I am sad to say we have detected a security incident affecting the popular blogging service blogs.ed. Our investigations currently indicate that unknown parties may have gained unauthorised access to some user data. As soon as the incident was identified, the excellent LTW service teams sprang into action to prevent further intrusion. No other services …
Read moreThe panel is satisfied that the application adequately addresses the award criteria and is pleased to confer a Bronze Athena Swan award. The panel commends the leadership and senior buy-in which is evident in several ways, including: · the strong letter of endorsement from the Director which communicates a solid organisational commitment to Athena Swan …
Read moreBuilding on previous research analysis on who attends training, in what mode: We know from our research that men in College of Science and Engineering (CSE) are less likely to access digital skills training than women. This highlights a risk that they may get left behind. My Digital Skills Training Team conducted a mapping exercise, …
Read moreOn some of the hottest days of the year this week, I ventured southwards for two conferences, both featuring birds and both styled in hot pink.
Read moreIt was my honour this weekend to be part of a Bat Mitzvah ceremony for the daughter of one of my oldest friends. The Bat Mitzvah girl has grown into an engaging, lively, curious and clever young woman and it was lovely to see her take this step into adulthood as she comes of age. …
Read moreI am pleased to be able to offer paid work to 20 student interns to work in ISG as captioners. Alongside AI tools which generate automated captions and transcripts, the human captioners ensure that the standard of quality is good enough to support students with hearing difficulties. This semester (to 5th March) they have …
Read moreHoarding and storage of old stuff indefinitely is a challenging user behaviour for several of our platforms. Cloud storage costs the university money. Users may be unaware of the need to align with data protection rules and to reduce our impact on the environment, every little bit helps and we have a huge amount of …
Read moreWe have been looking at the data about students attending skills courses. At University of Edinburgh students have a choice of whether to work through online materials in LinkedIn Learning at their own pace or to attend synchronous teacher-led sessions with our Digital Skills Training team, in person or via webinars. The data show that …
Read moreLAURA (Learning Analytics in ULTRA) This project will support improving the student experience by ensuring that students, teachers and student support staff are making best use of the data, information and dashboards that are currently available in Learn, and other centrally supported learning technology applications, to gain useful insights. It will tackle perceived gaps in reporting, …
Read morePHOEBE ( Portfolios for Online, Experiential, Blogging and Evidence)
we will be reviewing our e-portfolio and blogging tools.
For Phoebe Bythe, Edinburgh campaigner for women’s training and employment. Phoebe Blyth – Wikipedia
