A list of the current events offered by the Chaplaincy Event listing Search Tags Mindfulness Event date Date from Date to Oct 23 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm Friday Yoga The Chaplaincy offers free Yoga sessions on Fridays during semester time. No booking is needed - just come along, and bring your own mat. These sessions are led by Katie Rutherford. Katie has been teaching yoga for over 20 years and currently teaches at Bruntsfield Yoga Centre. Further information Oct 27 2026 12:30pm - 1:30pm Student Support & Wellbeing Journal Club Open to all staff in support, wellbeing, and experience roles, and interested others across UoE. Meets hybrid, every two months. The Student Support & Wellbeing Journal Club meets to discuss recent, qualitative, accessible research that explores the complexities of work on the ground supporting students, whether dealing with mitigating circumstances, homesickness, or social struggles. It is led by Dr Kitty Wheater, Mindfulness Chaplain. For next week only, Tuesday 27th October, we will meet in Room 3.32 at Edinburgh Futures Institute on the third floor. Although we won't have our usual access to kitchen or microwave facilities you are still welcome to bring your own lunch. The Journal Club has so far brought you research by an anthropologist, a psychologist, and a historian, and we have a geography paper upcoming... Further information Oct 28 2026 1:15pm - 1:45pm Holy Communion Details of Holy Communion at The Chaplaincy which is held every Wednesday of term time. Further information Oct 30 2026 3:30pm - 4:45pm PhD Book Club PhD Book Club meets 3:30-4:45pm on Fridays every six weeks, with Dr Kitty Wheater. Open to all PhD students, we’ll read books that cast light on the trials, tribulations, and mundanities of PhD life, offering perspective and inspiration for the time ahead. Past books have included Educated, by Tara Westover, Night Waking, by Sarah Moss, and On Beauty, by Zadie Smith. To register for PhD Book Club, please email kitty.wheater@ed.ac.uk. Further information Nov 02 2026 1:10pm - 1:50pm Mindfulness Monday Drop-In These friendly and accessible mindfulness sessions consist of a c.25-min mindfulness practice, and group reflection afterwards. In Welcome Week they include a short introduction to Chaplaincy services and resources, and information at the end of the session about how to take part in the Chaplaincy's mindfulness classes during the semester. There will be tea, coffee and biscuits. Mindfulness Further information Nov 03 2026 1:10pm - 1:50pm Mindfulness Tuesday Drop In CANCELLED 20TH OCTOBER 2026 DUE TO STAFF SICKNESS Information regarding the Welcome week Mindfulness session on Tuesday Further information Nov 06 2026 1:10pm - 1:50pm Mindfulness Friday Drop-In These friendly and accessible mindfulness sessions consist of a c.25-min mindfulness practice, and group reflection afterwards. In Welcome Week they include a short introduction to Chaplaincy services and resources, and information at the end of the session about how to take part in the Chaplaincy's mindfulness classes during the semester. There will be tea, coffee and biscuits. Mindfulness Further information Nov 14 2026 11:00am - 4:00pm Mindfulness Day Retreats Consisting of three sessions spaced throughout the day, the online retreat builds in flexibility for you to attend to things at home as you need, or spend the duration of the day ‘on retreat’, as you wish. Further information Further information Dec 16 2026 3:00pm - 4:30pm The Village A forum for all University staff, for reflection and inspiration around university culture and purpose. In an institution of this size, it’s easy for networks and communities to feel ambiguous, disparate, and even conflictual. At the Chaplaincy we host The Village: a forum for staff in the UoE ‘mega-city’ looking for conversations in which to make sense of, and draw inspiration for, our experiences in the university behemoth. In an output-focused landscape, we appreciate the simplicity of gathering people together in a welcoming space. Our conversations and listening practices foster the connection, time and space we need collectively and as individuals to re-imagine what’s possible in university culture, purpose, and community. The Village meets quarterly, with a different focus for each season. Further information This article was published on Monday 9 September 2024
