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01:17:45 Promoting fairer access to Scottish universities:… Promoting fairer access to Scottish universities: how can this be achieved?	Promoting fairer access to Scottish universities: how can this be achieved? This is the second annual memorial lecture in honour of the late Professor David Raffe. Professor Vikki Bolover of Durhan University drew on her recent research in Scotland to consider how we can… speaker 2 false negatives support students degree program access threshold long time 1st year justice knowledge gaps disavantaged students institution specific academic skills social background individual level secondary school effects bottom quintile percent mark scottish funding council disadvantaged students speaker 1 association of commonwealth universities free school widening participation high grades disadvantaged backgrounds scottish academic degrees selective universities fair admission measurement subject knowledge gaps universities human communication disadvantaged young people area level measure mentioned earlier lecture egalitarianism tariffs universities universities in scotland english degree educational stages scottish context higher tariff universities deprived neighborhood audience member education in england degree classification lecture recording political science terms u.k.communication good degree scottish universities disadvantage person genuinely fair equality advantage group heroic disadvantage fair access entry requirement deprived background winding access coded red false positives david raffe admitting students 1st question s.f.c.people coming contextualised admissions higher education youth-led organizations percent target paradigm shift disadvantaged people cognitive science young people caption complete formal equality scotland free school meals scientific method procedural justice widening access edinburgh individual university academically selective entire population medium tariff universities deprived communities business terms shallow relationship fairer access From Ileana Iacobescu 3 Months ago 0 likes 39 views 0 Licence Type All rights reserved The University of Edinburgh
59:38 Prof Agustin Fuentes - Why do we believe_ Prof Agustin Fuentes - Why do we believe_	Prof Agustin Fuentes - Why do we believe_ Prof Agustin Fuentes - Why do we believe_ long lasting moods 30000 years general practices involving humans today human evolution 8000 years evolutionary biology incredibly powerful islam human behavior cognitive system mental representation common sense socioeconomics communication teaching civil society cave art moral systems human communities genus homo lithics big god religion homo groups large scale cognition study of religion gifford lectures hinduism truth sociology of culture neuro biological exact meaning establish powerful persuasive 400000 years social complexity initial glimmerings time frame philosophical terminology 100000 years cognitive scientists key data economic structures human experience evolutionary success social sciences religious tradition psychology cognitive psychology stone tool complex systems theory oral communication religion human capacity football game belief systems human cognitive anthropology ontology doctrines practices punishing god religion and science mental content criminal law early human neural biological human evolutionary material record archaeological artefact types mental impressions geomorphology cognitive modeling political science terms god religion statements life ways religious belief material item big god religious behaviour and experience tools landscape religious experience metaphysics of mind human imagination spirituality religious institutions large groups human groups christianity religious systems hand axe contemporary human 300000 years transcendent experience sociology index final lecture hominin fossils southern africa theories of mind great question 1000000 year ledger sign subjective experience human belief imagination human history clam shell meaning making cognitive science 65000 years big pile human landscape material symbols pedagogy time period christian theology transcended experiences cognitive communicative contemporary religions cave walls single community legit sign daily life 340000 years coastal geography religious capacity truth claims institutes caption complete supernatural agency detection anthropologist roy rappaport economics terminology sociological terminology social philosophy church service social psychology religious ritual material evidence evolutionary processes evolution explanations human record educational psychology political economic archaeology roy rappaport tells creating material directly connected effects From Lesley Middlemass 3 Months ago 0 likes 18 views 0 Licence Type All rights reserved The University of Edinburgh
01:02:50 Prof Agustin Fuentes - How do we believe_ Prof Agustin Fuentes - How do we believe_	Prof Agustin Fuentes - How do we believe_ Prof Agustin Fuentes - How do we believe constructed structures institutions traditions cultural processes anthropology journals speaker 2 brain speaker 1 detached mental representation human evolution evolutionary biology human lineage human behavior material reality ubiquitous semiotic ecosystem evolutionary process detached representation mental representation social philosophy external context systems scientific terminology central process highly social mammals social traditions memory processes human cultural humans culture move forward effects semiotics audience member 5 broad scale audience member 7 audience member 6 audience member 1 mutual interface audience member 3 audience member 2 human body current external gifford lectures material items material indications 400000 years 5th lecture philosophical terminology socially transmitted culture human experience social sciences define culture sociology genetics evolutionary history stone tool complex systems theory resoundingly material reality speaker 21 speaker 20 speaker 23 speaker 22 speaker 25 speaker 24 personal experience human capacity philosophy of biology human anatomy belief systems evolutionary psychology anthropology human language cultural construct ecclesiastical titles audience member 4 mental content ethology speaker 14 speaker 15 speaker 16 speaker 17 speaker 10 speaker 11 speaker 12 speaker 13 toxicology speaker 18 speaker 19 frontal lobes human activity cybernetics systems theory tools human ancestors metaphysics of mind lecture series inextricably bound michael thomas human brain sociological terminology culture works 1st lecture sociology index structuring structures direct comparison cultural experience semantics mental imagery 2000000 year fossil record behavior human organism history personal life imagination cognitive science cerebrum education terminology caption complete lion man humanities human culture human process audience member social psychology term culture multiple disciplines structures predisposed beings capable structure ontology deviance and social control literary theory academic administration archaeology From Lesley Middlemass 3 Months ago 0 likes 22 views 0 Licence Type All rights reserved The University of Edinburgh
01:12:33 Three Minute Thesis Final 2018 Three Minute Thesis Final 2018	Three Minute Thesis Final 2018 Three Minute Thesis Final 2018 international relations u.k. competition concepts in physics special guest 3rd year injuries xml fluorescent tag death high pressure teaching g.d.p.personhood minute thesis competition minute basis soap box science effects communication skills security short notice google climate change academic degrees intelligent lay previous years employment social sciences mental health short interlude p.h.d.addressing violations office equipment motor neuron disease great thing social media greatest teacher physiology choice award undergraduate degree economics hard work worth mentioning human rights u.k.internet connection cognitive impairment development team personal development live streaming quantum mechanics streaming audience law of obligations stem cell 1st time competition sunny afternoon conservation spending 1st place pretty impressive google translate hash tag career development human resource management flash photography international human rights tissues law enforcement neurons 2nd year counseling education caption complete application layer protocols terrorism communications and marketing human stem cell training program thermal electric running order abuse minute thesis political science law google services business terms public engagement mass media clinical brain science neurological disorders From Lesley Middlemass 3 Months ago 0 likes 1 views 0 Licence Type All rights reserved The University of Edinburgh
01:27:50 Prof Elaine Howard Ecklund - Science and Religion… Prof Elaine Howard Ecklund - Science and Religion in Global Public Life	Prof Elaine Howard Ecklund - Science and Religion in Global Public Life Prof Elaine Howard Ecklund - Science and Religion in Global Public Life public life successful scientist faith interface natural sciences social science rice university u.k.religious communities evan jellicoe basic truths real scientists fewer science survey methodology speaker two global science workforce higher order sam harris stephen jay public understanding religious people religious group graduate students harvard university alumni fox news scientific study secular scientists human geography human embryos scientists colleagues effects religious public evan jellicoe christians richard dawkins angelical christian social distribution jellicoe protestant convinced atheists religion relationship political philosophy demography sociology of culture knowledge paradigms human embryonic stem young earth sociological theories climate change philosophical terminology religiously unaffiliated social conditions public policy social sciences religious tradition survey respondents disengagement from religion boundary pioneer scientific work nobel peace prize laureates religious scientist religion social psychologist science community scientific community philosophy of religion approach religion religious behaviour and experience religious atheist scientists substantial minority independence perspective u.s.spiritual atheist national context fellow scientists ecclesiastical titles pioneers scientists u.k. physicist muslim scientists language religion and science positive psychology secularism social change human reproductive genetic religious terminology social scientific close friends boundary pioneers scientists natural science speaker one communication community social scientist atheist scientist reproductive genetic technologies population ecology studying societies spirituality discrimination religious beliefs narrow set social distance information science science resources sociological terminology religious person human life embryology completely separate environmental care religiously based sociology scientific training sociology of religion population science relationship data collection morally wrong core values italy taiwan jellicoe christian scientific issues social conflict hong kong gifford lecture christian theology medical science top university education terminology science classes sociology index design of experiments religion and society ideologies great pleasure social reality conflict paradigm trespassing zone social psychology caption complete communications and marketing conflict report belonging faith community tex editors conflict perspective pioneer scientists scientific workplace scientist told religion interface general population scientists friends social philosophy religious individual faith traditions sociology journals embryonic stem cell mainline protestants theology atheism association of american universities academic administration religious lives academic disciplines From Lesley Middlemass 3 Months ago 0 likes 11 views 0 Licence Type All rights reserved The University of Edinburgh
01:17:28 Andrew Carnegie Lecture Series Beatriz Colomina Andrew Carnegie Lecture Series Beatriz Colomina	Andrew Carnegie Lecture Series Beatriz Colomina Andrew Carnegie Lecture Series Beatriz Colomina emotion international relations existing system people experiment communication widget toolkits speaker 2 speaker 3 speaker 1 emotions speaker 4 sociolinguistics andrew carnegie magazine architectural history education middle states association of colleges and schools social sciences princeton university caption complete historical eras publications by format colonial colleges modern history american magazines education terminology philosophy of law international speakers great pleasure program project management institutes radical pedagogy collaboration columbia university cold war sociology index collaborative landscape architecture carnegie texas rangers international scholar community student grammar fictional orphans social philosophy semantics architectural design anthropology school elementary mathematics carnegie lecture educational psychology architectural theory normative thinking 20th century professor beatrice debating project thing political philosophy printing architecture academic administration pedagogy feeling philosophical concepts effects From Lesley Middlemass 3 Months ago 0 likes 2 views 0 Licence Type All rights reserved The University of Edinburgh
01:12:10 Dr Niki Vermeulen, Dr Bill Jenkins and team -… Dr Niki Vermeulen, Dr Bill Jenkins and team - Curious Edinburgh	Dr Niki Vermeulen, Dr Bill Jenkins and team - Curious Edinburgh Dr Niki Vermeulen, Dr Bill Jenkins and team - Curious Edinburgh social science national museum discuss ideas science tour speaker 2 speaker 3 speaker 1 speaker 6 speaker 7 speaker 4 speaker 5 student culture speaker 8 long time alumni of king's college london high street jewish history systems theory purpose built archdeacons of colchester lieutenancy areas of scotland archive association delphic car factory british capitals effects word press general science royal society cognition phone app industrial heritage william peck hand side philosophical terminology capitals in europe members of the philosophical society of edinburgh school types open street map walking tour peter higgs jewish community hardware (mechanical)social sciences transport english electronic music groups local community districts of scotland adam smith car factory edinburgh city scottish business theorists musical quartets discontinued operating systems council areas of scotland 18th century ecclesiastical titles fellows of the royal society of edinburgh international connections positive psychology south side electric car town council u.k.hiking grade i listed buildings in london communication collaborative effort man called 1st kind ontology open source india company modern history creativity oyster club glasgow university medical education founder fellows of the royal society of edinburgh university precinct early 19th century latest ideas sun microsystems software science history science technology medical students orden de las artes y las letras de españa recipients science technology medicine human flourishing national library time period gas works scottish naval tourist activities botanic gardens companies of the united kingdom university library caption complete great pleasure scottish philosophers internet culture communications and marketing medical school final thoughts edinburgh science festival alumni of the university of glasgow military academy philosophy time deal alumni of the university of edinburgh dramatic topography theatre royal 2nd millennium academics of the university of edinburgh tour guides fellows of the royal society thought john henry academic administration nobel prize academic disciplines archaeology curious edinburgh From Lesley Middlemass 3 Months ago 0 likes 15 views 0 Licence Type All rights reserved The University of Edinburgh
01:00:39 Prof Agustin Fuentes - How did we change the… Prof Agustin Fuentes - How did we change the world_	Prof Agustin Fuentes - How did we change the world_ Prof Agustin Fuentes - How did we change the world_ livestock speaker 2 speaker 1 living spaces monumental architecture human evolution 8000 years thursday evening human populations gifted lectures web urban populations 14000 years human community systems theory systems emergent warfare scientific terminology 2000000 years military terminology gifted lecture geography terminology 27000 years role differentiation wolves started 3rd lecture ecosystems group lethal violence christina specific location large scale cognition human evolutionary history gifford lectures cave painting demography sociology of culture 25000 years philosophical terminology lethal violence biological systems human nature contemporary human human experience domestic story processes sociology social systems preservation storage coordinated large scale elizabeth templeton lecture good question market structure and pricing central component philosophy of religion slave trade human behavior clear evidence anthropology stone tools economic systems ecclesiastical titles human belief religion and science ethology audience member geomorphology large community agustin life ways community 7000 years gender differences belief system tools residential structures left marks lecture series human groups contemporary patterns structure sociological terminology sacred space sociology index atory relationships english-language journals 12000 years early wild rice gendered social environmental science population food ingredients smaller household human history domestic atory economic role time period coastal geography personal life 1000000 years accumulation storage education terminology 500000 year social structure caption complete human culture social philosophy resource management systems firearms social psychology 1st evidence 10000 years lectures web global ecosystem human geography brian ferguson 68000 years identity quarterly journals sociocultural evolution political economic academic administration political structures archaeology effects From Lesley Middlemass 3 Months ago 0 likes 10 views 0 Licence Type All rights reserved The University of Edinburgh
01:06:25 Prof Agustin Fuentes - What makes us human_ Prof Agustin Fuentes - What makes us human_	Prof Agustin Fuentes - What makes us human_ Prof Agustin Fuentes - What makes us human d.n.a.feedback processes speaker 2 speaker 3 speaker 1 speaker 6 speaker 7 speaker 4 human evolution evolutionary biology human lineage biology of gender human behavior material reality causality systems theory sensory system systems semiotic ecosystem 2000000 years genus homo genetic difference incredible genetic effects semiotics libertarian theory broad scale evolutionary time cognition social behavior elementary geometry political philosophy demography animal anatomy blooded animals complex ways sexual dimorphism 25000 years 400000 years 5th lecture contemporary evolutionary philosophical terminology sex 100000 years material evidence human nature gifford lectures contemporary human theories social sciences 1200000 years evolutionary sense genetics brain size essential feature increasingly complex complex systems theory megafauna fingers oral communication biological social scientific terminology vast majority complex social lives evolutionary perspective warm blooded behavior new york university faculty clear evidence processing caledonian crows anthropology eating behaviors ontology notre dame individualism religion and science ethology simply program blue whales tool making cybernetics belief system tools evolutionary history sexually dimorphic sociological terminology 300000 years 1st lecture sociology index genes living things critical factors speaker 5 human issue semantics fossil record brain growth small female geometry reproduction belief emerge time period genetic traits 4000000 years personal life 1000000 years social learning large predators process changing human niche autonomy evolutionary explanation speaker 8 social philosophy social psychology making stone tools human nation abstraction biological anthropologist cognitive psychology sociology feedback loop evolutionary processes structure educational psychology chaos theory literary theory stone tool archaeology From Lesley Middlemass 3 Months ago 0 likes 48 views 0 Licence Type All rights reserved The University of Edinburgh
01:01:45 Prof. Agustin Fuentes - Who are we_ Belief,… Prof. Agustin Fuentes - Who are we_ Belief, evolution, and our place in the world	Prof. Agustin Fuentes - Who are we_ Belief, evolution, and our place in the world Prof. Agustin Fuentes - Who are we_ Belief, evolution, and our place in the world d.n.a.speaker 2 speaker 1 human evolution evolutionary biology human behavior phylogenetics scientific analysis fig tree kinship and descent 2000000 years social system scottish thinkers population genetics genus homo lithics effects primates human capacity cognition gifford lectures fossil record research methods earliest hominids philosophical terminology direct ancestor living things human experience social sciences sociology genetics brain size california berkeley stone tool great time complex social lives philosophy of religion belief systems early hominids anthropology academic staff 6000000 year william robertson eating behaviors cercopithecine monkeys religion and science ethology archaeological artefact types audience member u.k.family creativity large cat tools landscape statistics neurobiology grasping hands macaque monkeys notre dame good deal sociological terminology d.n.a. sequence term belief sociology index people movement hominin fossils 3000000 years common ancestor psychotherapy gifford lecture genealogy early cluster recent single origin hypothesis behavior specific lineage minute details large predators personal life genetic genealogy education terminology caption complete contemporary society social landscape social philosophy social psychology 1st evidence faith practices deep roots evolutionary processes daily lives psychology educational psychology 4000000 years analysis speeding cars academic administration coming lectures evaluation methods human story archaeology From Lesley Middlemass 3 Months ago 0 likes 7 views 0 Licence Type All rights reserved The University of Edinburgh
00:52 Student Disability Services - Who Are We -… Student Disability Services - Who Are We - Victoria Buchanan	Student Disability Services - Who Are We - Victoria Buchanan An overview of the Student Disability Service. March 2019 people house expect broader encompass injuries issues caption complete provide things support disability health student disability service conditions associate dependent differences includes sensory effects student impairments educational psychology university specific academic place definitions From Colin McLean 3 Months ago 0 likes 17 views 0 Publisher College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Licence Type All rights reserved The University of Edinburgh Language English Date Created 21/03/2019
58:36 The mathematics of burger flipping - Jean-Luc… The mathematics of burger flipping - Jean-Luc Thiffeault	The mathematics of burger flipping - Jean-Luc Thiffeault The mathematics of burger flipping Jean-Luc Thiffeault - University of Wisconsin-MadisonHiggs Centre for Theoretical Physics Colloquium state functions sequences and series formal sciences p.d.f.optimal solution recurrence relation good conductor philosophical terminology concepts in physics material properties time delta top temperature slab geometry perfect inductor operator mathematical terminology fixed point simple argument heat operator long time heat transfer ontology fluid dynamics temperature flipping operator interesting thing heat equation 1st leg creativity pretty obvious single flip thermodynamics food object burger flipping flip operator ventilating temperature difference caption complete infinitely fast heat conduction temperature scale middle point temperature distribution periodic orbit final point algebra food lab oil campaign of world war ii final phase mathematical analysis initial condition total cooking time effects graphics boundary condition t.k.2nd half heat flux physical quantities temperature profile mechanical engineering horizontal axis 2nd flip calorimetry integral equation cognition cooking time conduction profile heating food science higgs centre thought business terms cooking temperature top surface and air conditioning body condition upper bound current system idea function expansion room temperature From Brian Pendleton 3 Months ago 0 likes 29 views 0 Licence Type All rights reserved The University of Edinburgh Date Created 21/03/2019
00:31 Teacher Education Open Day Teacher Education Open Day	Teacher Education Open Day Always dreamed of being a teacher? Gain the skills you need and the registration required to teach in Scotland on one of our Initial Teacher Education programmes. Join our Teacher Education Open… moray house school of education and sport moray house teacher education initial teacher education pgde transformative learning and teaching From Aiko Greig 3 Months ago 0 likes 2 views 0 Publisher Aiko Greig Licence Type All rights reserved The University of Edinburgh Language English
02:00:00 Climate Crisis Event Climate Crisis Event	Climate Crisis Event Climate Crisis Panel Event carbon footprint social science $1.00 degrees climate science luther king applied ethics evolutionary biology long time human behavior systems theory positive vision global challenges effects u.n.evolution grammar good news qualified person political philosophy david attenborough sociology of culture holocene b.b.c.sustaining resistance carbon dioxide philosophical terminology 100000 years extinction rebellion greek mythological hero cult social sciences social movements forestry commission trees grow sociology university of edinburgh good question microeconomics climate crisis good start climate carbon neutrality interpersonal relationships local governments positive psychology sea level legally binding negotiation tree hugger u.k.communication earth system wonderful thing cybernetics amazon rain forest social media u.k. government sociological terminology sociology index climate scientist 1st time global south virtue basic meteorological concepts and phenomena environmental economics edinburgh council civil rights movement electric power distribution electrical engineering small groups 1.5 degree report original letter school climate strike 1000000 years social change specific 2nd demand education revolutions citizens assembly safer climate future 10000 years social issues 3rd speaker global warming u.n. representative blah blah human communication completely agree social responsibility acoustics domain name system business terms mass media climate change academic disciplines archaeology From Alison Newell 3 Months ago 0 likes 22 views 0 Course Code Not Applicable Publisher University of Edinburgh Chaplaincy Licence Type All rights reserved The University of Edinburgh Language English Date Created 06/03/2019
34:24 Episode 3 - Climate optimism or fatalism:… Episode 3 - Climate optimism or fatalism: Teaching climate change in today's university	Episode 3 - Climate optimism or fatalism: Teaching climate change in today's university In this third episode, MSc Environmental Sustainability student, Polly Wells, returns as our guest host to continue this conversation with three University of Edinburgh staff members: Velda McCune,… emotion social psychology motivation higher education problem solving speaker one communication solar panels community speaker 2 developing curricula speaker 1 skill sets emotions learning economics speaker two professional network effects wicked problem personal development social media philosophical schools and traditions education knowledge economics terminology cognitive neuroscience iad education terminology teaching matters sociological terminology policy teaching social movements speaker five professional engineers sustainability issues edinburgh mass media caption complete social information processing increasing empathy environmental sustainability speaker three social ethics sustainability encourage students tackling climate change student speaker four academic degrees educational stages project management previous episode climate optimism interpersonal relationships educational psychology 100 percent skills cognition positive psychology cold hard academic development collaboration social responsibility university level academic administration 1st year climate change pedagogy learning environment learning style From Sarah Thomas 4 Months ago 0 likes 9 views 0 Publisher The Institute for Academic Development Licence Type Creative Commons - Attribution Language English Date Created 27/02/2019
31:19 Episode 1 - Climate optimism or fatalism:… Episode 1 - Climate optimism or fatalism: Teaching climate change in today's university	Episode 1 - Climate optimism or fatalism: Teaching climate change in today's university This podcast complements the University’s Teaching Matters blog, and invites students and staff to engage in topical conversations. The first three episodes accompany the Teaching Matters… emotion motivation positive psychology plastic recycling social science climate change issues climate change applied ethics conservative town interesting point academic administration big problem engineering young people learning teaching matters social sciences caption complete social media philosophical schools and traditions education knowledge sustainable development justice iad education terminology labor climate justice hydro power good point teaching 1st episode liberal arts huge amount edinburgh humanities student philosophical terminology mass media human behavior appropriate technology organizations environmental social science making decisions move forward sociology 7000000000 people effects environmental issues psychology climate optimism academic disciplines sustainability cognition economics social justice environmental anxiety emotions student society wrong direction behavior electrical engineering electrical engineer religious studies international projects climate change policy teaching methods From Sarah Thomas 4 Months ago 0 likes 17 views 0 Publisher The Institute for Academic Development Licence Type Creative Commons - Attribution Language English Date Created 20/02/2019

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