News and Events

The latest updates about projects, events and people in the Applications Directorate

News listing

Publication date

Celebrating 100 years of votes for women

21 June, 2018

To celebrate 100 years since the Representation of the People Act (1918) gave some women the vote,…

Widening participation

21 June, 2018

Our collaboration with the Lothian Equal Access Programme for Schools (LEAPS) Summer School…

DIY Film School supports film makers in India

19 June, 2018

Undergraduate students from the University used skills and equipment from our DIY Film School to…

Microphones improve learning for all

19 June, 2018

We’ve learned from our rollout of lecture recording that the best quality and most accessible…

Deployment of Notifications Service - UI, API and portlets

18 June, 2018

The first stage of the Notifications Service - Rollout, Integration and Subscribers was deployed…

ISG on Apereo Board

15 June, 2018

Anne-Marie Scott has been elected to the Board of Apereo.

Zhejiang University – University of Edinburgh (ZJE) Institute

11 June, 2018

The Zhejiang University-University of Edinburgh Institute (ZJE) is a collaboration in the fields of…

SensusAccess assistive technology

07 June, 2018

We are currently piloting SensusAccess software, enabling you to convert a range of electronic…

EdWeb becomes GPDR compliant ahead of schedule

04 June, 2018

The University's central Drupal-based Web CMS System, EdWeb, is GPDR compliant ahead of the…

GDPR updates to the Freedom of Information Database

31 May, 2018

Updates to the Freedom of Information Database have been completed to comply with GDPR legislation…