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....
On impact….

On impact….

 We spent many months writing and refining an impact case study as part of the University’s submission to the current Research Excellence Framework. These things are generally a pretty dry meal, but our colleagues in Communications wrote a nice piece...
Our new Masters programmes at EFI are recruiting!

Our new Masters programmes at EFI are recruiting!

 Our first tranche of new Masters programmes with the Edinburgh Futures Institute have opened for recruitment! This is an exciting moment, and something we have been preparing for for over three years. From September 2022 we will be welcoming students to Edinburgh to...