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The Teaching and Scholarship Podcast

The Teaching and Scholarship Podcast is formerly a collaboration between The University of Southampton's Centre for Higher Education Practice (CHEP) and The Faculty of Medicine). Its future is associated with The University of Glasgow and will continue its good work north of the border. It is intended to be of interest to all teaching focused academics in higher education who strive towards teaching excellence and wish to innovate their practice. The podcast aims to promote and raise the profile of teaching excellence within university education.

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Cat Irving

Jun 2, 2025

In epiosde 77 we talk to Cat Irving who is a human remains conservator at Surgeon's Hall, Edinburgh. After her postgraduate training in museum studies at Leicester, she became a licensed anatomist and has previously conserved the skeletal remains of the notorious nineteenth century serial killer William Burke, for display at National Museums of Scotland’s exhibition Anatomy: A Matter of Death and Life.

Cat regularly gives talks on anatomy and medical history for places such as National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh International Science Festival, London Month of the Dead, The Mütter Museum, Arnos Vale Cemetery, University of Minnesota, Romancing the Gothic, and many others. Get ready for a fascinating conversation!