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Class of 2025: The Graduates Shaping Our Futures 

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Over one hundred students gathered beneath the dome of the University of Edinburgh’s McEwan Hall on the 26 November, marking the graduation of Edinburgh Futures Institute’s Class of 2025.  

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Building an Economy that Prevents Harm: Collaboration and Compassion Upstream 

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In this thought piece, Kristy Docherty (Scottish Prevention Hub) and Katherine Trebeck (Compassion in Financial Services Hub) explain why collaboration is vital to the work of creating an economy that prevents harm.

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Wintering Well: Building community in the darker months of the year

A lit candle in a glass holder sits on a surface, with warm, golden bokeh lights softly blurred in the background, creating a cozy and serene atmosphere.

In this post, Anna Duncan describes a series of events piloted by students and staff at Edinburgh Futures Institute and School of GeoSciences, to support each other through the dark winter days.

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Gender and the Machine: Care under Conditions of Constraint

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What does care look like when emotions are monitored by algorithms, precarious researchers hold institutions together, and trans communities build survival infrastructures with almost no resources?

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You Are Here: New Generative Artwork Launched at Edinburgh Futures Institute 

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A series of evocative and colourful patterns inspired by the stars are on display at Edinburgh Futures Institute, following the launch of “You Are Here.”

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University hosts winter coat collection points to support local community 

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Winter Coat Exchange event poster with University of Edinburgh and The Leith Collective logos, coats hanging on hooks, and a message asking for spare coat donations to help others keep warm this winter.

The University of Edinburgh has partnered with The Leith Collective/We Relove to host collection points for ‘The Winter Coat Exchange,’ an initiative providing warm clothing to those facing financial difficulty. 


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