(Digital) Sustainability and accessibility are both unquestionably important in their own right – but could their connection extend beyond their significance? We (Otis Laundon, Green Web Platforms Intern & David Buik, Digital Accessibility Intern) share our thoughts in this collaborative blog post.
Read moreIn this post, User Experience team intern Hannah Watson shares her work over the summer researching digital content accessibility with the EdWeb 2 publishing community. Introduction As part of my internship with the User Experience Service, I have been investigating digital accessibility at the content level across University web pages, particularly on EdWeb 2 sites. […]
Read moreI’m Grace, the Web Registry Development Intern for the 2026 Summer! As my internship draws to a close, I discuss how my AI Supported Accessibility Testing, and my Web Estate Dashboard projects have progressed. The first project focused on investigating how AI can be used to automate accessibility testing websites. My second project aimed to […]
Read moreFor people looking to accessibility test a website or application, things can quickly become overwhelming – a quick internet search reveals hundreds of tools, tricky legal regulations, and unfamiliar acronyms. The complexity of such a task can be a huge deterrent, which is why I’ve put together a few resources for accessibility testing that will hopefully simplify the process. […]
Read moreReading Time: 3 minutes(Picture by Juan Martos Diaz, from the drone filming session) Hello! My name is Uliana, and I am a Short Courses Platform (SCP) Quality Assurance Intern within the…
Read moreContent audits are a long-time staple of the user-centred website toolkit, but they take time and effort to complete, which many website owners struggle to find. In my ongoing AI experimentation, I tried using AI tools to help me with auditing web content. Every day brings a raft of new AI developments. When choosing how […]
Read moreIt’s been a year (and two months) since I started to migrate Curious Edinburgh, and the newborn website is live! To re-introduce, Curious Edinburgh is an open access platform which houses digital tours of Edinburgh and the Lothians. The tours are broken down into Community, Coastal and tours on the History of Science, Technology and […]
Read moreWhat is DigAcc26? Digital Accessibility ‘26 (shortened to DigAcc26) is an annual hybrid conference organised by the University of Nottingham. As the name suggests, the topic of discussion is digital accessibility, with this year’s theme being ‘Preparing for the Future’ – no doubt a subject that is becoming increasingly pertinent in today’s technological climate. The event was […]
Read moreUX Scotland is an annual two-day conference for people working in user-centred design. This year, I went along to the John McIntryre Centre to hear about the latest developments in UX. In this post, I’ll write about my highlights from the conference. Object-oriented UX in action: rebuilding a public sector website with structured content Joey […]
Read moreIn this blog post, Digital Accessibility Intern David Buik reflects on his part-time work as a Digital Accessibility Intern over the past academic year, discussing a few challenges he faced as well as his key takeaways and successes.
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