Public Sector Digital Meetup takeover – 28 November
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.
Event details
Where: Bessie Watson Lecture Room – The University of Edinburgh Outreach Centre
When: Thursday 28 November 2024, 2:30 – 4:30pm
Book a place: Free tickets are available to book via Eventbrite
(You must sign up with your work email address. This event is only open to public sector employees.)
Agenda
We will present four short talks, with lots of opportunity for questions and networking afterwards.
The joys and challenges of running a multidisciplinary digital team
Neil Allison – Head of Prospective Student Web
The Prospective Student Web Team consists of: content design, user experience, performance analysis and software development specialists. Together we evolve and manage the University of Edinburgh’s website provision for people interested in undergraduate and postgraduate study. This is quite a privileged situation – few in our sector and no one else in our organisation are set up like this. In this session, I will give an overview of how we work; the opportunities our set up provides and the challenges that still remain.
Ways to create a more inclusive and considerate hiring process
Lauren Tormey – Senior Content Designer
Hiring practices tend to be rife with exclusivity, from disadvantaging people with limited free time to favouring highly confident personalities. This talks shares how a human-centred design team at the University of Edinburgh have been evolving their recruitment process to make it more inclusive and fair to candidates, and how you can adopt these practices, too.
Bringing user research and content design together
Pete Watson – User Experience Specialist
For some of us, working in our disciplines can feel like we’re working in silos. This talk shares what we learned when we brought user research and content design activities more closely together, and how improved collaboration has been helping us to deliver better student experiences online.
Experiences of pop-up usability testing – a tool for every content designer
Nicole Tweedie – Content Designer
We tend to think of usability testing as the domain of UX specialists. However, the ability to test content in the real world is a skill all of us who work with digital content should have in our toolbox. In this talk I will share my experience of pop-up usability testing, including my top-tips and why I think all content designers should give it a go.
Refreshments
We won’t be providing refreshments, but Levels Cafe is part of the Outreach Centre complex, so you’ll be able to bring in a drink if you like.
Levels Cafe information from the University’s Catering Services
Book a place
Hope to see you there. This is a great community for anyone in a digital role in the public sector.
