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This post was written by LLB student Dervla Craig on her first month as Information and Data Literacy intern this Summer. My name is Dervla and I am going into my second year of the Graduate LLB at the University of Edinburgh. This summer I am doing a 12-week internship with the University’s Information Services […]

This post was written by LLB student Dervla Craig on her first month as Information and Data Literacy intern this Summer. My name is Dervla and I am going into my second year of the Graduate LLB at the University of Edinburgh. This summer I am doing a 12-week internship with the University’s Information Services […]

diagram showing difference between attributional and consequential methods. On left is a circle with a slice cut out of it, on right is a circle with part of the edge deformed

The question “what is the environmental impact of a digital service?” is very open ended. It’s hard to come up with a neat answer because there is just so much to consider. Even if we restrict our attention to carbon emissions (far from the only environmental impact that digital services have) the question is still […]

Laptop showing In Their Own Time website

In this blog post, I write about what digital accessibility is, how we can make digital content more accessible, and why all of this matters in the first place. Also, this is a sort of diary of my first month as a Digital Accessibility Intern: what I have been up to, and my thoughts about various activities I have undertaken.

* Wireframe illustration of human brain with red circle in the centre

Estimated reading time: 2 minutes. The Interactive Content team within Information Services designed and published the ASPIRING study website on behalf of Professor Rustam Al-Shahi Salman from the CCBS (Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh).

Cartoon character sweeping data files away

Background There has been a shift in priorities relating to data and storage of end user data over the last decade particularly in relation to services hosted by DLAM, one of the constants has always been around security, as we move forward there is an increasing expectation that we should retain the minimum required amount […]

Flowchart detailing breakdown of different emission sources associated with use of digital services. It is annotated with sticky notes that include questions and notes.

How do we measure web service emissions? is one of the questions that I have been hired to tackle. My name is Otis Laundon, and I’m the new Green Web Platforms Intern. My first 2 weeks in the office have been super enjoyable, from familiarising myself with our beloved Argyle House, to meeting some of […]

The numbers have been crunched, the results are in.  We’ve had record usage of our lecture recording service by our staff and students this year! We’ve had a whopping 40,160 recordings created since June 2024 and a massive 28,945,731 minutes of lectures watched in the same time frame. Of course, …

Durham Cathedral

    In April I attended the Durham Blackboard User Group conference which followed the theme of personalised learning. As someone more focussed on the technical side of things, the theme was a bit of a challenge for me, but it did get me thinking. What is personalised learning? Before the Durham event, my concept […]

I’ve long been interested in the value of AI and where and when it is particularly useful or gimmicky.  Given the impact of AI on the environment (and costs), I often reflect on whether the AI input is worth-the-impact. I have been using ELM to help tidy up and reword …

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