On Thursday 26th and Friday 27th of February 2026 I have the privilege of attending the COPIM 2026 conference online. Copim is a community of people and organisations who collaborate on community-led and values driven initiatives, which help to support open access authors, publishers and readers. About | Copim I found myself at this conference, […]

This year’s Digifest conference in Birmingham has just wrapped up, and my brain is buzzing with ideas. The 2026 theme, ‘From disruption to direction’, landed exactly where my head has been at lately. As I attend talks and workshops, I tend to map what I’m hearing to the work our team is doing back at […]

On Thursday, 26 February 2026, the University of Edinburgh’s Digital Research Services welcomed colleagues from across disciplines to the Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI) for the Second Annual Digital Research Conference—a day that made one thing clear: digital research is no longer a niche specialism, but the connective tissue running through modern scholarship. From the moment […]

I recently attended the ALT Annual Conference in Glasgow from October 23rd – 24th and I was particularly looking forward to the theme of ‘Stronger Foundations, Broader Horizons’. In our ever fast changing landscape we need to adapt, show resilience and support the evolving foundations in learning technology.My main focus with the Association for Learning […]

Reading Time: 3 minutesI had the privilege to attend “Practical Project Management for Staff”, a one-day course run by the University’s Project Management Office. Project Management Office | Project Management My line manager suggested the course as something of interest, as I have worked on large and small-scale projects at the university, and I now find myself projectContinue reading Project Management for Non-Project Managers

Reading Time: 4 minutesOn the 16th of September, I joined ALT’s “Open Education, AI and Populism – Revisited” online conference. The goal was to reflect back on the topics and discussions of ALT’s Open Education Conference 2025, and identify what new information is available, what has changed, and what progress has been made. Having not had the opportunity […]

In June, the Society for Learning Analytics Research (SoLAR) hosted its 24-hour, round the world, all-online Learning Analytics in Practice 2025 conference.   This is the second time they have run this event, and it’s one of my favourite learning analytics events because of its ambitious format and its practical and applied focus.   The event runs […]

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 […]

  Digital badges are great for people who earn them, giving them (another) way to evidence something they have achieved. They’re great for the organisations who issue digital badges because digital badges give them a flexible, scalable way to recognise achievements or learning and encourage professional development.   But what about the people who are […]

I attended Connect More 2025 hosted by Jisc and whilst there were many takeaways, the presentation from Oxford University regarding building student digital capabilities at scale was a clear standout. This fantastic session started with a key message that expectation is outpacing enablement.  Our students move with ease between platforms and they expect their digital […]