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Dr Philippa Sheail will speak at the Research Libraries UK conference at the British Library (14th March 2018): 'Culture, Code, Silence, Surveillance: The changing spaces of the research library'

Dr Jeremy Knox has received a grant from the Principal's Teaching Award Scheme to research the use of lecture recording at the University of Edinburgh, and the extent to which this technology fosters inclusive educational practices.

Saturday 11 November 12 noon - 4pm, Ocean Terminal

Applications are invited for the post of Research Assistant to support the ‘Data Bodies in the Library’ research project, exploring the relationships between library software, data, physical space, and library users http://www.de.ed.ac.uk/project/data-bodies-library The post-holder will be based at the Centre for Research in Digital Education at Moray House School of Education.

What are the implications for students and universities of anonymous social media? An article on WonkHE gives a brief account our research into the - now defunct - anonymous social media app Yik Yak, showing that the social value of anonymity was considerable for many of the students that used it. In this article Sian Bayne makes the case of a reconsideration of anonymous social media, and for wider thinking around the privacy issues surrounding how students use other forms of social media.

New researchers and visiting scholars at the Centre for Research in Digital Education