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Develop design skills whilst addressing sustainability issues in fashion through creative reuse, garment upcycling, and waste-reducing...

How do we feed 11 billion people? Discover the importance of sustainable food systems on a global scale. 

Take the next step in your Swahili learning and continue to discover the basics of one of the most widely spoken languages of Africa.

Take the next step in your Swahili learning and go beyond the basics of one of the most widely spoken languages in Africa.

Take the next step in your Swahili learning and go beyond the basics of one of the most widely spoken languages in Africa.

Technology to Support ASN in Education - highlight and explore a range of assistive technologies and resources for pupils who require additional...

The technology to support dyslexia course will focus on and explore a range of technologies, resources, and strategies to support learners with...

This four week course is for teachers, Qualifications Scotland coordinators, technical and digital learning leads and senior management who wish...

Some books have the reputation of being difficult and scare potential readers away. This course aims to make some notoriously ‘difficult’ texts...

Step into 17th-century Holland to compare the different approaches of Rembrandt and Vermeer, two contemporaries who transformed European...

Should we be excited about the Higgs Boson? Find out more about particle physics and understanding the universe in this course.  

Based at the National Museum of Scotland, uncover stories linking the history of colour with culture, society, and art.

Join us for a taste of the texts inspired by or created in the city of Edinburgh. 

Join us at the Scottish National Gallery to discover the paintings that explore the theme of identity in art.

Explore 15–17th century masterpieces through study and gallery visits, tracing how Europe’s greatest paintings came to Scotland’s national...

Join us at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery to learn about slavery in Scotland’s past, through discussion of portraits and gallery items.

The Monthly Poet aims to open up poetry to everyone. Meet for three classes, over a three-month period and in each session explore an individual...

The Monthly Read celebrates the pleasures of reading and discussions of books. Meet for three classes and in each class explore one novel linked...

Explore the examples of interdisciplinary research and ways that the social sciences can be used in the field of nitrogen research. 

Join us at the National Museum of Scotland to explore 18th–19th c. travellers’ tales of Scotland and contrast promised romantic visions with...

What is your cat revealing to you when they purr? Understand your pet better with this course.  

How does an ‘unreliable narrator’ in a book affect storytelling and reader engagement? Come and find out through the study of some key literary...

Take the next step in your Turkish learning and continue to discover the basics of the language that opens the door to Turkey’s history and...

Take the next step in your Turkish learning and go beyond the basics of the language which will open the door to Turkey’s rich history and...