We have made some updates to the JISC Digital Skills Discovery Tool to make selecting your school or department within the university simpler. The Discovery Tool is an interactive questionnaire that identifies your Digital Skills Capability ratings, highlighting strengths, and areas for improvement.  Existing users: We need you to update your Discovery Tool Department!  Follow these easy steps to complete this process:  Open the […]

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 […]

It all began in mid-November when I stepped into Argyle House as an Intern Digital Skills Trainer. I expected it to be like many internships, spending most of my time on support tasks rather than core projects. Little did I know I was embarking on a rewarding and challenging journey — one where I would […]

  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 […]

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 […]