals and groups who saw a need for an organisation focusing specifically on challenging the Government’s active support of a trade which fuels conflict, aids repressive regimes and aggravates poverty
