The Centre for Open Learning (COL) at @EdinburghUni - we offer the following: English Language Education, @UoEAccess, Summer School, LifeLong Learning and IFP.
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The Centre for Open Learning (COL) is now closed for winter break. ❄️
We’ll respond to your enquiries as soon as possible after reopening on Monday 5 January 2026.
Wishing our community a joyful festive season and a Happy New Year from everyone at COL! 🎄✨
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The University of Edinburgh’s Centre for Open Learning is now closed for winter break.
We will aim to reply to your enquiry as soon as possible after we reopen on Friday 3 January 2025.
Learn more 👇
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#HappyCOLidays
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University of Edinburgh's Centre for Open Learning retweeted
12 Dec 2024
#THECampus | We need to get to know our international students better: to create inclusive classrooms for international students, we must address bias and challenge assumptions. Meg Maclean of @UoEOpenLearning @EdinburghUni explains how
bit.ly/49x9TNU
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The @EdinburghUni Annual Carol Service at McEwan Hall is back this Sunday 8 December!
Celebrate the festive season with an evening of beautiful carols and festive cheer🎄🎵
Everyone is welcome to attend this free event!
Full details 👇
edin.ac/3Ba3ADn
#HappyCOLidays
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📣We are now accepting applications for our 2025/26 #AccessProgramme
Here at COL, we're proud to have helped students of all ages and backgrounds return to higher education since 2018.
More info👇 #NeverTooLate
Applications for our 2025/26 #AccessProgramme are now open!
Former student, Tristan, talks about why he chose our part-time programme here @EdinburghUni to help him achieve his academic and professional goals.
Learn more and apply 👇
edin.ac/3Od0AZD
#NeverTooLate
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University of Edinburgh's Centre for Open Learning retweeted
Huge congratulations to former Access student Euan Stamper who is currently in 3rd year of undergraduate study at @EdinburghUni.
Euan Stamper was awarded the Sir William Darling Memorial prize for his commitment to WP peer support activities.
Well done, Euan!👏
@UniofEdWPteam
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Congratulations to our Head of Humanities Dr Anthea Coleman Chan who graduated this week with a Doctorate of Education 🎉
18 Jul 2024
Last graduate from Edinburgh's EdD prog finally crosses the finish line! Thank you to my family, friends, and my colleagues, mentor, and supervisors at COL and MHSES @UoEShortCourses @MorayHouse who crowdsurfed me to this final stage. @ollphilosophyjg @DrMaxJaede @LMcIlrath
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Our @UoEShortCourses are now called Lifelong Learning.
Learn more about our rebrand👇
edin.ac/4brgUPH
#LifelongLearning @EdinburghUni
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Connected Communities Event: 23 June
International #RefugeeWeek is approaching and we are hosting an event at our Holyrood Campus quad.
Music will include Capoeira, Duo Hyperborea, Maimouna Ly and Edinburgh Bagra Crew.
Feel free to come along, have fun and share!
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Our friends @EdinUni_IGC are running @pintofscience. They've got lots of events running tonight and tomorrow at pubs across the city featuring Professors, Doctors and PhD students. Take your friends and family and enjoy a great evening! Tickets £5, book edin.ac/200MU2y
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The COL team will be out and about this Saturday (11th May) at the @northedinfest and we'd love to see you there 😎 🎪
Head along for a free day of family fun and be sure to pop by our stand and say hello!
#localcommunity #familyfunday
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Our LFA colleagues have organised language tasters in four languages in conjunction with Una Europa as part of @EdinburghUni offerings for Europe Day 2024.
Europe Day takes place 9 May and all staff and students are welcome to attend the tasters.
Book 👇 edin.ac/3waqnwm
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COL are working in collaboration with @ifecosse for the Building Bridges event on Sat 4 May at 2pm.
Join us for this family-friendly tri-lingual workshop and create your own blue, white and red picture book with illustrator Kasia Matyjaszek.
More info edin.ac/3JFCTqB
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University of Edinburgh's Centre for Open Learning retweeted
29 Jan 2024
In today's post, Dr Brian McGrail @UoEOpenLearning provides an overview of academic and pedagogical expectations of the role of an external examiner and reflects on how this role interlinks with other aspects of quality control.
teaching-matters-blog.ed.ac.…
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University of Edinburgh's Centre for Open Learning retweeted
22 Jan 2024
What’s involved and why become an External Examiner? Dr Brian McGrail, Lecturer (Social Sciences), @UoEOpenLearning introduces the role of external examiner in higher education in today's post.
teaching-matters-blog.ed.ac.…
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Keen to learn a language but looking to find out more?
Our Languages for All team are attending the @eusa Give it a Go festival on Tues 16 Jan to offer language taster sessions!
Come along to this FREE taster event - we'd love to see you!
More details edin.ac/3HdpdlJ
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