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I think you’re (repeatedly) (willfully) missing the point…

10th July 2020 Anne-Marie Scott

Well, it’s been another week, and so far, so ranty. I read Lorna Campbell’s excellent blog post on sustaining an ethic of care in HE. In it she called out many of the existing inequities that have been exacerbated by COVID. “Meanwhile the pandemic has … Continue reading I think you’re (repeatedly) (willfully) missing the point…

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Balance for Better – Teaching Matters

27th June 2019 Ewan McAndrew

Wikimedian in Residence @emcandre highlights how staff & students are engaging with Wikipedia to address the diversity of editors & content shared online. “The information that is on Wikipedia spreads across the internet. What is right or wrong or missing on Wikipedia affects the entire internet.” (Wadewitz, 2014) Wikipedia, the free, online, encyclopaedia is building …

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Diversifying Wikipedia for the Festival of Creative Learning 2019

26th February 2019 Ewan McAndrew

Wikipedia is the 5th most visited website in the world and is an important first stop when looking up any topic – it is truly an incredible resource. But its power can be dangerous. It lacks diversity both in its editorship and its articles. This means that its systemic biases can have a large impact on …

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Equality and diversity in IT and libraries

6th August 2018 Melissa Highton

As our regular readers across the University will know, each issue of the Information Services Group BITS magazine has a theme. In this issue we have looked across all of our projects and services to highlight the ways in which we contribute to supporting the University values around equality, equity, inclusion and access. https://edin.ac/bits-21 As …

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International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism and Transphobia

17th May 2018 Stephanie (Charlie) Farley

Today is International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism and Transphobia. Raising awareness, knowledge, and compassion, are some of the best ways to combat prejudice and we’re glad to have some excellent open educational resources created right here by students at The University of Edinburgh which aim to to just this.

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