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Funding, and alternative narratives of digital education development in Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda
Our burgeoning research cluster (https://www.digitaleducationafrica.org/) of Ahmadu Bello University in Nigeria, the University of Dar es Salaam and the State University of Zanzibar in Tanzania, and Makerere University in Uganda (and the University of Edinburgh of course!) have been lucky enough to receive more funding to continue our work exploring digital education in sub-Saharan Africa, thanks to the&nb
Edinburgh DigiEduHack team reach worldwide finals
Find out about the Digihack and the University of Edinburgh ‘Inter-portal:Connecting research interest in a community’ entry.
UKRI GCRF Urban Disaster Risk Hub website launch
Tomorrow’s Cities is the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) Urban Disaster Risk Hub – a five-year global interdisciplinary research group.
DigiEduHack: 24 hours of Finding New Approaches to Digital Education
Ana Hibert of the Centre for Research in Digital Education, supported by Dr Michael Gallagher, recently organised a 24-hour hackathon at the University of Edinburgh to explore new approaches to some of the challenges faced in digital education today. The University of Edinburgh was joined by more than 1700 participants in 21 separate countries solving 60 challenges in 24 hours as part of DigiEduHack.
Women in Data
Celebrating women working in data and challenging industry to promote and retain women.
Effie St John (the robot) joins the Centre for Research in Digital Education
Find out about our telepresence robot, 'Effie', enables students and colleagues to join in while off campus.