Community
We are proud of our community of students and staff
Easter Bush Postgraduate Student Society
Our on-campus students are members of the Easter Bush Postgraduate Student Society, which brings together postgraduate researchers, taught masters students and DVetMed scholars for social and academic activities. If you study on campus as a masters student, you will work closely with your classmates through tutorials, lectures and seminars, becoming part of a close-knit group over the duration of your programme.
We encourage our research students to interact and get to know each other through a series of induction activities in the School and through the Postgraduate Society. There is a wide range of seminar series, and team-building and development exercises are available though the Institute for Academic Development. You are encouraged to interact with the wider University postgraduate community through cross-school networks such as Edinburgh Infectious Diseases, Edinburgh Neuroscience and the Edinburgh Immunology Group, and by participating in the University-wide Three Minute Thesis competition. You are also encouraged to take part in public engagement events organised by the Roslin Institute and the R(D)SVS and to actively communicate about your science outside the University.
Networking spaces are vital in the fostering of a strong community and we are fortunate within the School to have excellent communal spaces for this purpose at the Easter Bush campus. Joining professional societies can also be beneficial to your postgraduate training and allows you membership of a wider academic community. In many cases societies offer travel grants for students, and membership usually entitles reduced or waived registration fees to society meetings. You will also have access to all the support services available across the wider University, including the Careers Service, Edinburgh Global, Edinburgh University Students’ Association, the independent Advice Place and the Student Counselling Service.
Online student community
Distance is no barrier if you choose to study online. Our online learning postgraduates are a diverse group of students from all over the world, united by their academic interests. Using our award-winning interactive learning environments, our online students and tutors maintain a supportive virtual community that ensures you get the best from your studies. If you can’t attend your graduation ceremony in person you can even enjoy a virtual graduation at the same time.
Our Graduate School provides an interdisciplinary, College-wide support network for all postgraduate students and staff. It is home to more than 3,100 postgraduate students studying within the R(D)SVS and Edinburgh Medical School.
The Graduate School supports and fosters the best possible learning and research environment, working in partnership with our two schools and the University’s central services to ensure your postgraduate student experience is world-class. It promotes the sharing of good practice across all teaching and research platforms, and aims to ensure that whether you study on campus or online, your academic and pastoral needs are appropriately provided for.
The Graduate School hosts a number of events, including the open day and online chat sessions for prospective students, welcome events, and our round of the international Three Minute Thesis competition.
The Graduate School Hub at the R(D)SVS
While studying at the R(D)SVS you will be supported by a team of administrators based in the Postgraduate Hub in the vet school building and in the Roslin Institute.
Our MSc administrators are the first point of contact for all taught postgraduate students and staff. The administrators work as a team with staff supporting online learning and on-campus programmes. As well as dealing with all aspects of programme administration, they are the front line student support officers for any queries or issues, with the knowledge and experience to direct you to the appropriate resource to provide any additional support.
Our postgraduate research administrators are based in the Roslin Institute building. They provide support for our MSc by Research and PhD students and staff and for the DVetMed programme. We also have a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) administrator who supports the delivery of online and on-site CPD courses, including the Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Practice.