Open Education Week is fast approaching! The international celebration of all things open is taking place on 2 – 6 March, online and at schools, colleges and universities across the globe. The theme this year is exploring the town square for open education and if you head over to the Open Education Week website you […]
It has now been eight months since I began my internship with the University of Edinburgh’s Information Services Group. What started as a 12-week summer internship has become my part-time job alongside my studies and has allowed me to learn new skills, meet new friends, and seize so many new opportunities! With the time fast approaching for the next generation of summer […]
I’ve been thinking a lot about thinking lately, which is not something I ever thought I’d write. Not in a formal way. More in a quiet, slightly uneasy way that shows up when I’m halfway through a task and realise I’ve reached for ELM almost automatically. Sometimes that feels helpful. Sometimes it makes me pause […]
It’s Safer Internet Day and the theme in 2026 is ‘Smart tech, safe choices – Exploring the safe and responsible use of AI’. Over the coming days, we will publish tips and info on how to recognise Artificial Intelligence (AI) online and use it responsibly. But first, let’s review the basics of keeping yourself safe […]
The internet is a great place to keep in touch with others. Whether you exchange thoughts with strangers about your favourite season finale on social media, play and chat while at home during a global pandemic, or like in my case, get to talk to friends and family living in another country – technology enables our need to socialise. However, the way we form connections online, and the tech we use to do so, also comes […]
Happy Birthday Wikipedia! Read more about Wikipedia’s 25 year history, covering its early days with a ‘then and now'(and what lies ahead), at the link below: https://wikipedia25.org/en At 25 years old it may be the olddddd man of the old Internet but Wikipedia still remains the largest reference work on the Internet and is now a […]
2025 was an interesting year for the OER Service, especially with the range of new queries that arose from increased use of Generative AI tools across numerous new technologies, tools and services.
This Disability History Month (20 November – 20 December 2025) we reflect and learn how to be more inclusive as digital citizens and shape an accessible future for technology. During December, we encouraged students across campus to reflect on their online accessibility basics and take digital citizenship seriously with the latest digital safety info poster (poster text […]
Over half a year has flown by since I joined the Information Services Group, and I cannot believe that my internship has come to an end. I have had the opportunity to help get the Open Textbook Creation Service going from its initial stages, and seeing the fruits of my labour has been particularly exciting recently.
Nicky’s Highlights An Insider’s Guide to InDesign and What’s New Presented by Vinay Pahlajani and Pranjal Bhatnager from Adobe’s InDesign product team, this session showcased the latest InDesign features and shared best practices for improving workflow efficiency and supporting stronger team collaboration. I particularly enjoyed learning about placing images in grids on a layout, the […]
