In summer 2024, Chris O’Neill, Green Digital Design Intern, completed a digital sustainability audit of the UX Service website. He looked at carbon emissions and page weight but also examined usage of the site, with analytics data and user research. We adopted his findings to make the site greener and more user-centred. The annual ISG […]
Read more(This post previously appeared on the Open Scotland blog and on Open.Ed.) The 3rd UNESCO World OER Congress took place in Dubai last week. The previous two congresses, held in Paris in 2012, and Ljubljana in 2017, resulted in the Paris OER Declaration and the Ljubljana OER Action Plan, which was the forerunner of the 2019 UNESCO Recommendation on OER. The output of […]
Read moreWe gave three interns three months to investigate, measure and identify strategies to reduce carbon emissions of the University’s web estate. Here are my reflections as the manager of the Green Digital Design internship We recruited three Green internships to investigate sustainable design solutions Early in 2024, I started planning a summer internship within the […]
Read moreI was lucky to be invited to speak at DrupalCon, the annual European conference for Drupal. I delivered several sessions and attended others to learn more about advancements in Drupal. Drupal is the open-source system underpinning several of the University’s digital systems, including our main website. DrupalCon Europe is an exciting fixture in the Drupal […]
Read moreIn October, I went to Liverpool to attend ContentEd, a conference for content professionals in the higher education sector. This post is about a couple of talks that stood out for me. Lessons in managing stakeholders through large content design projects Jonny Vaughan (Head of Content Design) and Claire Furnish (Content Designer), University of Southampton […]
Read moreNew Similarity Report Experience – Beta View Turnitin have released a new version of the Similarity Report in Feedback Studio recently. It has been made available to all staff on Tuesday 19 November and, for the time being, you will be able to choose whether to use the new “Beta View” or continue to use […]
Read more南部基督長老教會設教七十週年紀念寫真帖 “In memory of the 70th anniversary of the Presbyterian Church of South Formosa” Yi-Chieh Chiu, Library Collections Services During …Continue reading →
Read moreThe 3rd UNESCO World OER Congress took place in Dubai last week. The previous two congresses, held in Paris in 2012, and Ljubljana in 2017, resulted in the Paris OER Declaration and the Ljubljana OER Action Plan, which was the forerunner of the 2019 UNESCO Recommendation on OER. The output of the 3rd OER Congress […]
Read moreLast week I attended the Communications and Marketing (CAM) Conference for the first time. It’s a one-day event for University staff interested in communications and marketing, held at the John McIntyre Conference Centre and attended by around 200 people. You can find out more about the conference on the CAM Conference SharePoint (University login required […]
Read moreThis blog post by Elin Crotty (Archive and Library Assistant, New College) spotlights some of the special collections material at …Continue reading →
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