The diverse community of the University of Edinburgh's School of Divinity includes the community of New College, one of the Church of Scotland's main Scottish centres of Christian learning, and a key part of our History as a School. The Opening Service is a Christian Service to mark the start of the Academic year, to which all are warmly invited.
The preacher is Principal of New College, Professor Susan Hardman Moore.
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