On 3rd September 2026, I was delighted to attend the ceremony at which Professor Gunilla Widén was formally inaugurated as Rector (Vice Chancellor) of Åbo Akademi University in Turku, Finland. Even…

Yesterday I was in email contact an old friend of mine from our undergraduate days at the University of Birmingham. When he mentioned that he has connections to Malvern, I told him about Lorna Lloy…

This year’s iConference was hosted by my former colleagues at Edinburgh Napier University, with on-site sessions for 340 delegates taking place at the University’s Craiglockhart campus …

March 8th 2026 marks a decade since staff in the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) at the University of Edinburgh posted the first entry to the Dangerous Women Project web sit…

‘Young people’s career information literacy: three essential skills for decision-making’ has been published in the latest issue of IJCLP. This paper is the final output from Dr Ma…

Congratulations – and good luck – to Edinburgh Napier University 2020 PhD graduate Dr Lyndsey Middleton as she embarks on the next stage of her career. Lyndsey has recently transferred …

‘Podcasting the archive: An evaluation of audience engagement with a narrative non-fiction podcast series’ is now available in issue 2 of volume 28 of Archives, published last month. I …

Congratulations to Toni Scullion, Computing Science teacher and co-lead of Scottish Teachers Advancing Computing Science (STACS). Toni was recognised as an Edinburgh Napier University Alumni Excell…

At midnight on Friday 31 October, my Napier laptop locked me out, telling me that my account had expired. This wasn’t a malfunction: I had just transmuted from a Senior Research Fellow to a Senior …

After 13 years at Edinburgh Napier University, Dr Bruce Ryan’s role as Senior Research Fellow has come to an end. Last Friday, I joined Bruce for a special meal to mark his last day in paid e…

Congratulations to Phil Bradley, named today by the UK eInformation Group (UKeiG) as the recipient of the 2025 Jason Farradane Award. The award is given annually to an individual or a group of peop…

A call from a former Napier colleague, Marina Milosheva Calling all students, parents and teachers! Did you know that playing card games can help you with your career? Join us on Monday 13th Octobe…

Congratulations to Dr Rachel Salzano, who starts the new academic year 2024/5 with a permanent contract as a lecturer in the Applied Informatics subject group of the School of Computing, Engineerin…

There is still time to submit contributions to the next iSchools iConference. However, if you are working on a research paper (full or short), or a poster, next week’s Monday deadline is fast…

All the best to Edinburgh Napier University PhD graduate Dr Iris Buunk, who has recently taken up a new position at the Service écoles-médias (SEM), DIP Etat de Genève. Iris’ new job title is…

A podcast detailing the wartime diary of 26-year-old Lorna Lloyd resonated deeply with participants of a new study.

For a retired person, work-wise March 2025 has been a super-busy month for me. I have: Helped edit a draft journal article manuscript Provided feedback on documents related to the next Research Exc…