Who needs awards anyway!

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Short Course Platform project team were nominated for 2 awards at the 2026 IS Staff Recognition Awards. The team of the year award and contribution to the community award and unfortunately we didn’t win! Firstly, congratulations to all the winners. It’s nice to see teams and individuals get recognition for the work they do […]

2025: The year SCP took off

Reading Time: 3 minutesThat time of year again when I need to pause, breathe and look back at 2025 and remind myself to reflect but this year feels a bit different. First thing, launching the new short course platform, which includes 5 services (not 6 or 7……that one is for all the parents), numerous integrations (one being online […]

Short Courses Platform Implementation and Me

Reading Time: 4 minutesThe new short course platform is alive! First thing you might ask is ‘What is a short course?’. Well, these are courses that enable learners around the world to gain a new skills, expand their interests in a topic, or fulfil professional development needs. Secondly, go have a look at the shiny new UoE developed […]

Failure and me

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe past few weeks have reminded me that failure is a part of everything we do. Whether it’s in our professional lives or personal pursuits, from breaking an application to playing a game incorrectly and not winning, failure happens. The term ‘failure’ sounds harsh, but for me, it is about becoming comfortable with it and […]

2024: the year of short courses & the edge!

Reading Time: 4 minutesThis is my reflection on my 2024. It’s for me but you can come along for a few minutes. First reflection, why have I not blogged more this year! Simple answer its been hectic but I feel like I could have reflected on a more regular basis the 12 month journey. Second reflection, what a […]

Canvas UK & Ireland User Group December 2024

Reading Time: 2 minutesA user group is a great way to get the latest product gossip from the supplier and more importantly other institutions. They are great ways to network, get inspiration from peers and generally gauge where we are in the current implementation compared to others (plus free pastries).The Canvas UK & Ireland user group was hosted […]

2023 Reflection

Reading Time: 3 minutesIt has been a while since I sat down with my thoughts. I have been talking about making time to blog and reflect and today is the day! If you’re new here, hello! This will not be an ideological masterpiece or reference books I read related to the role but more a personal reflection for […]

Canvas Credentials: the new open digital badge platform

Reading Time: 2 minutesFinally after months of scoring procurement questions, analysing costs and negotiation I am pleased to announce that we will be providing open digital badges via Canvas Credentials (formally called Badgr).This is the start of a 3 year pilot to understand the value of digital badges for all stakeholders. Obviously for the earners aka the people […]

2022 The Age of Ultra and the start for digital badges and short courses

Reading Time: 3 minutesThis post is to help me reflect on some work that has recently passed and to help me make sense of my role including what worked and what didn’t. The arrival of Ultra I was fortunate to be involved in the Learn Ultra Project to roll out Learns updated UI called (drum roll) Ultra. Now […]

Digital Badges, not just a pretty picture

Reading Time: 4 minutesDigital badges are back! They never went away I hear you say and yes? Of course not but we did enter an odd phase were badges were being issued for anything or everything (I like to refer to this era as the ‘Oprah Winfrey’ era). So we all got badges and the value of a […]

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