If you search for ‘impact of AI on EDI’, you mostly get returns discussing Electronic Data Interchange. But with a few tweaks we can find a growing corpus of information. We can use AI to speed up  some of our EDI tasks, But there are big risks if we don’t actually know what we are doing. EDI …

It was my joy, once again to celebrate this day with a room opening. Naming spaces on campus after women is crucial for several reasons: Recognition of Achievements: It honors the achievements of women in STEM and other fields, despite the challenges they faced. Historical Context: It provides a historical context to the University’s history, highlighting the contributions of women throughout history. Promotion of Diversity: It promotes diversity and inclusion …

After 10 years of tenancy in Argyle House , we reach the end of an era as  University of Edinburgh Information Services Group move out and find a new home. We have been through a lot in that space, most notably pandemics and floods. Our move to open plan working in 2016 was part of …

I am delighted that my team in LTW at University of Edinburgh have gained a Bronze Athena Swan Award. I bet we are the first learning technology department in a UK university to do so. We are certainly the first professional services department  at Edinburgh to achieve it.  We got great feedback from the assessment …

I have spent the last few years caring for my mother who, back in the day, was a bit of a lifelong learning radical herself. You can read about her work on this blog Oh WOW! Women at Work in the 1980s – Diverse Collections  which may give some insights into what has influenced my …

Our short courses catalogue, which launched in May of this year, continues to grow, attracting visitors and over 1,800 enrolments to courses from engaged learners looking to learn something new, upskill or enhance their knowledge. In the month of July there were over 800 enrolments to courses, an increase of 5% compared to June. Active …

Building on previous research  analysis on who attends training, in what mode: We know from our research that men in College of Science and Engineering (CSE)  are less likely to access digital skills training than women. This highlights a risk that they may get left behind. My Digital Skills Training Team conducted a mapping exercise, …

The Staff Engagement Survey’s latest iteration was run in February-March 2025. I am pleased that Learning, Teaching and Web (LTW) had a survey response rate of 77%, higher than in 2023 (63%). This is also a much better response rate than the overall University (42%), and higher than ISG as a whole (75%).   Overall, the …

You may have seen a recent WonkHE article about playful leadership  The case for playful leadership | Wonkhe It announces a new research project called Re:PLAY * and I am pleased to say that ISG  University of Edinburgh is a partner in this research. It was interesting to me that when the ISG directors had …

I was very pleased to add another space named for inspirational women in STEM to our collection. Celebrating the re-opening of the Eleanor Ormerod Training room in the University of Edinburgh’s Main Library was fairly simple since Eleanor’s info board was already in this room, The LST team have refitted the room and installed  lovely …