Pagoda

In an era defining week, the past few days have been a challenge for everyone. Increased social distancing and restrictions on our daily life are proving necessary for our collective health and safety, but in times of crisis, the show must go on. At Pagoda, we are lucky enough that our line of work can be continued at a distance. ...

The Pagoda team will largely be working remotely for the time being.  While we hope that some people will be able to work from the office occasionally, we are largely going to be out of the office. If you need to contact us urgently, you can use the details on the contacts page and someone will come back to you.  ...

Astronomer Dr Alastair Bruce has been appointed as planetarium manager at five star experience, Dynamic Earth. Alastair joins Dynamic Earth from the Royal Observatory Edinburgh, where he has been based since 2013. The new role has been created as the attraction starts work on a £500k project, which will see the popular ShowDome become the UK’s first and only Digistar ...

A budget reflective of unusual times, was today delivered under unique circumstances. Following the shock resignation of Scotland’s Finance Secretary this morning, one of the SNP’s rising stars successfully stepped up to the plate to deliver the latest annual budget to Parliament. Public Finance Minister Kate Forbes presented plans which put tackling the climate emergency at the heart of spending ...

Trainer of professional chefs, Edinburgh New Town Cookery School is marking ten years in business with the launch of ten new courses. Since opening, the School has run over 2,500 courses, teaching more than 12,000 professionals, beginners and keen amateurs to cook who between them they have enough cracked eggs to make sufficient mayonnaise to paint the White House 32 ...

Two leading awards initiatives are merging to celebrate the best in social care and social work services in Scotland in 2020. The Scottish Social Services Awards (SSSA) and the Scottish Association of Social Work Awards (SASW) have joined forces to celebrate the work of almost 200,000 people working across the diverse sector, which spans local authorities, universities, private and third ...

A new tartan created to commemorate everyone’s favourite sleuth, Sherlock Holmes, is coming to the US with its creator, a descendant of the Conan Doyle family. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh and gained his medical degree from Edinburgh University. Now, his creation Sherlock Holmes has become the first literary character to have his own tartan approved by the ...

The 2020 Scottish Social Services Awards will open for nominations on Monday 13th January 2020. This year the awards are merging with the Scottish Association of Social Work awards.  The new partnership will see categories introduced for a Social Worker and Student Social Worker of the Year. Other changes also include updated categories about ethical practice from the Scottish Social Services ...