New project to help teachers tackle racism

A SCHEME to help teachers tackle racism and sectarianism is to be launched on Wednesday.

A' Adam's Bairns? provides resources including songs, stories and historical sources to examine the influences that have shaped modern Scotland. It will be launched at an event at the Scottish Parliament. The project is run by the Scottish Development Education Centre with the National Library of Scotland.

Craigmillar's in the frame

A NEW exhibition created from old photos taken in Craigmillar is set to open in the John Maxwell Gallery.

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Faces, Fun, Fashion and Galleries, created by Johnni Stanton and Hilary Morrison, will run from December 6 to 16. The images were taken from Craigmillar Community Archive.

Get a taste for festive fayre

A FESTIVE food sampling evening will be held at Dobbies Farm Foodhall in Lasswade from 6.30pm to 9.30pm on December 9. As well as sampling seasonal foods, visitors can make a donation to Starlight Children's Foundation and money raised via the 1 entry fee will be donated to a local charity.

New chief of BioQuarter is named

EDINBURGH BioQuarter has appointed a new head of business development.

Dr Diane Harbison has joined the biotechnology cluster from Pfizer Limited, where she spent the last ten years as a member of Pfizer's Global R&D business development team.

Dr Mike Capaldi, commercialisation director at Edinburgh BioQuarter, said: "Attracting professionals of Diane's calibre is evidence of the fantastic commercialisation opportunities in Scotland."

High-flying student wins prize

EDINBURGH-based flight search site Skyscanner has awarded an Edinburgh University student 400 worth of flight vouchers.

Computer Science MSc student Stavros Vagionitis won the prize at the university's careers fair's tech challenge.

Improvements on their way for Leith footpath

IMPROVEMENTS are to be made to the path for pedestrians and cyclists between Easter Road and the former Eastern General hospital site.

The path will be widened, resurfaced and better lit.

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Work will begin in February for around six weeks and access to the path will be restricted.

Leith Walk councillor Angela Blacklock said: "Currently the path is not very pleasant and quite muddy. The path will eventually link in to Portobello."

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