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Open Education and Wikimedian In Residence services at The University of Edinburgh. open.ed.ac.uk/contact-us information-services.ed.ac.uk/help-… #OER #OpenEducation #Wikipedia activities & initiatives.

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Open Education at The University of Edinburgh @openededinburgh.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Wiki Loves Monuments returns for its 16th year this month 8 years ago Scotland was voted the world's most beautiful country. Today until 30th Sept why not take and upload a pic of a historic building or monument and help document our shared cultural heritage thinking.is.ed.ac.uk/wir/wiki-lov...
A photo of the Union Street corner building, its four storeys and its dome at the top, taken from Renfield Street and showing a bustling busy city scene with buses. This was in 2007. The image next to it is from 2026, showing the empty space where the building was demolished in 2026 following the fire destroying the 1851 building entirely.
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Open Education at The University of Edinburgh @openededinburgh.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Join us Wed 23 Sept for a 2fab guided exhibition tour at the National Records of Scotland (overlooking the whole of North Bridge) & fun Wikipedia editing workshop improving & illustrating content about Scotland's lighthouses in a social and supportive environment www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/for-those-...
Promotional event poster design with the tall white-painted  Rubh Nan Gall lighthouse just off centre in the background and a weathered wall running up towards from the foreground. in the background the sea and the MV Clansman ferry sails past on calm sunny, partly cloudy  waters.
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Open Education at The University of Edinburgh @openededinburgh.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
It's our summer interns last day, so we took a wee break to go see Annie Rauwerda's Fringe show 'Depths of Wikipedia'. An A++ show and a fab way to wrap up a summer of learning, creating, and sharing open knowledge. #OER @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social underbellyedinburgh.co.uk/event/depths...
Greyscale picture of Annie Rauwerda holding a magnifying glass in front of her face enlarging her eyes and nose suggesting she is investigating.Screenshot of image about cow tipping. Caption reads "A healthy cow lying on her side is not immobilized; she can rise whenever she chooses." By Wikipedia Authors, see the history of w:Cow tipping - Screenshot, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Open Education at The University of Edinburgh @openededinburgh.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
When big sleeves, capes, and strong legs were in fashion. Characters from Scott's novel The Abbot by Stöber, Franz, 1826. CC BY. #OER #History #Scotland #Fashion www.europeana.eu/en/item/9200...
Hand coloured engraving by F. Stöber after a drawing by P. v. Stubenrauch of figures dressed as characters from Scott's novel Kenilworth by Stöber, Franz - 1826 - University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom - CC BY.
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Open Education at The University of Edinburgh @openededinburgh.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
There's a whole selection of these hand coloured engraving of figures dressed in their royal best as characters from Scott's novel Kenilworth, 1826, CC BY. #OER #History #Scotland #Fashion www.europeana.eu/en/item/9200...
Hand coloured engraving by F. Stöber after a drawing by P. v. Stubenrauch of figures dressed as characters from Scott's novel The Abbot by Stöber, Franz - 1826 - University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom - CC BY.
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Open Education at The University of Edinburgh @openededinburgh.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
This engraved portrait is of Walter Scott's older daughter Charlotte Sophia (1799-1837) at the age of nineteen in Norwegian peasant dress. CC BY. #OER #History #Scotland #Fashion www.europeana.eu/en/item/9200...
Engraved portrait of Charlotte Sophia Scott after W. Nicholson by Shaw, George Baird - 1871 - University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom - CC BY.
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Open Education at The University of Edinburgh @openededinburgh.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Looking for #costume or #historic #fashion inspiration? We have illustrations and portraits of historical figures, both real and imagined, in our collections. The ever fabulous Mary, Queen of Scots. Illustration by G. B. Shaw. CC BY. #OER #History www.europeana.eu/en/item/9200...
Engraved portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots by G. B. Shaw after J. Thomson after an unknown artist by Shaw, George Baird - 1877 - University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom - CC BY.
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Open Education at The University of Edinburgh @openededinburgh.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
"Wikipedia. We all know it. We all use it. I think by now we all love it." Gabriel Gatehouse interviews Cory Doctorow + Jimmy Wales in fascinating chat about tech's 'Enshittification'💩 vs. Wikipedia & 'The 7 Rules of Trust' at the Edinburgh BookFest Watch here www.edbookfest.co.uk/on-demand/th...
Screengrab of Gabriel Gatehouse interviewing Cory Doctorow and Jimmy Wales at McEwen Hall, University of Edinburgh, for the 2026 Edinburgh Bookfest. All three sit casually on chairs on the stage as they converse
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Open Education at The University of Edinburgh @openededinburgh.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
For Ada Lovelace Day in 2017, we had a periodic table of cupcakes to honour Ida Freund the first woman university chemistry lecturer in the UK. 🧁😋 She is known for her influence on science teaching and for inventing a gas measuring tube. #OER #CupcakeDay commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pe...
Close of up a section of the periodic table cupcakes. Each cupcake has a colourful swirl of frosting topped with edible paper detailing an element from the periodic table. At the forefront is actinium 89 Ac [227], on a red and pink swirl of frosting.
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Open Education at The University of Edinburgh @openededinburgh.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
🖤 Are you a storyteller interested in witches? Join two historians who've spent 20+ years researching Scotland's witch trials for a FREE workshop on how to bring the real history into your creative work 📅 Wed 19 Aug 2–3:30pm 📍 Edinburgh Futures Institute 🎟️ FREE www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/suffer-the...
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Open Education at The University of Edinburgh @openededinburgh.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Our new Digital Heritage and Open Knowledge intern has written about her first 3 weeks researching 300 years of Edinburgh Medical School, 70 years of Nursing Studies and a Scottish nursing pioneer Agnes Vetch who taught Nightingale techniques in Meiji-era Japan. thinking.is.ed.ac.uk/wir/ems300-a...
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Open Education at The University of Edinburgh @openededinburgh.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Join us this Friday for our #WikiLovesPride editing event (in person or remote). Help awareness about the history & contributions of the LGBTQIA+ community. There are representation gaps in the world's largest free encyclopedia... but #WeCanEdit All welcome. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wiki-loves...
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Open Education at The University of Edinburgh @openededinburgh.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Last chance to book a slot for the edit-a-thon this afternoon! We will discuss representation of mental health in film, TV, and social media and improve the available information on Wikipedia. Book your slot on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1980172153... #OER #Wikimediauk #mentalhealth
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Open Education at The University of Edinburgh @openededinburgh.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Join us for Wikipedia training only if you can spare 60 mins from 1.45-2.45pm. You'll learn an increasingly valuable & IMPACTFUL digital skill & help improve the world's shared knowledge in company of a supportive group (with tea & biccies). Use it as good CPD and your day to make a difference!
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Open Education at The University of Edinburgh @openededinburgh.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
LAST CALL to join our monthly Wikipedia editing training workshop tomorrow. 1.45-5pm in the Ed Uni Main Library and online on Teams. This month we're marking Mental Health Awareness with our suggested pages to edit themed on Mental Health on Screen. Open to all! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mental-hea...
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Open Education at The University of Edinburgh @openededinburgh.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Thoroughly enjoyed welcoming the University of Pittsburgh to our Main Library to discuss all things related to the Scottish witch trials with Dr. Kirsty Murray and Ellie Whitehead also presenting on the History of Witchcraft in Edinburgh walking tour. curiousedinburgh.org/history-of-w...
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Open Education at The University of Edinburgh @openededinburgh.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
That's a WRAP on the 5th year of running the Edinburgh Award for 'Digital Volunteering with Wikipedia' at the University of Edinburgh. Singaporean people Pictish Stones Artefacts of the Republic of Congo Ugandan cultural heritage Japanese fashion subcultures thinking.is.ed.ac.uk/wir/fifth-ye...
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Open Education at The University of Edinburgh @openededinburgh.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Earth Day's theme is Our Power, Our Planet. We focus on reclaiming agency over the state of our world. Help EDIT and CREATE NEW 50-100 word+ pages to include amazing images and important facts, people & projects working to support sustainability & environmental protection All welcome. #WeCanEdit
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Open Education at The University of Edinburgh @openededinburgh.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Learn how to edit Wikipedia on Wed 22nd April as your 'Day to make a difference' for Earth Day 2026. #WeCanEdit Book your place on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/learn-to-e... Remote event link: teams.microsoft.com/meet/3184761... #OER #Wikipedia #WikimediaUK #EarthDay #WorldEarthDay
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Open Education at The University of Edinburgh @openededinburgh.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Book your place on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1980172032... #OER #wikipedia #earthday
A poster for the wikipedia editing workshop linked to Earth Day 2026. Background: Nasa image of Earth from the Moon's orbit. Text: Learn to edit wikipedia. Celebrate earth day 2026 at the university of edinburgh. Wednesday 22 April 2026 1-5 PM. join our free event. Create your first wikipedia article to advocate for sustainability. How to join: teaching room 1.07, Main Library of the University of Edinburgh, EH8 9LJ. Or link in the caption.
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Open Education at The University of Edinburgh @openededinburgh.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Excellent presentations from our 6 student 'knowledge activists' who hav contributed 136,000 words + 1,500 references to improve topics on Wikipedia as part of the Uni's 55-80hr Edinburgh Award. Japanese art, fashion, Pictish stones, Congo & Ugandan artefacts and more! media.ed.ac.uk/playlist/ded...
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Open Education at The University of Edinburgh @openededinburgh.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
"I started my internship as an Assistant Wikimedian in Residence almost 4 months ago, & it has already been one of the most rewarding work experiences I have had." Guest post by Anna Judelson, PhD student AND Assistant Wikimedian in Residence at Edinburgh Uni. thinking.is.ed.ac.uk/wir/my-wikim...
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Open Education at The University of Edinburgh @openededinburgh.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Book your place on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1980171874... Remote event link: teams.microsoft.com/meet/3377705... #OER #Wikipedia #WikimediaUK #womenintheatre
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Open Education at The University of Edinburgh @openededinburgh.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Today, in recognition of the UN recognised Slavery Remembrance Day, Wikimedia in Residence department celebrate inspiring people campaigning against modern slavery. #OER #Wikipedia #antislavery
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Open Education at The University of Edinburgh @openededinburgh.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Save the date! Our next edit-a-thon on LGBT+ history is this Friday, 27th February. Book your spot now! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1980171477... #OER #lgbthistory #WikimediaUK
Wikipedia's logo in rainbow colors, used to represent the LGBTQ community
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Open Education at The University of Edinburgh @openededinburgh.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Did you know that only 1 in 3 researchers is a woman? Let's empower both aspiring and experienced women scientists through open knowledge! #OER #Womeninstem #womeninstemday
Women in STEM Edit-A-Thon in celebration of Women’s History Month.
A group of people are editing Wikipedia’s information about women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields.
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Open Education at The University of Edinburgh @openededinburgh.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
January 27 marks an annual Holocaust Remembrance Day that commemorates the liberation of concentration camps in 1945 and 6 million lives lost to the Nazi regime. We stand up for human rights and dignity. #OER #NeverAgain #onthisday U.S. Space Force graphic by Senior Airman Tiarra Sibley
International Holocaust Remembrance Day Graphic
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Open Education at The University of Edinburgh @openededinburgh.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
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Open Education at The University of Edinburgh @openededinburgh.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
The Wiki Science photography competition is open! The UK is hosting a regional competition for the first time since 2019. So, whether you’re a scientist, researcher, student, educator, or enthusiast, share your photos of science & scientists in the UK! commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons...
Astronomy image of a large red galaxy it's outer edges crossing over into a smaller blue galaxy.
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Open Education at The University of Edinburgh @openededinburgh.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Calling all students! The Student Experience Grants are one-off contributions to support unique projects & initiatives that will enhance Edinburgh students’ social, academic or cultural development. Closes 6 Nov. e.g. The Recovering Histories Wikipedia project student-experience-grants.ed.ac.uk
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Open Education at The University of Edinburgh @openededinburgh.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Help write women onto Wikipedia this Halloween! Learn how to edit and PUBLISH a new 50-100+ word article about women missing from our search results. As you'd expect for Halloween, our focus list included Scottish women accused of being witches. All welcome. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/help-write...
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Open Education at The University of Edinburgh @openededinburgh.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
The Gävle Goat is a traditional Yule goat display erected annually in Gävle, Sweden. FASCINATING page on Wikipedia documenting its destruction (or survival) each year. There are soooo MANY pages students can help research & share as part of our Edinburgh Award. Tinyurl.com/edwiki2025 to learn more.
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Open Education at The University of Edinburgh @openededinburgh.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
LAST CALL for students interesting in joining our Edinburgh Award for "Digital Volunteering with Wikipedia". Workshop tomorrow 5.30pm-7pm in University of Edinburgh's Main Library Why? Well not everything is online and there is much we can do! #WeCanEdit information-services.ed.ac.uk/help-consult...
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Open Education at The University of Edinburgh @openededinburgh.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Celebrate Women in Climate & Earth Sciences with us tonight! 5-7pm @ G.03, 50 George Square, Edinburgh Hear about the remarkable contributions of women in climate and earth sciences from leading voices in research, policy and public engagement. #AdaLovelaceDay www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ada-lovela...
Photographs of the panel speakers, Hermione Cockburn, Gabi Hegeri, Encarni Medina-Lopez, Elva Bannon.
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Open Education at The University of Edinburgh @openededinburgh.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Come celebrate achievements of Women in STEM with us this Ada Lovelace Day. Learn about women in Archaeology, Engineering, Geoscience, Comp Sci & more! edin.ac/ada2025 @morayhouse.bsky.social @edinburghchem.bsky.social @edinunimaths.bsky.social @edinburgharchaeo.bsky.social @stis-uoe.bsky.social
Ada Lovelace Day 2025: a celebration of women in STEM. Tuesday 14 Oct 2025. Talks, activities, training throughout the day! Find out more: http://edin.ac/ada2025
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Open Education at The University of Edinburgh @openededinburgh.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Separating Legend from Legacy: Remembering the Accused Witches of Scotland Dervla Craig has worked this Summer researching & preparing a National Lottery Heritage Fund bid to preserve the Accused Witches of Scotland as an important part of Scotland’s heritage. thinking.is.ed.ac.uk/wir/separati...
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Open Education at The University of Edinburgh @openededinburgh.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Well done Scotland! The world's largest photo competition, Wiki Loves Monuments, concluded last night with 9455 images by the UK as a whole contributed to Wikimedia Commons 2,382 of those were contributed from Scotland! 25%! Have a look at the map of historic places near u! app.wikilovesmonuments.it
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Open Education at The University of Edinburgh @openededinburgh.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Digging for dinosaurs, unearthing the impact of Women in Archaeology, Building equity in Engineering, showing resilience & determination in Comp Science after fleeing a war-torn home & more! Come celebrate the amazing achievements of Women in STEM this Ada Lovelace Day blogs.ed.ac.uk/ada-lovelace...
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Open Education at The University of Edinburgh @openededinburgh.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Digital Volunteering with Wikipedia is an Edinburgh Award at Edinburgh Uni. Students learn important digital research skills to improve topic coverage on Wikipedia where their published outputs help understanding globally. Now open for 2025/2026 participation! thinking.is.ed.ac.uk/wir/edinburg...
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Open Education at The University of Edinburgh @openededinburgh.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
NEW to @Wikipedia thanks to our University of Edinburgh student interns: Katrina Mitchell is a Scottish musician who joined The Pastels in 1989 and contributing drums, vocals, guitars and keyboards to the "cracked urban folk music produced" by the band. #WeCanEdit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katrina...
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Open Education at The University of Edinburgh @openededinburgh.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
NEW to Wikipedia thanks to our Edinburgh Uni volunteers this month: Lily McDougall (1875-1958) was a Scottish artist. She grew up in Glasgow and was encouraged to paint by her father. She studied in Edinburgh, Antwerp & Paris and is known for her flower paintings. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lily_Mc...
The Grand Bouquet - a painting of a vase of flowers by Lily McDougall
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Open Education at The University of Edinburgh @openededinburgh.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
NEWLY IMPROVED on @wikipedia.org thanks to our volunteers: In 1811 libel case of Miss Woods & Miss Pirie, the court took extraordinary steps to keep proceedings secret as the judges feared that awareness of alleged lesbian activity might corrupt public morals en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Pi...
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Open Education at The University of Edinburgh @openededinburgh.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
NEW to @wikipedia.org thanks to our editing volunteers last month: "Ranger's Impartial List of Ladies of Pleasure" was a detailed list of sex workers in Edinburgh, published in 1775 and attributed to James Tytler, editor of the 2nd edition of Encyclopædia Britannica en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranger%...
James Tytler, author of the Ranger's List.
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Open Education at The University of Edinburgh @openededinburgh.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Shout out to all the excellent Open Practitioners gathering at #OER25 today. Although not be there with you in person this year we're with you in the 'spirit' of Open.
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Open Education at The University of Edinburgh @openededinburgh.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Tis the season for #OpenUnwrapped and delicious baked goods! Explore Wikibooks Christmas recipes for ideas or submit your own. (Image of Vanillekipferl biscuits by sunnyday72, CC BY-SA 3.0.) en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Categor...
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