Do you have any Second World War related stories and objects passed down to you from your parents, grandparents and other family members? Would you like to digitally preserve these stories and objects before they are lost to history? Bring your diaries, letters, photos, memories, objects* or stories about your family’s wartime experience to our Digital […]

I regret to say that my internship is now coming to an end. It is incredibly bitter-sweet, and I am […]

In July 2022, the University of Oxford launched a digital preservation project; to collate as many World War Two stories and objects as possible across the UK. The scheme, called Their Finest Hour, trains individuals to organise ‘Digital Collection Days’ in their local communities, where members of the public can bring war-related memories, photographs, diaries and any […]

Hello again! It is hard to imagine that it’s almost two full months since I started my first-ever internship, but […]

Here we are, past the halfway point. Time really does fly! It’s been weird, work has very quickly become a […]

Hello, My name is August, and I have now joined Mayu as the other Open Content Curator Intern you will […]

Looking back at my first blog post, it doesn’t feel like it’s been nearly three months at all! I applied […]

Cecily Plascott – Open Content Curator Intern 2018 Part of the University of Edinburgh’s mission statement is to, ‘make a significant, sustainable, and socially responsible contribution to Scotland, the UK, and the rest of the world’. For the University’s impact to transcend the institution itself, the resources created within the University must be opened up […]

This post is by Tomas Sanders who is the current Open Content Curator intern in EDE. When not an intern, Tomas is a History student at the University of Edinburgh, as well as a walking tour guide (sadly he’s not one of the ones that get to wear a cloak). “I want to be inspired. […]

Tomas Sanders is the current Open Content Curator intern in EDE. When not an intern, Tomas is a History student at the University of Edinburgh, as well as a walking tour guide (sadly he’s not one of the ones that get to wear a cloak). —————- ***Standard warning that the views expressed are my own […]