The question “what is the environmental impact of a digital service?” is very open ended. It’s hard to come up with a neat answer because there is just so much to consider. Even if we restrict our attention to carbon emissions (far from the only environmental impact that digital services have) the question is still […]
Read moreI was delighted to be invited to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania this year to speak at the Atla 2025 Annual meeting. It’s …Continue reading →
Read moreLast month I attended UX Scotland, an annual conference for UX professionals. This post looks at three sessions that stood out to me. This was my first time attending UX Scotland and I’ve got to say I was really impressed. The whole event was well run and there was a varied set of interesting talks […]
Read moreOn 4th June 2025, we held the 4th annual Edinburgh Open Research Conference. The conference welcomed anyone who is part …Continue reading →
Read moreIn this blog post, I write about what digital accessibility is, how we can make digital content more accessible, and why all of this matters in the first place. Also, this is a sort of diary of my first month as a Digital Accessibility Intern: what I have been up to, and my thoughts about various activities I have undertaken.
Read moreEstimated reading time: 2 minutes. The Interactive Content team within Information Services designed and published the ASPIRING study website on behalf of Professor Rustam Al-Shahi Salman from the CCBS (Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh).
Read moreBackground There has been a shift in priorities relating to data and storage of end user data over the last decade particularly in relation to services hosted by DLAM, one of the constants has always been around security, as we move forward there is an increasing expectation that we should retain the minimum required […]
Read moreOn the 5th June, I had the privilege of presenting at the annual UCISA Sustainability Conference titled ‘Will New Technology Help or Harm the Planet?’. Here’s a run down of how it went. Will technology save us? Technology plays a crucial role in sustainability. Many of the environmental and social challenges we face today can […]
Read moreAs the UX Service begins our next digital sustainability initiative, it was timely to pull together insights from our recent work for ideas on ways to reduce the environmental impact of digital content. To support the University’s pledge to become net carbon zero by 2040, in 2024 the Website and Communications team supported three interns […]
Read moreThe 16th annual Open Education Conference (OER25) is taking place in London next week and the theme “Speaking truth to power: open education and AI in the age of populism” could be more urgent or important. Chaired by Sheila MacNeil and Dr Louise Drumm, both of whom have a long standing commitment to critical engagement […]
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