Arcadia Scotland

As this year’s Black History Month in the US draws to an end, we at the Arcadia Edinburgh Center have been reflecting on what we’ve done over the years, and what we can do, to help support and promote Black History and to encourage our students in taking…

We were delighted to welcome James Robertson to the Arcadia Center once again to discuss his latest novel, the News of the Dead, with our students.  This novel is truly epic in the sense that it covers 1300 years of Scotland's past, all centred on…

This January Burns' Suppers will be held by Scots around the world to celebrate the 263rd birthday of our national bard Robert Burns. America has the 4th of July, Ireland has St Patrick’s Day, but for Scotland it is Burns' Night which best encapsulates…

Each semester we run the Scotland Awards, a student competition which awards blogging, photography, as well as creative and reflective writing. Thank you everyone who entered the contest, as we really enjoyed seeing what everyone has been up to this semester…

This semester, the Arcadia Edinburgh Center was very proud to host our first ever Student Learning Conference, with students from across our 3 center-based courses: the travel writing course taught by Dr Joan Haig; independent studies and the internship…

We are so excited to welcome you to Scotland this Spring semester! We have been hard at work planning some of the best events and experiences that we think will be a great introduction to your new home in the Scotland! Read on below for what we have…

With the attention of the world focused on Scotland, and Glasgow in particular, as COP26 kicks off and world leaders, climate activists and global communities meet to try and create a sustainable future, we in the Arcadia Scotland office are thinking…

This semester, it has been a delight to welcome our students back to Scotland and take them on the cultural learning that is so much a part of the Arcadia experience. We have been arranging day events to all different parts of Scotland to explore different…

Arcadia Scotland ran its first Highland's Day trip in a while. Jason Wade (University of Colorado - Boulder), a student studying in Scotland for the semester at the University of Edinburgh, kindly offered to write a blog reflecting about one of the stops…