What 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 moreI (David Buik) have recently been reflecting on how much I learn each day during my internship in the Information Services Group (ISG). As someone who loves learning, I like to think I try to make every day a school day, but it is striking how effortless this feels at ISG.
Read moreHi! I’m Elisa, a Web Content Intern this summer at the Information Services Group (ISG). I realise this isn’t the most descriptive of job titles; my work mostly consists of rebuilding content that was migrated from our old website platform, EdWeb1, to the new platform, EdWeb2. Today marks the completion of my first month at ISG. To be honest, the first few days on […]
Read moreHello! I’m Charlotte, this year’s Open Educational Resources (OER) summer intern within the University’s Information Services Group. My first week […]
Read moreIn this blog post, Digital Accessibility Intern David Buik explains what accessibility statements are, what goes into making them, as well as things he has learned from experience in this domain. He also talks about a tool he has started developing to make the process more beginner-friendly and efficient.
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 moreAbout me I’m Samad Ali, a Computer Science student in my penultimate year of university. Over the summer I was working as a Web Content Supervisor Intern alongside Li Ren Chin, with the Web Content Interns Star Gu, Anthony Skerik and Sean Craigmile. The 5 of us were also working as Web Content Migration Interns […]
Read moreThis post is the second written by LLB student Dervla Craig who has worked as our Information and Data Literacy intern this Summer researching and preparing a National Lottery Heritage Fund bid to preserve, and raise public engagement with, the accused witches of Scotland as an important part of Scotland’s heritage. As I sit to […]
Read moreOk, well not totally meaningless. But it certainly isn’t always the untouchable source of truth that is often perceived to be. Throughout my “Green Web Platforms” internship I have focused so much on trying to find data. Data on energy usage, energy grid carbon intensity, and equipment manufacturing, to be ultimately used as the ingredients […]
Read moreHi, I’m Hera, the Data Visualization Intern working on the Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) Data Dashboards. Before getting into this internship, data had already been a fundamental part of my life. As an undergraduate student studying Psychology and Linguistics, statistics is part of the core of what we do. We’ve been taught how […]
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