The European University of the Future: bold, integrated, open

The European University of the Future: bold, integrated, open

Michael Gallagher and I have been working with the UNA Europa partnership of European universities to co-write a position paper for the future university. This is part of our work with the UNA Future UniLab. Europe’s universities have shaped and influenced the world...
15th Annual Drapers lecture: the future of digital education

15th Annual Drapers lecture: the future of digital education

I was really pleased to be invited to give the annual Drapers lecture at Queen Mary University of London (online of course…) this March. I used it to talk about the future of digital education and how this traumatic last year might shape and change the way...
UNA Europa Future University Lab

UNA Europa Future University Lab

Edinburgh University is a member of the UNA Europa alliance of eight universities which includes Freie Universität Berlin, Università di Bologna, Helsingin Yliopisto, Uniwersytet Jagielloński w Krakowie, KU Leuven, Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Université...
Falling Walls nomination for Berlin Science Week

Falling Walls nomination for Berlin Science Week

I was very happy to be nominated for one of the Edinburgh University ‘breakthroughs of the year’ for the Falling Walls competition 2020. I didn’t win but was happy with my pitch, which used the Near Future Teaching project to make the point that...
Manifesto seminar videos

Manifesto seminar videos

Those of us in the author team of the Manifesto for Teaching Online gave a series of short seminars during September 2020 to launch our new book of the manifesto. This is my talk on the concept of ‘campus envy’, and you can catch up with the whole series...