Seven students (and one staff volunteer) completed this extracurricular digital research project amassing both the requisite 55-80 hours of volunteering time AND the significant & demonstrable impact in improving the topic coverage of their chosen project area on the free and open encyclopedia, Wikipedia.<\/p>\n
Their projects covered a wide range of topics which often complemented their studies (and at times provided a respite\/holiday from their studies) as well as, importantly, enhancing & evidencing their graduate capabilities and digital research skills in such diverse project areas as:<\/p>\n
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- Scots Law<\/a>;<\/li>\n
- Swedish and Hispanic literature<\/a>;<\/li>\n
- Greek and Roman historical sites<\/a>;<\/li>\n
- Religion in Spain<\/a>;<\/li>\n
- Biochemistry<\/a>;<\/li>\n
- the History of Brunei<\/a>;<\/li>\n
- Qingtian and its diasporas<\/a>;<\/li>\n
- Health and Culture in Nigeria<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
By the award\u2019s completion, our 2025 Edinburgh Award achievers had contributed over 80,000 words and 1200 references to the largest reference work on the internet, and their work had amassed over 1 million pageviews from interested readers all around the world.<\/p>\n
The student achievers were then presented with their certificate of completion, and record of their achievement added on their Higher Education Achievement Report, at a celebration event evening for all Edinburgh Award achievers at the University’s Playfair Library during Reading Week in April.<\/p>\n
Watch the 2024\/2025 short video presentations on Media Hopper<\/a> and consider volunteering for this year\u2019s award commencing with a workshop on 21 October 2025 <\/strong>where you can meet other participants and formally enroll.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Register your interest here<\/a><\/p>\n
And we look forward to working with you and toasting your Award success!<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nHere’s an example ‘end of award’ presentation by one of our 2023 achievers, Ana Aldazabal (pictured above on left), on her project on Latin American literature (suggested by Professor Fiona Mackintosh).<\/p>\n
NB: If you are a member of staff at the University then you can also get involved by suggesting topic areas and\/or resources (like course reading lists)<\/a> that would be helpful and of interest to the students for project idea inspiration as to where they could so some good improving topic coverage on Wikipedia.<\/p>\n
- Swedish and Hispanic literature<\/a>;<\/li>\n