RESP Outreach Intern – 1st May, Launch Event
Written by: James Rice, RESP Outreach Intern With the arrival of May, my internship was close to an end, but, not …Continue reading →
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RESP Outreach Intern – January
Written by: James Rice, RESP Outreach Intern Going into the new year, January was a particularly important period of my internship …Continue reading →
Read moreRESP Outreach Intern – Late November & December
Written by: James Rice, RESP Outreach Intern Hi there, I’m James, a part-time MSc student in Islamic and Middle Eastern studies …Continue reading →
Read moreAM Explorer – your primary source hub (trial access)
I’m happy to let you know that the Library currently has extended trial access to AM Explorer, your gateway to …Continue reading →
Read moreSkills4EOSC fellowship
This is a guest blog post from Clara Parente Boavida, about her fellowship with the Research Data Service as part …Continue reading →
Read moreEdinburgh Award 2023/24 Success!
Edinburgh Award 2023/4 Blog This year I had my first experience helping with the Edinburgh Award Wikipedia project. The Edinburgh Award is a scheme which encourages students to volunteer in various projects that are happening around the University whilst undertaking their studies, with the ultimate aim of improving employability and graduate outcomes. Having undertaken an […]
Read moreWikipedia, inclusive practice and improving representation online
Since January 2016, I have worked as Wikimedian in Residence with the University of Edinburgh’s course teams to quickly generate real examples of technology-enhanced learning activities appropriate to the curriculum. As a result, students from diverse learning communities and a variety of disciplines benefit from learning new digital and information literacy skills appropriate for the […]
Read more7 years of Wikipedia and the Translation Studies MSc
A Wikipedia assignment has been part of Translation Studies MSc since 2016 when I first met with Dr. Charlotte Bosseaux and convinced her to try a new approach to a pedagogical problem they had; getting the students to have meaningful, published translation practice that they would be motivated to complete. Course leaders were keen to […]
Read moreAn OER Intern Going to OER24
Last week, I had the privilege to attend the OER24 conference at Munster Technological University, Cork. As an undergrad student and someone wishing to become an academic someday, joining a conference was thrilling and somewhat terrifying at the same t…
Read moreDigital Curation Interviews project with DCC
In this guest blog post, Clara Lines Diaz reports on last year’s Digital Curation Interviews with University of Edinburgh researchers, …Continue reading →
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