Policy might be a word that inspires confusion, or fear, but it seems probably important? Well policy is important, but most of the time it isn’t very noticeable as it runs in the background of our lives. However, policy is an area where real change can happen in best practice and working standards.
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A while ago I wrote about daily exercise and why it could be good for your body and mind, particularly if done as part of your working routine. However, there are plenty of other things you can do to look after your wellbeing – both mental and physical. I decided to try these things over the last couple of weeks to see the impact they might have on my work and on my sense of self.
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How often do you exercise? And for how long? Some people might answer twice a week, three times… some maybe […]
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Globally, over 7,000 languages are spoken – only around 4% of people are native English speakers. Despite this, English holds the title of the “Language of the internet”. It dominates with Chinese almost 50% of global web traffic with the top ten languages accounting for 76.9 percent of global internet users. The majority of African […]
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I am now at the end of week four of my role as a Wikisourceror – Open Collections intern, and the learning process has continued; albeit now I am a bit more familiar with the world of Wiki! I have now created two new articles on Wikipedia (for Hannah Shields and Iona McGregor), and this […]
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As part of our Open Content Curation Internship, we have been given an opportunity to complete the Work Experience focused […]
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Hello! I am Alysha, an open content curator intern for the summer of 2021. I also love volunteering as a […]
Read moreEarlier this week I had the very great pleasure of joining my colleagues Myles Blaney and Michael Gallagher for their fabulous M&M Podcast to talk about knowledge equity. I’m a big fan of the M&M Podcast and knowledge equity is a topic that is very close to my heart so I really enjoyed the experience. […]
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Before I started this internship, I was an incredibly busy third-year Psychology student studying at the University of Edinburgh. Now, I’m spending my summer before my final year as an intern for the Information Services Group at the university. During my first week, I’ve had a lot of new information thrown at me about what […]
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View an Intro to Wikisource – the free and open digital hyper library! (1hr)
Upload pdfs of free books to Wikipedia’s sister project and help proofread the OCR-ed text so readers can discover, enjoy and be inspired by songs, letters, p…
