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Introducing Mapping the Scottish Reformation: Clerics, Manuscripts, and Open Data
Between 1560 and 1689, there were some 1,100 parishes in Scotland, each one served by a minister who, ideally, preached sermons once or twice a week, offered communion at least…
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Women in Red Edinburgh internship – celebrating notable women of Edinburgh
This post was written for the Women in Red blog by their intern, Laura Rose Wood. We launched the internship with Women in Red in January.
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My first week as the new Wikimedia Training Intern
Hannah Rothmann is an intern at Edinburgh University, training with our Wikimedian in Residence who is based there, Ewan McAndrew. Hannah wrote this post for the University’s blog.
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My first steps in the Wikimedia world – interning with Wikimedia UK & Archeology Scotland
In 2019 Wikimedia UK, Archaeology Scotland and The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland recruited a graduate intern through the Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities Internship programme. These funded…
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Knowledge activism vs passive consumption – rethinking Wikipedia in education
This post was written by Ewan McAndrew, Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh.
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Fashion and digital citizenship at Bath Spa University
Bath Spa University in the UK had its first ever Wikipedia assignment, as part of a Digital Citizenship module for undergraduates studying Business Management Fashion. The results are mostly in…
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Yorkshire Editathon championing women in STEM
We kicked off February in collaboration with University of York with another editathon to help close the gender gap on Wikipedia. Focused on Yorkshire women in STEM, the editathon aimed…
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Samhuinn at the University of Edinburgh
So, the University of Edinburgh have been awfully busy when it comes to all things Witchcraft recently.
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University of Edinburgh win higher education award for innovative use of Wikimedia in the curriculum
Wikimedia UK is very pleased to announce that our partners at the University of Edinburgh have been awarded the Innovative Use of Technology award for their use of Wikipedia in…
