2025 was an interesting year for the OER Service, especially with the range of new queries that arose from increased use of Generative AI tools across numerous new technologies, tools and services.

Over half a year has flown by since I joined the Information Services Group, and I cannot believe that my internship has come to an end. I have had the opportunity to help get the Open Textbook Creation Service going from its initial stages, and seeing the fruits of my labour has been particularly exciting recently.

The Prospective Student Web Team are delivering all the sessions in this month’s Marcomms Forum. Join us to learn about usability testing the new postgraduate degree finder, editorial advice to improve postgraduate degree profiles, and how to use our student journey maps. Jan 13, 2026

In this post, Sebastian and colleagues, Roisin McKelvey, Katie Nicoll Baines, Rebecca Shade, Bjorn Spain, Ollie Cahya, and Ash Scholz, showcase the Community Conversations – a joint project between EUSA, Student Experience Services, HR, the Staff Pride Network and the University’s LGBTQ+ Committee, funded by the Student Partnership Agreement. The Conversations sought to empower LGBTQ+ […]

We celebrated the first year of EdWeb 2 with an event for the EdWeb 2 community on Tuesday 13 January 2026.  In this blog, I revisit our event planning and event highlights, and offer key takeaways from the presentations as a recap for those who joined us and an update for those who couldn’t make it – hope we’ll see you next time!  Planning a birthday party for a web platform  We started brainstorming content for […]

We’ve reached the next stage in the FLF Round 10 application process – the reviews are in! If you are currently managing the emotions of seeing how your precious idea has been received by the outside world, this blog might help. It’s based on questions from previous applicants and draws on my experiences at FLF […]