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Our Editorial Style Guide contains many conventions and we know from research that publishers struggle to remember to apply them. Could automation help? We experimented embedding style guide rules into a Drupal module that checked content against the rules in the editorial interface and suggested corrections when the rules weren’t followed. Jun 1, 2026
In April our NIHR Evidence Synthesis Scotland Initiative (NESSIE) team celebrated our third anniversary by reflecting on what we have achieved. We thought we would share some of our highlights and activities in this blog. As you know, our focus for evidence synthesis projects is on health and social care, and so far, we have […]
In this post, Sofia Olendraru and Charlie Simms describe the creation of the podast PERIODically. The PERIODically podcast invites people with periods to discuss their lived experiences of menstrual health and its impact on their work and studies in science and academia. Having started PERIODically in 2023 as students at the University of Oxford, when […]
Changing the visual design mid-way in a video project is quite unusual, but pivoting to a softer animation style with stick figures proved successful for both the client and us.
In chapter 3 of Whose Justice, Which Rationality, MacIntyre argues that post-Homeric Greek society inherited two different types of goods: Goods of excellence are achieved through the cultivation and exercise of the virtues. They are connected with what it means to excel as a human being and as a citizen. Goods of effectiveness are goods […]
June is here and it’s time to celebrate! Here’s a roundup of Pride 2026 events in and around Edinburgh, including Glasgow’s main Pride and other Scottish prides. Please let us know if we’ve missed anything that you’d like us to share with the network! PrideSoc have also compiled some fab events happening this month, check […]
