A digest of news and developments from around the Edinburgh campus and beyond.

This February I was back at the PHPUK conference in London. The venue this year was 1 America Square with a historic wall through the middle of one of the rooms. There were three tracks to follow so unfortunately we couldn’t go to all the talks, but managed to cover two thirds. It Depends – […]

I’ve been using ELM at work and finding it really helps speed up anything I have to write.  ELM is ‘Edinburgh access to Language Models’ and it provides secure access to a number of different LLMs. It’s available to all staff and students at the University so if you haven’t had a look at it, […]

1. Project Overview： Exhibition Title: Invisible Load—The Boundary Between Gazing and Being Gazed Upon Venue: Summer Hall Sciennes Gallery Dates: May 4–8, 2026 (5 days)    10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. Lead image: 2. Curatorial Narrative： “Invisible Load” is a contemporary art exhibition centered on the female perspective, and it also represents a profound social dialogue. Through […]

Preface: In the relentless rhythm of contemporary urban life, efficiency often dictates our value systems, reducing the materials that surround us to anonymous, functional tools. This exhibition, Awareness Through Materiality, rejects the notion of awareness as an abstract psychological comfort, instead reclaiming it as a specific, embodied viewing practice. We explore a central proposition: when […]

A question has been doing the rounds recently: do we actually need site search? It’s a fair question and one I have been giving a lot of thought to. With AI-powered summaries increasingly answering queries before users even reach a website, and with navigation that, when it works, can get people where they need to […]