Your donation will help students from financially disadvantaged backgrounds realise their dream of studying at the University of Edinburgh. With your donation, you are ensuring scholarships are available to students in the UK who never thought they would be able to come to university. With your donation, you are giving students from the lowest levels of household income a helping hand to lift themselves and their families out of poverty. The University of Edinburgh is the only university in the UK providing this level of support to students. And it is only possible because of people like you, thank you.
Thank you for choosing to support students through the Sir Chris Hoy Sports Scholarship Fund. Named after one of our most inspirational sporting alumni, this fund supports elite student athletes who are pursuing success in their academic and athletic endeavours. Your donation will give Edinburgh athletes the opportunity to fully commit to their sporting and academic goals, creating exceptional athletes and individuals who are well-positioned to excel in life after sport.
The Euan MacDonald Centre is a network of over 200 researchers across Scotland. Since it was established by the MacDonald family in 2007 the Centre’s research has been focused on discovering treatments, improving quality of life for people with motor neuron disease (MND) and understanding the biology of MND. It is our aim to make discoveries that will slow, stop and eventually reverse this devastating condition. Alongside our research, we are also delivering training for the next generation of MND research leaders and working with other charities and Scottish healthcare professionals to increase awareness of MND and MND research.
Your donation will help students who may have faced barriers in accessing higher education and those from under-represented groups develop the confidence, skills and connections to consider a range of careers through introductions to Edinburgh alumni working in an exciting range of sectors and environments. You can find out more about the Insights Programme and how your support is helping students at www.ed.ac.uk/students/careers/insights.
With your donation, you are part of a special group of people supporting creative community student projects at the University of Edinburgh. Together, supporters like you are giving students the opportunities to make a difference in local, national or international communities through Student Experience Grants. These projects range from providing affordable, organic food to residents of Edinburgh direct from local farms to enabling access to clean, safe drinking water in communities in Morocco.
Your donation is helping to revolutionise young lives at the University of Edinburgh. You are now part of a special group of supporters who are committed to helping students from the most disadvantaged backgrounds realise their dream of studying here. Together, you are helping to provide the best teaching and learning experience for our students and you are giving them opportunities to change lives themselves through their innovative community projects. With your support, more students can experience new cultures, new countries and new opportunities through an international trip. Thank you for your support.
Over the past 150 years, Edinburgh has delivered many great sporting achievements. Your donation to the Edinburgh University Sports Union Alumni Association 1866 Fund will create more opportunities for today’s clubs to realise their ambitions. By funding new initiatives or vital equipment, your gift will help our sporting students to develop their individual skills and aim for competitive success at the highest level.
Fieldwork is an essential course element for every undergraduate student in the School of GeoSciences, no matter their chosen subject area. It equips students with vital skills for their future careers, cements friendships and networks, and creates unforgettable memories. Thanks to the support of alumni and friends like you, all GeoSciences undergraduate students can take part in essential fieldwork regardless of their financial circumstances.
Viking Genes is a genetic and health study of 10,000 Scottish Islanders.
We’ve shown that the islands, such as Orkney, have their own distinct gene pools and that some genetic variants, linked to certain cancers and heart disease, are much more common than elsewhere in the UK, sometimes over 100 X higher for particular island populations. With this knowledge it has been possible to get individuals who have a higher risk of developing these life-threatening conditions, onto early NHS screening and treatment pathways, averting cancers and saving lives.
Viking Genes continues to work to improve the medical care available to islanders and their diaspora, who inherit the same genetic high risks. Targeted population screening to find those at higher risk much sooner is a proven cost-effective way of reducing cancer and disease burden in our society. It is currently in place, for example, for all Jewish populations in England and Wales, and we are advocating that islanders should have similar provision.
With your support, Viking Genes will continue to work to uncover more disease-causing genetic variants in these populations, to help deliver equitable genomic medicine to the Scottish Isles and their diasporas and improve health and well-being for these island communities.
