As this year’s Black History Month in the US draws to an end, we at the Arcadia Edinburgh Center have been reflecting on… More
Joan Haig
Student Services Officer
Joan Haig
Student Services Officer
As this year’s Black History Month in the US draws to an end, we at the Arcadia Edinburgh Center have been reflecting on what we’ve done over the years, and what we can do, to help support and promote Black History and to encourage our students in taking… More
As I watch the first signs of seasonal change in my garden (what North Americans may call my back yard) – copper-coloured beech trees dropping leaves, irises and hollyhocks dying back – I reflect on how lucky I am to have direct access to the outdoors… More
At the end of March, as Arcadia’s students were packing their bags to return home and preparing to move their studies online in response to the global pandemic, children around Scotland were making a shift to virtual learning. Schools in Scotland will… More
We’re all missing green spaces right now – the beach and forest backdrops of online meetings are no substitute for the real thing. In the words of nineteenth-century naturalist, John Muir, ‘Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and… More
This year, Book Week Scotland (18-24 November) is organised around the theme of the fantastic Scottish word ‘blether’. blether/ˈblɛðə/ n. a person who chatters incessantly; idle talk, v. to engage in idle talk, to chatter; C16 from Old Norse blathra… More