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My name is Hugh O’Donnell and I am a Secondary English Teacher of English at Port Glasgow High School, Inverclyde.

Co-designing with speculative data stories: higher education after surveillance

Reconceptualising the teacher function through automation 

Dr Michael Gallagher, Centre for Research in Digital Education

Dr Markus Breines, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 

Myles Blaney, Information Services Group, University of Edinburgh 

This seminar took place on 9th December 2020.  Access the event recording via our Media Hopper channel. 

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Dr Michael Gallagher, Lecturer in Digital Education, has been awarded with The University of Edinburgh Principal's Medal for 2020. The Principal’s Medal is the highest award given to students and staff of The University of Edinburgh. We are enormously proud of the outstanding contribution Michael has made to supporting the university during 2020.

Digital technologies and the configuration of learning space

Dr James Lamb, Centre for Research in Digital Education

Chaired by Dr Jeremy Knox

This seminar took place on 26th November 2020.  Access the event recording via our Media Hopper channel. 

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Dr Murray Craig has won the 2020 Estelle Brisard award for the best research paper written by an early career researcher (based in Scotland) at this year's Scottish Educational Research Association conference. 

The Data Education in Schools team have published educator and learner guides for the National Progression Award in Data Science.

Marking the launch of 'The Manifesto for Teaching Online' the author team discusses the thinking behind the manifesto.

Congratulations to Dr Jeremy Knox, Dr Yuchen Wang and Dr Michael Gallagher editors of ‘Artificial Intelligence and Inclusive Education: speculative futures and emerging technologies’, for winning a Springer Nature 2020 China New Development Award. 

The Springer Nature 2020 China New Development Awards bring together 10 titles across a range of research areas (including robotics and artificial intelligence) all authored or co-authored by researchers from China.