Working with schools

We work with teachers, schools and parents to develop inspiring and educational programmes in schools across the region. If you would like more information about our work in schools, and current opportunities available, email local@ed.ac.uk.

Leith Community Crops in Pots is a project that involves vulnerable children with emotional difficulties and needs in growing food.

Art students from Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) have been working on a collaborative project with children from Dunbar Primary School.

School pupils are to gain key skills needed by construction industry professionals in an initiative aimed at boosting recruitment in the sector.

Several Edinburgh schools work with the University’s Model United Nations Society to help pupils engage with world affairs and global challenges by learning more about how the UN works.

Edinburgh Local teamed up with a local primary school to tackle the issue of plastic waste. We hear from parent and staff member at the University's Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Thomas Williams...

Children in Leith can get help as they make the sometimes difficult transition between primary and secondary school.

Undergraduate Psychology students have been working with pupils at Craigroyston Community High School to introduce them to the subject.

We support and advise local pupils considering going to university, and their parents and advisers.

Pupils seek inspiration for the future through viewing and making art.

A free class for Biology teachers will equip them with a pack to teach immunology in a fun way.

A student-led project is running workshops in local schools to inspire pupils to study science subjects.

Specially-trained students are supporting teachers in delivering personal health and wellbeing sessions in schools.

More than 60 pupils from Leith Walk Primary School will take part in a breathtaking musical performance of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner in Old College from 21-23 March.

Students at the University's Trampoline Club are giving local primary school children an opportunity to try out the sport.

An innovative programme to teach Mandarin in East Lothian schools has now been adopted by other local authorities

A fun football tournament for a local after-school club was organised recently by members of the Edinburgh University Women's Association Football Club (EUWAFC).

GeoSciences students are helping local schools to deliver teaching on complex subjects such as climate change.

Pupils from Jedburgh Grammar School have participated in a Higher Biology workshop on DNA.

Maths students are supporting pupils while gaining valuable classroom experience.

Every year since 2008, our Edinburgh Neuroscience team here at the University organise a series of getBRAINY school workshops, coordinated by Dr Jane Haley, Edinburgh Neuroscience Scientific Coordinator.

For over two decades, the SCI-FUN Roadshow has delivered a ‘science centre’ experience to schools and communities in the Edinburgh region.

University staff are working with local schools to nurture aspiration.

Staff at cutting-edge cell research centre mentor local high school pupils.

History for Schools is a new programme at the University of Edinburgh that aims to get school pupils (from ages 13 to 16) excited about History.

At Science Insights, the University’s College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine students teach pupils from local schools learn about careers in science.

Literacy through Latin is a programme connecting enthusiastic student volunteers who know and love Latin, with classrooms in City of Edinburgh Council primary schools.

Read, Write, Count is a Scottish government-led campaign that aims to encourage families in Scotland to include easy and fun reading, writing and counting activities in their everyday lives