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Workshops With The Student Counselling Service

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Skills for Life and Learning | The University of Edinburgh

 

The Student Counselling Service run presentation workshops on a variety of topics. These are being held online for 2020-21 and are open to all students. You can book a place on a workshop on MyEd.

The Wellbeing workshops, delivered online on Microsoft Teams, to groups of up to 12 students, are very short  introductions to topics,  and will not resolve the issues  but will help you find ways to start dealing with them. They last for one hour and 15 minutes and contain input from the facilitator as well as small group discussions and individual exercises for reflection and practice.  There will be a resource pack emailed out after each session.

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Workshop – presentations 2020-21

Date Time Presentation
Wednesday 16th June 2021 11:15 – 12:30 ‘I’ll start tomorrow…..’ Defeating procrastination
Thursday 8th July 2021 15:30 – 16:45 Nobody’s perfect:  When your best is good enough
Wednesday 28th July 2021 15:30 – 16:45 Managing stress

Webinar: Applying for vacation schemes and training contracts

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The SQE is on the horizon, but firms are still open for training contracts and vac schemes. In this webinar, we’re talking all about becoming a solicitor – however you wish to qualify – and offering tips and tricks on how to make your applications stand out.

The webinar will be viewed online, and it will be interactive, like a Q+A style session, where you will be able to put there questions across to the following firms:

  • Weil
  • Clyde & Co
  • Slaughter & May
  • Norton Rose

 

Register here: Applying for vacation schemes and training contracts | GTI (livestorm.co)

Legal Summer Placement with The General Teaching Council for Scotland

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Two-month fixed term contract – remote working

Salary – £1,521 per month (£3,042 in total). Salaries are paid monthly on the 25th of the month.

About GTC Scotland

GTC Scotland is a statutory regulatory body and a registered charity. It is governed by the Public Services Reform (General Teaching Council for Scotland) Order 2011 (the Order). GTC Scotland’s statutory role includes the registration and regulation of teachers in Scotland.

GTC Scotland has a small legal team, which forms part of the wider Regulation and Legal Services team. The team includes the Director of Regulation and Legal Services, Legal Adviser and Information Compliance Officer. The wider team includes three Regulation Solicitors and six Regulation Officers.

The role of the legal team is to ensure GTC Scotland acts within the bounds of its statutory functions, ensures compliance with all other legislative requirements (for instance in relation to data protection, freedom of information and information management), to manage litigation and to provide cross organisational legal advice and support.

About the Legal Summer Placement

GTC Scotland is seeking to appoint a student currently studying Scots Law to support the functions of the GTC Scotland legal team, as well as to provide the successful candidate with valuable skills gained from working within its busy in-house legal team.

The successful candidate will work directly with the GTC Scotland Legal Adviser. They would support the Legal Adviser in providing advice to various areas of the organisation, attending meetings with external legal advisers and/or internal clients, preparing papers for GTC Scotland’s committees and/or Council, undertaking legal and other research and assisting with the development of key projects, as well as assisting and supporting the Information Compliance Officer and wider Regulation team as required.

This is an excellent opportunity to gain experience within a small legal team and develop key skills essential for a future legal career.

The role would be by way of remote working, as all GTC Scotland employees currently work from home in line with Covid-19 restrictions. Depending on easing of Covid-19 restrictions the role may be fulfilled both remotely and in the GTCS Edinburgh office or entirely by remote working.

Key roles and responsibilities

GTC Scotland is looking for an enthusiastic Scots law student who is keen to get involved in the day to day work of the GTC Scotland legal team and taking on independent research and project work to assist and enhance the development of the team’s work.

The successful candidate will have:

  • Excellent written and verbal communication and research skills;
  • Strong interpersonal skills;
  • Attention to detail; and
  • Ability to look for solutions, think strategically and bring new ideas on how to best develop process, policy and practices at GTC Scotland.

Your key roles and responsibilities will be to:

  • Assist the GTC Scotland Legal Adviser in various legal matters arising;
  • Assist the GTC Scotland Information Compliance Officer with Freedom of Information, Data Protection and Information Management tasks;
  • Take on research and development tasks to assist GTC Scotland’s legal team, as well as the wider organisation, in developing policy, practice and learning within the organisation;
  • Develop a working knowledge of GTC Scotland’s legislative framework;
  • Develop a working knowledge of GTC Scotland’s registration and regulation framework.

To apply, please submit your CV together with a covering letter setting out your suitability for the role and why you wish to secure the summer placement with GTC Scotland.  Please forward to katie.kearney@gtcs.org.uk by 12 noon 1 June 2021.

ESLR CO-EDITOR-IN-CHIEF RECRUITMENT

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Both of the ESLR’s Co-Editor-in-Chief positions will become vacant on 1st July 2021. We are therefore opening recruitment to fill these two positions. Applicants must be full time matriculated students at the Edinburgh Law School for the full duration of the 2021/22 academic year. Both UG and PG students may apply. Past experience working for the ESLR in either a content editor or copy editor role is not essential but will be considered a significant advantage.
The duties of a Co-Editor-in-Chief include:
  • Recruitment of all other ESLR positions
  • Issuing the annual call for papers and conducting an initial sift of submissions
  • Leadership of the content editing process
  • Final decision on which submissions to publish in the annual edition
  • Line management of the chief copy editors, publication officers and finance officers
  • Compiling the master document and arranging publication of the annual edition
  • External liaison with Law School faculty, UoE Printing Services, UoE Law Library, financial sponsors, HeinOnline and the British Library legal deposit office
  • Ultimate responsibility for the financial and legal health of the ESLR
This role involves a significant additional time commitment on top of your studies, especially in the months of January to May. Applicants will be expected to demonstrate a willingness to prioritise the needs of the ESLR and explain how they will ensure their availability. Those wishing to apply should submit a CV (max three pages A4) and a short covering letter (max one page A4) to Jonathan Ainslie and Maya Sajeev, current Co-Editors-in-Chief, at edslr@ed.ac.uk by no later than 5pm on 5th June 2021. Late applications will not be accepted.

Career opportunities with disability confident employers

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Future You is a unique event designed to provide bright and ambitious students with
disabilities and long-term health conditions an insight into the career opportunities available
within disability confident employers, the support available, and how to access this.
You will have the opportunity to:
• Hear from our panellists what it is like to work with a disability with a top employer
• Learn how to positively disclose your disability and request support
• Participate in confidence building sessions
• Expand your network with disability confident employers.
The event is open to all undergraduate students who have a disability* or long-term health
conditions – visible or otherwise – interested in finding out more about career opportunities.
Applications are particularly welcomed from those studying STEM subjects.
Students studying for a Masters of PHD are also welcome to apply.
To find out more, and to apply, visit:
www.myplusstudentsclub.com/events/future-you
2pm – 4.50pm; Online

 

*Disability includes but is not limited to conditions such as: visual and hearing impairments, mobility
impairments, Asperger’s Syndrome, diabetes, epilepsy, dyslexia, dyspraxia, mental health conditions,
speech impairments and major illnesses such as cancer and MS

International Scientific Conference: Legal and Economic Perspectives of Energy Cooperatives’ Development

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We kindly invite you to participate in the International Scientific Conference entitled “Legal and Economic Perspectives of Energy Cooperatives’ Development”.

 

The conference is organized by the members of the Faculty of Law and Administration at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland (Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Protection Law). It is part of the ongoing research on the phenomenon of energy decentralization and creating energy communities, conducted from the perspective of legal and economic sciences.

 

Our event is addressed to every person who is interested in the idea of cooperative movement and in the renewable energy technologies.

 

We aim to create a space for scientifical discussion about the perspectives of energy cooperatives’ development. We believe that growth of the community energy sector is a key to sustainable development.

 

Our guests – the representatives of cooperative studies (law and economy) and cooperative networks from around the world will share their view on place and role of energy cooperatives in national energy systems and societies (i.a. USA, Brazil, EU members). The discussion will mainly focus on legal and economic determinants of increasing of the significance of energy cooperatives generating electricity from renewable energy sources (solar energy, wind energy, biogas plants).

The conference main themes are:

 

· legal aspects of creating citizen energy communities,

· legal status of energy cooperatives in different countries,

· renewable energy cooperatives support schemes,

· legal aspects of conducting economic activity by energy cooperatives,

· the role of energy cooperatives in energy transition,

· benefits for local community originating from renewable energy cooperative.

 

The conference will start on May 27, 2021 (Thursday) at 10 am.

 

The proceedings will be held entirely in English, the conference is planned as an online event. We invite you to watch the live stream on YouTube – UAM Poznań channel. Detailed information, along with the schedule and academic profiles of invited guests, can be found on our Website. Be a part of our online community – 27th May 2021, live on Youtube!

Website: http://cooperatives.home.amu.edu.pl/index.html

Scheduled stream on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CYQ7RMeBJM

Event on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/4027098877352069

Resident Assistant Applications

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Applications for New UG and PG Resident Assistants will open on Monday 24th May. Make friends, develop skills and challenge yourself. Make your mark and join your community by becoming a Resident Assistant. Apply now bit.ly/ResLifeApply

 

Upcoming Online Workshops with the Institute of Academic Development

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TITLE: Citing sources and creating bibliographies with Mendeley

DATE: 20th May 2021

TIME: 10:00 – 10:50 (UK Time)

BOOKING LINK: https://edin.ac/2RQamqG

DESCRIPTION: This session is intended for all UG, PGT, PGR and Online Students who would like to get help or advice for using Mendeley to keep a database of literature sources and create reference lists easily in essays and other written work.

 

TITLE: Citing sources and creating bibliographies with Zotero

DATE: 27th May 2021

TIME: 10:00 – 10:50 (UK Time)

BOOKING LINK: https://edin.ac/3oc2KLr
DESCRIPTION: This session is intended for all UG, PGT, PGR and Online Students who would like to get help or advice for using Zotero to keep a database of literature sources and create reference lists easily in essays and other written work.

More Workshop Information:

A list of upcoming semester two IAD UG Workshops can be found here: https://edin.ac/2FFIptL.

Follow @IAD_StudyHub on Twitter for notifications when workshops open for booking.

29th UIA World Forum of Mediation Centres

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29th UIA World Forum of Mediation Centres
Virtual Forum – Thursday, June 24 & Friday, June 25, 2021

The UIA World Forum of Mediation Centres was created in 2001. It brings together the best commercial mediation practitioners and ADR centres from around the world, together with  managers,  academics, teachers, trainers, young practitioners, and all those interested in learning more about mediation.

The Forum takes place every 9 months in different countries around the world. It fosters the exchange of views on the development of ADR, enhancing knowledge, and best practices, giving new ideas, ensuring the best understanding of ADR, and learning from other cultures.

The worldwide health crisis caused by COVID-19 has driven us all to an unprecedented scenario and has led to no other alternative than to adapt ourselves to this situation. For the 2nd time the Forum will take place virtually.

This 29th Forum promises to be again very exceptional because it will be the opportunity to gather experiences, ideas, observations about development of mediation and make comparison to enhance our knowledge and our practice.  The virtual Forum with its 4 sessions will be exciting as usual and with the same quality substantive panels.

Do not miss this opportunity to learn and enhance your knowledge and practice about mediation.
The 29th Forum will be an unforgettable international event. Practitioners from all around the world have already confirmed their participation.

Mark your diaries now, save the date and make sure to register!
We are looking forward to welcoming you to the virtual UIA 29th World Forum of Mediation Centres!

For more information or if you are interested in joining the event, please do not hesitate to contact us.

IT Law & International Law and Human Rights in Estonia

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Study IT Law or International Law and Human Rights in Estonia 

University of Tartu School of Law is accepting applications for Information Technology Law and International Law and Human Rights master’s programmes.

Applicants from the European Union, the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the United Kingdom can submit applications until 30 June, and applicants from other countries until 15 May.

University of Tartu is Estonia’s leading centre for research and training that belongs to the top 1.2% of world’s best universities. 

More information about the additional application deadlines is available at https://www.ut.ee/en/extended-admission-deadlines-social-sciences-and-arts-humanities. 

International students can file their application in DreamApply and Estonian students in SAIS.

Information Technology Law

Information Technology Law is a 1-year master’s programme taught in Tartu providing both technical and practical legal skills for working as an IT lawyer. Graduates of the programme are information technology law specialists equipped with the necessary skills to work with legislative drafting as well as to conduct both analytical and expert work in matters related to ICT.
Read more about the application process.

For further information, please contact: 

Ms Anette Aav-Büth, Programme Director in Information Technology Law,
anette.aav-buth@ut.ee

International Law and Human Rights

International Law and Human Rights is a 2-year master’s programme taught in Tallinn providing comprehensive knowledge of the principles, regulations and practice in the field of international law and human rights. The graduates are prepared to start their career potentially anywhere in the world and are well-prepared to work for international organisations as well as the public and private sector. Read more about the application process.

For further information, please contact: 

Ms Elizabeth Kasa-Mälksoo, Programme Director in International Law and Human Rights,
elizabeth.kasa-malksoo@ut.ee

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