Digital Volunteering with Wikipedia The fourth year of the Edinburgh Award for Digital Volunteering with Wikipedia concluded on 31st March 2025. Seven students (and one staff volunteer) completed this extracurricular digital research project amassing both the requisite 55-80 hours of volunteering time AND the significant & demonstrable impact in improving the topic coverage of their […]

This tutorial video is aimed for those who are new to the R programming language, the goal is to build a […]

Introduction People who attend Digital Skills Programme courses are asked to provide feedback by filling in an online form. In 2024/25 (19/06/24 – 18/06/25) we received 958 feedback form responses – an average of 80 responses a month. This was an increase compared to the average of 66 responses/month received in 2023/24. The majority of […]

In a previous blogpost I shared my thoughts around the importance of knowing your learners. Understanding who does – and who doesn’t – attend training is an important step towards identifying organisational digital skills gaps, and helps us tailor and market our services more effectively. From a management perspective, this type of data is incredibly valuable for […]

Since November, when I began my journey as an intern digital skills trainer, I’ve been designing course materials and delivering online webinars on “Introduction to R”. While virtual delivery has been the norm, I recently had the exciting opportunity to host my first in-person session in the Eleanor Ormerod Training Room at the Main Library. […]

‘Producing a thesis or dissertation using Word’ is one of the Digital Skills Team’s longest running courses. At over 24 years old, it pre-dates the team itself, and is older than many of the people attending it! But just how long has it been running? We don’t know for certain, but research in the BITS […]

The Digital Skills Programme is a selection of training courses available free of charge for all University of Edinburgh students and staff. It includes in-person courses and webinars across a range of topics, and runs throughout the academic year. The number of course attendees has grown steadily over the past few years – in 2024 […]