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Heartfelt Mandala: A Journey of Connection, Release and Co-Creation
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/opentoolkits/?p=3994
Introduction What Is a Mandala? 🤔 A mandala is a spiritual and ritualistic symbol in Hinduism and Buddhism that represents the universe. The word ‘mandala’ is derived from the Sanskrit word whose meaning is ‘circle’. The mandala technique, a creative, active learning strategy, helps students develop interpersonal competence, self-awareness, and self-reflection (Ruta and Karja 2023). […]
My Unforgettable Experience at the World Health Assembly 76
I couldn’t believe my luck when I received the exciting news from the Nursing Now Challenge team. I had been selected to represent early career nurses and midwives at the prestigious World Health Assembly 76 in Geneva, Switzerland. The dates were set from 18 to 24 May 2023. The initial joy was quickly dampened when […]
Creative thinking, community-building, conversations: My takeaways from DrupalCamp Scotland 2025
With nine talks on topics ranging from Object-Oriented UX to Single Directory Components to image-management, DrupalCamp Scotland 2025 packed a lot into a day. I left with new insights, feedback on my work, and plenty of ideas for my University and Drupal UX leadership roles. Drupal is a highly capable, flexible and secure open-source content […]
Creative thinking, community-building, conversations: My takeaways from DrupalCamp Scotland 2025
With nine talks on topics ranging from Object-Oriented UX to Single Directory Components to image-management, DrupalCamp Scotland 2025 packed a lot into a day. I left with new insights, feedback on my work, and plenty of ideas for my University and Drupal UX leadership roles. Drupal is a highly capable, flexible and secure open-source content […]
User-centred, planet-focused: How UX and digital sustainability drove a 20% cut in the digital footprint of the Careers Service website
A green digital design internship hosted by the UX Service in summer 2025 prompted us to consider how digital housekeeping could support the efforts of the Careers Service team to streamline their website. In the process, the Careers Service emerged as admirable case study, promoting the benefits of combining both UX and digital sustainability for […]
Applying user experience methods to improve assessment and feedback in Learn - recommendations and reflections
For the last year, the User Experience (UX) Service has supported the LOUISA project with a programme of UX research activities aimed at understanding problems with the current experience of assessment and feedback from student and staff perspectives and identifying potential ways to improve it. Here, I consolidate the work that led to the recommendations […]
From Tantruming Cobots to Stephen Hawking at Work- CHDS at the AHFAP 2022 Conference
The Association for Historical and Fine Art Photogapher’s (AHFAP) conference is always a highlight of the year and, alongside 2and3D Photography at the Rijksmuseum and Archiving, it has become one of the must-attend events for any cultural heritage imaging professional. This year we were fortunate that AHFAP took place at the National Museum of […]
Redesigning our living costs content for prospective students
https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/future-student-experience/redesigning-living-costs-content/
We spent most of March redeveloping our living costs pages. Using insights from discovery work and working with subject matter experts, we calculated new figures, rewrote the guidance and tested it with current students. Project background This work is part of a project we’re doing to help prospective students better understand the cost of study. […]
Repositioning Effective Digital Content as a short online course: A product approach
Following a successful launch of Effective Digital Content, our internal course that staff complete to learn and practice fundamental content design skills, the UX Service saw an opportunity to make the course more widely available, on the University’s Short Courses platform. In May 2025, after months of user research-informed development work, my UX Service team […]
Repositioning Effective Digital Content as a short online course: A product approach
Following a successful launch of Effective Digital Content, our internal course that staff complete to learn and practice fundamental content design skills, the UX Service saw an opportunity to make the course more widely available, on the University’s Short Courses platform. In May 2025, after months of user research-informed development work, my UX Service team […]
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