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Author: Jen Smith

Supporting our research community to disseminate their outputs

The Website & Communication team have received increased reports that Research Explorer (PURE) data displayed within University Staff Profiles and Profile embeds have been experiencing issues with content freshness in that the latest research entries are not being returned within these publication lists.  We acknowledge the issues with using the widget that presents research publication […]

18th March 2024 0

Google Analytics 4 – Set up

Google Analytics 4 is the next generation of Analytics which collects event-based data from both websites and apps. Find out more about Google Analytics 4 https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/10089681?hl=en How can I use Google Analytics 4? Google Analytics 4 tracking code must be installed on the website in order to use this product. This will require some technical […]

20th June 2023 0

University Website Publishing 3rd party widgets – Twitter Widget

The 3rd party twitter widget was originally developed to allow site owners to display a cookie free Twitter feed on their website ensuring the site content remains in line with EdWeb cookie consent. EdWeb – Cookies we use This widget was developed within the University using the Twitter API. Twitter have recently changed made significant […]

29th May 2023 0

Google Analytics 4 (GA4)

The current central University of Edinburgh (UoE) solution for web analytics uses a single Universal Google Analytics property to collect all data. This allows for visibility of user engagement across the wider web estate however also introduces heavy sampling to the data provided. This property is used widely across the university web estate, Website and […]

18th May 2023 0

On July 1, 2023, Google Analytics, Universal Analytics, will stop processing data.

Google Analytics is a web analytics platform that collects data from websites and apps to create reports that provide insights into businesses. Google Analytics has been the chosen web analytics provider for the central University web estate for many years. A single Google Analytics property has been created for use across the central web estate […]

14th March 2023 0

EdWeb Training, now available as a self-enrol course!

We are delighted to announce that from the 21st May 2021 the EdWeb training course is now available to complete as a self-enrol course allowing users to register and complete this mandatory training course in their own time.

24th May 2021 0

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