Projects

[1114] Visits to Nepal

Images of Nepal, a landlocked, mountainous country between China and India., featuring images of everyday life, religious artefacts and scenery. This travelogue was photographed and kindly licensed to Scran by Prof. Cairns Aitken, an academic physician/psychiatrist in Rehabilitation Medicine, who became Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and retired as Vice-Principal at the University of Edinburgh in 1994. He was born in Dunoon, Argyll in 1933. He has had a life-long interest in photography, and in completing projects. He was awarded the CBE in 1998 for his contribution to the Health Services.

Keywords: Nepal, earthquake, Hindu, Khatmandu, elephant

Location of Project Material: Outside Scotland

[1113] Visits to Costa Rica

Images of Costa Rica, a country in Central America, including its wildlife, its people, its landscape and its culture, useful in a variety of educational contexts. This travelogue was photographed and kindly licensed to Scran by Prof. Cairns Aitken, an academic physician/psychiatrist in Rehabilitation Medicine, who became Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and retired as Vice-Principal at the University of Edinburgh in 1994. He was born in Dunoon, Argyll in 1933. He has had a life-long interest in photography, and in completing projects. He was awarded the CBE in 1998 for his contribution to the Health Services.

Keywords: Central America

Location of Project Material: Outside Scotland

[1112] Birds of the World

Pictures of birds from around the world, from Northern Europe to the Antarctic. Features images of eagles, owls, penguins, swans, doves, thrushes, pigeons, geese and more. Prof. Cairns Aitken, the photographer and contributor of the project, was an academic physician/psychiatrist in Rehabilitation Medicine, becoming Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and retiring as Vice-Principal at the University of Edinburgh in 1994. He was born in Dunoon, Argyll in 1933. He has had a life-long interest in photography, and in completing projects. He was awarded the CBE in 1998 for his contribution to the Health Services.

Keywords: ornithology, birds

Location of Project Material: All over Scotland, Outside Scotland, Borders, Central Scotland, Dumfries and Galloway, Fife, Grampian, Highlands, Lothian, Orkney, Shetland, Strathclyde, Tayside, Western Isles

[1111] Recumbent Stone Circles: A Learning Resource

Images from Forestry Commission Scotland (FCS) used to support Recumbent Stone Circles: A Learning Resource, developed by FCS in 2015 in partnership with Archaeology Scotland, Historic Scotland, Highlife Highland and Scran.

Location of Project Material: All over Scotland

[1110] Images of Venice

Images of Venice, with an emphasis on capturing everyday scenes as well as the usual tourist sites.  Includes great images of markets, food and people, which can be used in a variety of educational contexts. Prof. Cairns Aitken, the photographer and contributor of the project, was an academic physician/psychiatrist in Rehabilitation Medicine, becoming Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and retiring as Vice-Principal at the University of Edinburgh in 1994. He was born in Dunoon, Argyll in 1933. He has had a life-long interest in photography, and in completing projects. He was awarded the CBE in 1998 for his contribution to the Health Services.

Keywords: Italy, Italian, canal, canals

Location of Project Material: Outside Scotland

[1109] Historic Scotland images

Nearly 50,000 images from the photographic unit at Historic Scotland, including historic buildings and monuments in the care of Historic Scotland, the surveying, 3-D scanning and recording of other historic properties, and images of celebrities and others interacting with Historic Scotland.

Location of Project Material: All over Scotland, Outside Scotland, Borders, Central Scotland, Dumfries and Galloway, Fife, Grampian, Highlands, Lothian, Orkney, Shetland, Strathclyde, Tayside, Western Isles