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 […]
Hi I’m Aysha, the University of Edinburgh’s Digital Safety Intern. If you are going on a study exchange soon, this blog is for you. It’s important to be aware of different types of scams that Go Abroad students are commonly targeted with and how you can avoid them – so read on! Firstly: housing […]
Many thanks to Klara Finnimore and Vicky Drew from UKSG for inviting the University of Edinburgh’s OER Service to speak on our experiences of sustainable strategic support for OER at their UKSG OER Online Seminar 2025. Below are the slides and transcript of the presentation.
As the ’24/25 academic year comes to a close we review the excellent range of OER created by students across the University. We have four new fabulous resources to share created by undergraduate students as part of the Edinburgh Futures Institute course Creating Edinburgh: The Interdisciplinary City.
Video presentations by our 2024/25 students who completed the Digital Volunteering with Wikipedia – Edinburgh Award. The Edinburgh Award is […]
I recently had the luxury of attending a few learning analytics-related sessions at JISC’s online conference, ConnectMore25. The most useful sessions to me were grounded in real world case studies, one from Charlotte Whitaker at Imperial College London on how they’re co-creating a learning analytics dashboard with their staff and students, and another by Ethan […]
When I first joined the Digital Skills team as an intern, I thought I was just dipping my toes into something new for the summer. Fast forward two years, and I’ve been working as a Digital Skills Trainer, teaching Python, guiding students through the basics of programming, and helping demystify tech for people from all […]
‘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 […]
Wikimedia in the curriculum: case studies from teaching and learning in UK higher and further education. This 25 minute talk […]
When I applied for the position of Digital Skills AI Intern in the summer of 2024, I never imagined that a summer internship would grow into a full year of hands-on experience. What began as a temporary role evolved into an incredible journey—one where I’ve had the chance to explore how generative AI can be […]
