Education

We have been involved in developing high quality teaching materials that are used in Scottish schools and classrooms as well as internationally. Our research feeds directly into the curriculum and we have also led training sessions for teachers.

Latin centos and the readers of Latin poetry in late antiquity

Dr Aaron Pelttari’s research on cento poetry has had a significant effect on the teaching of literacy to primary school pupils in Edinburgh by offering new ways of thinking about modern literature and culture.

More information about the Latin centos project

Understanding the Indian Uprising of 1857

The ‘Mutiny at the Margins’ research team has challenged popular assumptions that the Indian Uprising of 1857 was a military mutiny, supported by only a small section of the civilian elite.

Scottish history and schools

Work by two distinguished Edinburgh University historians has been the starting point for much of the History curriculum in Scottish secondary schools.