I 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 →
Read moreAt the recent Research Support Services (RSS) Conference at The University of Edinburgh, I had the privilege of both attending and presenting. Alongside Nick Daniels, our Senior Content Designer, we led an interactive session exploring real-world service challenges through the lens of human-centred design. This approach isn’t about quick fixes—it’s about deeply understanding and addressing the […]
Read moreEstimated reading time: 4 minutesThe University of Edinburgh’s popular Teaching Matters blog was successfully migrated from a standalone WordPress instance created in 2016 to the Academic Blogging Service’s WordPress service. This short post focuses on the technical challenges, new features and support/security benefits.
Read moreOn 13 November, I had the pleasure of visiting my first Scottish Web Folk conference held at the University of Dundee. I didn’t go alone, and you can read about my colleagues’ perspectives here: The Scottish Web Folk ceilidh at Dundee The UX team reflect on Scottish Web Folk 2024 The day was packed with […]
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