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Dundee, a City of Discovery?
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/emigration-blog/2019/08/22/dundee-a-city-of-discovery/
As a native Dundonian, I have spent my life telling others that Dundee is a “much maligned city”. The Dundee Council website seems to agree with me. It states: ‘Dundee, the City of Discovery, is a modern and vibrant city set in a stunning location at the mouth of the River Tay on the east […]
Getting into Editorial
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/careersinformed/getting-into-editorial/
As part of CCCF 2021, Grace Balfour-Harle, Content Producer for the Beano comic, shared some excellent top tips about getting into publishing; specifically editorial. Grace’s tips are generally applicable to other parts of the publishing industry. Grace tells us about her own career journey and how to succeed in such a competitive industry. Grace’s career […]
Standing Up for Science - Sarah McCafferty
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/technicians/2017/11/19/standing-up-for-science/
Last week I was lucky enough to be able to attend a media workshop “Standing up for Science” organised by the “Voice of Young Science” network, run by the charity “Sense about Science”. The event was held on Friday 22nd of September, and hosted by the University of Edinburgh. Sense about Science are a charity […]
Observing landscapes of the Earth: A brief history
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/forest_ed/2019/11/30/observing-landscapes-of-the-earth-a-brief-history/
Understanding large-scale changes to landscapes requires monitoring at national to global scales. Satellites are being increasingly employed for this as they are the only way to make regular, global scale measurements and, uniquely, monitor every point of the Earth in a consistent manner. Over the last few decades, satellites have provided the data needed to […]
Developing and iterating a VLE course template for ECA
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/ilts/2018/03/07/developing-and-iterating-a-vle-course-template-for-eca/
What is a Learn template? Templates can be assigned to Learn course pages. They can only be applied at School level and include the content, design and settings defined in the template (e.g. course menu, colour, banners etc). Why develop a Learn template for ECA? When I took up post as Learning Technologist for ECA […]
Web Publishing Platform editorial interface prototype – initial user feedback
Our development team built an initial version of the editorial interface of the new Web Publishing Platform. I took the opportunity to gather some feedback from web publishers across the University and to revisit the results of our initial top tasks survey about priorities for the new platform. Building an interface with Gin, Drupal’s accessible […]
Design systems thinking – lessons and learnings from Design System Day 2021
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/website-communications/design-systems-thinking/
The Gov.uk Design System is internationally recognised as an example of design system best practice. The first Gov.uk Design System Day offered a valuable opportunity to learn how the system is run behind the scenes, and to apply this to the University Design System project. Read more about the project in the blog by Stratos […]
A service design approach to Learn Foundations
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/website-communications/a-service-design-approach-to-learn-foundations/
Throughout 2018/2019, the User Experience Service has been collaborating with the Learn Foundations project team to undertake a comprehensive programme of user research with students and staff. Through this we have discovered how students’ experience in Learn is closely intertwined with how staff work with it. This post summarises all our work, and outlines how […]
Post COVID-19 solidarity challenges the danger of returning to normal, writes Callum McGregor
Introduction I would like to offer a sober yet optimistic speculation on the renewal of community and civic solidarity in the face of the rapidly unfolding coronavirus pandemic. Over the last forty years, social and civic solidarity have been systematically undermined by the neoliberal project. Yet over a decade ago, a global crisis of neoliberal […]
Gaurding Against Covid: The Irish experience of policing the pandemic
By Vicky Conway The police response to Covid in Ireland has generated both concern and praise from communities, oversight bodies and NGOs. While analysis of what has worked and what hasn’t will take time, there are numerous aspects which can be highlighted at this point. One of the first responses of government, once the decision […]
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