This is a joint blog with reflections from Katie Spearman and Mel Batcharj from the User Experience Service who attended the conference.

On 30 October, I was delighted to attend Scottish Web Folk at the University of Dundee. This was the second time I’d attended this particular conference – you can read about my previous experience here: Scottish Web Folk 2024: A portal practitioner’s perspective Generative AI was a major theme from both suppliers and institutions There […]

In late September, I had the joy to align my first visit to Manchester with attending the HE Connect conference. Even though the city was quite new to me, and I was quite excited to take a few walks to make the most of my free afternoon, I was even more excited to attend, present […]

In September, I attended Access:Given, a new one-day digital accessibility conference. This post covers the four sessions and my takeaways from an insightful event.

On 26 June 2025, members of the UX team attended a half-day unconference organised by the Prospective Student Web team. In this post, we’ve written up some reflections on the event.

Last month I attended UX Scotland, an annual conference for UX professionals. This post looks at three sessions that stood out to me.

At the recent Research Support Services (RSS) Conference at The University of Edinburgh, I had the privilege of both attending and presenting. Alongside Nick Daniels, our Senior Content Designer, we led an interactive session exploring real-world service challenges through the lens of human-centred design. This approach isn’t about quick fixes—it’s about deeply understanding and addressing the […]

On 13 November, I had the pleasure of visiting my first Scottish Web Folk conference held at the University of Dundee. I didn’t go alone, and you can read about my colleagues’ perspectives here: The Scottish Web Folk ceilidh at Dundee The UX team reflect on Scottish Web Folk 2024 The day was packed with […]

The first UCISA UX in Higher Education conference happened in September 2024. Reflecting on the day, there was much to take in and share, both as a UX practitioner and as lead of the team planning the conference.

UX24 was a big achievement – the first UCISA UX in Higher Education (HE) conference, sold-out to an audience of 80, and a personal career highlight. A few months after the event, I reflect on my experience leading the organising committee.