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.

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.

If you’re anything like me, as the dark days bed in I start to look for treats and sparkles of all kinds to brighten up the winter days and nights. One of my favourite places to explore this time of year are the recipe sections on Wikibooks. Wikibooks is one of the Wikimedia sister projects, and is about collaboratively writing open-content textbooks that anyone (including you) can edit.

Created by Katherine Martinkevich as part of the Digital Futures course for the MSc in Digital Education, ‘ELT Ecotone – […]

Created by Paola Martinez Romero as part of the Digital Futures course for the MSc in Digital Education, ‘Understanding and […]

Black History Month UK is an annual event that celebrates the achievements of black Britons and people of colour throughout history.
In order to highlight this history we’ve curated a selection of open educational resources created by our staff and students on Black History in the UK.

Towards the end of my summer internship I’ve been working with a lot of words. Whether it be process documents, […]

The OER Service has received a few enquiries specifically regarding using the Canva graphic design platform’s new Generative AI features, […]

Hello! I’m Sanika, and it’s been three weeks since I’ve started on as the Open Textbook Creation Intern at the […]

Microorganisms are everywhere, and they are nothing to sneeze at! Microorganisms are living things that are invisible, or cannot be […]