New Fellowship: Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities

New Fellowship: Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities

I’m on sabbatical for six months until end of June 2023, and feel very lucky also to have a Fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) over this period. IASH is a fabulous hub for interdisciplinary research, attracting visiting...
Fusion teaching here and there: podcast

Fusion teaching here and there: podcast

The teaching model we have designed for the new Edinburgh Futures Institute works hard to connect online and on-campus students together into a single community. We’ve called it the ‘fusion model’ and it relies on great tech in the room, a very...
Futures for universities: stories and speculations

Futures for universities: stories and speculations

Jen Ross, Michael Gallagher and I had a blast writing a new set of speculative scenarios and short stories for using in workshops and discussions with our students and networks. We worked with Lizzie Abernethy at Andthen on the design of eight ‘tarot’...
Centre for Research in Digital Education 2022 report is out!

Centre for Research in Digital Education 2022 report is out!

Our 2022 Research Centre report celebrates the diversity of our research and its championing of work addressing educational inequalities, digital and data ethics and education futures. It also reports on the usual money and outputs stuff. Please read and enjoy it...
Uncertain futures

Uncertain futures

“We have the opportunity now to broaden our concept of what university is. I think we can shift from default campus-centrism to appreciating the value of the ‘networked’ university which is able to reach out to students all over the globe in very inclusive ways....