Professor Siân Bayne

Chair in Digital Education

I am Professor of Digital Education at the University of Edinburgh, where I direct the Centre for Research in Digital Education and lead on Higher Education Futures in my role as Assistant Principal for the university. My research is critical and interdisciplinary, currently focused on higher education futures, utopia and theories of ‘enhancement’.

More information about my work is on my web site, and you can reach me by email at: sian.bayne@ed.ac.uk

Teaching Here and There podcast

Professor Siân Bayne and Dr James Lamb talk to the 'Teaching Here and There' podcast team, Dominic Pates, Dr. Ivan Sikora and James Rutherford.

IASH event 'Scorched earth technologies: higher education and utopia'

An IASH Work-in-Progress seminar, delivered by Professor Siân Bayne (Sabbatical Fellow 2023; University of Edinburgh)

Higher Education Futures: 8 scenarios, 8 tarot cards and 8 short stories

We present eight new speculative scenarios for the future of higher education teaching.

Recordings available: Learning and Teaching Conference 2022

Centre for Research in Digital Education staff and students presented as part of the University of Edinburgh Learning and Teaching Conference 2022.

Digital Education for change makers in sub-Saharan Africa

Funding awarded for 'Digital Education for change makers in sub-Saharan Africa'

Response to Global Education Monitoring report

'Technology cannot be seen as a solitary and instrumental actor in education but as an interdependent variable that brings with it questions around access and equity'.