Content Improvement Club is our regular meetup for web publishers. In January, we ran two sessions focused on writing alt text and making images accessible. Last March, we ran a session outlining why alt text matters and key principles behind writing it well. This post builds on that session, so we recommend reading our previous […]
Read moreBack in November (yes, I know — this post is fashionably late), I attended Drupal Camp Scotland on 7th November 2025. It was a full day of interesting, insightful and genuinely useful talks. From the moment I arrived, greeted by friendly faces over morning coffee – there was a strong sense of community. As my […]
Read moreAs AI-generated content becomes increasingly prevalent, questions of trust emerge, prompting a growing need for transparency about the creation of digital content. As part of an academic study, I designed and prototyped ways to display provenance data for synthetic content made by an AI searchbot on a University website. Working in UX, I’m always eager […]
Read moreThe #openscot blog has been dark for a while. Not because there are not a lot of initiatives happening across Scotland. Open Education Week presents a great opportunity for institutions and practitioners across Scotland to shine a light on our open practice. Perhaps an opportunity for you and or your organisation to learn about open […]
Read moreHello! I am Dono, a fourth-year Government, Policy, and Society student. In my role as Green Digital Design Intern on the UX team, I work on projects that integrate user-centred design and sustainable digital practices, with the goal of helping the University meet its net-zero targets by 2040. In November, I took over from the […]
Read moreIn this post, Digital Content Style Guide Intern Hannah Watson examines the research and existing guidance that have supported our work on the University’s style guide. The UX team have recently been working to refresh the University’s editorial style guide. As part of my internship, I have been doing research to assist with this project. […]
Read moreAs we all settle into the new year, it is good to start filling the calendar with events that provide …Continue reading →
Read moreHappy Birthday Wikipedia! Read more about Wikipedia’s 25 year history, covering its early days with a ‘then and now'(and what lies ahead), at the link below: https://wikipedia25.org/en At 25 years old it may be the olddddd man of the old Internet but Wikipedia still remains the largest reference work on the Internet and is now a […]
Read moreThis is a guest blog from Dr Ann Wheeler, Head of the Institute of Genetics and Cancer Advanced Imaging Resource …Continue reading →
Read moreThe User Experience Service worked with colleagues from the Library to assist with their content development work. In this post, we’ll summarise what this collaboration involved and how it helped the Library to improve their site. Aims for this work In Autumn 2025, the Library team got in touch with the UX Service to get […]
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