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The latest news from Information Services.

Eventbrite partnership brings fantastic new opportunities for the Events Management Community.

In November 2023, ISG negotiated a new partnership with Eventbrite, bringing exciting opportunities for the Events Management Community (EMC).

LTW put their best foot forward at the Edinburgh Winter Run

Colleagues from LTW were among the more than 500 University members attending who attended the Edinburgh Winter Run on 20th January.

'Imagine a gender equal world' edit-a-thon

Join Wikimedians Ewan and Ellie to help write women onto Wikipedia as part of IWD 2024.

Naming a lecture theatre in honour of Scottish Suffragette piper

LTW is inviting ISG colleagues to the naming of the Bessie Watson Lecture Theatre in the Outreach Centre, Holyrood Campus on International Women’s Day 2024.

Discovering ‘Hidden’ Collections within the University Libraries.

Books in the main library
Certain ‘hidden’ collections within the University libraries to be discovered, collated, and catalogued.

Events Management Community has relaunched at their first in-person event!

After 18 months of growing the Events Management Community, members had the opportunity to meet up in-person for the first time.

Migration of users onto the University Miro supported service.

Over 2,740 users of Miro to be migrated over the next month onto the new University centrally-supported licence, improving opportunities and access for all.

Business School Customer Experience Improved with IRM

Areas of the Business School have aligned with the Industry Relationship Management Service to improve customer experience.

HR Datafeed successfully rolled out to a second school

The Datafeed provides a curated feed of HR staff data to the school, which the school can then use to support local and essential HR processes.

Salter's Ducklings: How digital archives are being used for next generation of PhDs (secured)

Thanks to the efforts of staff in the ISG, digitally archived research into wave technology device known as 'Salter's Duck' are available to the next generation of renewable energy researchers.

Watch: How The Curriculum Transformation Project Will Impact ISG

The online presentation “Curriculum Framework: Background and key points for ISG” was delivered on Wednesday 16th August 2023 and can now be viewed online. 

Dangerous Ideas and Cyber Security Come Together this August

The University is committed to remaining at the forefront of both cybersecurity and the ethical and creative use of data, with two ISG staff leading ground-breaking discussions at an ideas festival in August 2023.

We Need You! Help update the Committees Intranet Solution

University staff are asked to share their needs and ideas to help update the Committees Intranet solution with workshops coming soon.

Updated Review Forms To Welcome New Students

A new SharePoint is being created to produce, record and analyse student responses to start-of-year reviews

Relaunching the IT Services Team - New Faces and Opportunities

The ITIL team has re-launched as the IT Services Team, with new faces and a refreshed focus on strategy. Find out how the team can support you and the opportunities available to join their exciting work.

MyEd Disaster Recovery Test Completed in Just One Day

Given a three-day window to simulate the total loss of the MyEd Portal Service, this collaborative project took just one day to test Disaster Recovery procedures and complete a successful recovery of the service.