We’re hosting a half-day unconference on Thursday 26 June. This will be a great opportunity for colleagues with an interest in digital aspects of student recruitment to come together for discussion, learning and networking.

We’re now a month past our undergraduate degree finder launch. We’ve had a great combination of positive and constructive feedback, allowing us to better understand the specific challenges editors face collating undergraduate information, and develop our backlog of improvements to the degree finder service.

I conduct a lot of usability testing remotely and I need to test on both desktop and mobile devices. It’s tricky to create a realistic environment for testing remotely on mobile devices. I’ve found a method called ‘laptop hugging’ that works really well.

For the first time since 2019, DrupalCamp Scotland returned, hosted here at the University of Edinburgh in October. I am proud to have been part of the organising committee for a very successful and well-attended event. In this post, I share my reflections on what it took to bring it back after the pandemic and […]

Last month, I attended a World Usability Day (WUD) event at User Vision, a UX and service design agency in Edinburgh. By sharing my experience I hope it helps others to decide if they want to attend an event in the future.

Join us on Wednesday 22nd January to watch school editors using the new degree programme editorial interface.

Many of our team attended a mini-conference recently, organised by colleagues at the University of Dundee. We all have personal highlights arising from a busy day of presentations and networking.

The Public Sector Digital Meetup is a community-organised regular event in the Edinburgh area bringing together colleagues from government, councils, universities, museums and other organisations. This November, we’re taking over the agenda to showcase our work and the value of a multi-disciplinary approach.

Last month, Lauren and I attended this year’s Content Ed conference in Liverpool. We were both speakers, but had plenty of opportunity to learn from others and network too. These are our highlights.

I recently ran an open invite session review for our latest round of usability testing. Normally I run these sessions within our team, but we wanted to involve colleagues across the University in our work to improve the editorial experience. It was also an opportunity for school editors to see the new degree programme editorial […]