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Jun 19, 2024 · Professor Peter Higgins holds a Personal Chair in Outdoor Environmental and Sustainability Education at Moray House School of Education at the University of Edinburgh.
Edinburgh Castle’s origins are truly ancient, reaching back into prehistory. Set upon its mighty rock, Edinburgh Castle’s strategic advantage is clear. Seeing the site’s military potential, Iron Age people built a hill fort on the rock.
May 10, 2024 · The castle was taken by the English and reclaimed several times during the Wars of Independece and destroyed on the orders of Robert the Bruce before being rebuilt and later serving as the the...
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Biography. Professor Peter Higgins holds a Personal Chair in Outdoor and Environmental Education at Moray House School of Education at the University of Edinburgh.
Edinburgh Castle has played a prominent role in Scottish history, and has served variously as a royal residence, an arsenal, a treasury, a national archive, a mint, a prison, a military fortress, and the home of the Honours of Scotland – the Scottish regalia.
University of Edinburgh. Peter holds a Personal Chair in Outdoor Environmental and Sustainability Education at the University of Edinburgh . He is Director of the United Nations University regional centre of expertise in Education for Sustainable Development (‘Learning for Sustainability Scotland’). His early career was as an environmental ...
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Aug 5, 2019 · This paper explores the origins of Edinburgh Castle as a visitor attraction, how it has developed and changed since the 19th century and how the stories we tell at the castle have also changed over time, shaped by those who have managed the site.
