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Category: Interns

Choosing a green hosting provider is a great way to improve your digital sustainability. But, as I’ve found out, this is only one part of the puzzle towards responsible digital ownership. Read more to understand the complexities behind a green hosting certification.

About me  I am Christina (Xinyi) Xu, currently a final-year student majoring in Sociology and Social Anthropology. I joined the portal services team from September 2024 as a user research intern. My main responsibility is to investigate staff’s and students’ experiences using MyEd Portal – a key web portal where many staff and students would […]

The 15th of March marks Digital Clean-up Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness about digital pollution and an opportunity to audit all data, both personal and work-related. 

The Web Governance Admin internship is in its 7th year, having the core responsibility of managing the University’s Website Registry, which contains more than 1,500 website records. This is managed in an externally provided too, Little Forrest, with the post-holder working closer with the supplier’s team and having a direct feedback route to improve and […]

We’ve collaborated with Little Forest to identify key metrics for their Web Sustainability Feature. Find out about how I navigated the nuances of the data to make the tool more precise and actionable for web publishers.

We gave three interns three months to investigate, measure and identify strategies to reduce carbon emissions of the University’s web estate. Here are my reflections as the manager of the Green Digital Design internship

In 1990, Edinburgh University Computing Service (EUCS) launched the Bulletin of IT Services – or BITs for short. Produced by the staff in the EUCS team, BITs reported on the latest developments in communications and information technology at the University until Information Services was formed in the early 2000s. The newsletter charts the growth of […]

From browsing websites to using devices, our online interactions have a hidden impact on the planet that we often overlook. Join me as I explore these environmental costs during my internship with the Web and Communications team.

At the University of Edinburgh, MyEd is a crucial tool central to the lives of both students and staff. From personal and professional experiences, I’ve observed how integral MyEd is to daily activities. Throughout the academic year I worked on the usability of the student MyEd portal to try and integrate and understand the student […]

  Understanding and Measuring the Environmental Impact of the University of Edinburgh’s Web Estate – Initial Insights and Further Questions from my Summer Internship.

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