Young people’s career information literacy: three essential skills for decision-making

‘Young people’s career information literacy: three essential skills for decision-making’ has been published in the latest issue of IJCLP.

This paper is the final output from Dr Marina Milosheva’s ESRC/SDS funded doctoral study. It is co-authored by Marina (now engaged in postdoc work with the team on the ‘Bridge a Mindsport for All’ project at the University of Stirling) and members of her PhD supervision team: Professor Pete Robertson, Dr Peter Cruickshank, and myself.

The paper is freely available as full text from the journal web site, and the abstract can also be found in the Edinburgh Napier repository.

Young people's career information literacy: three essential skills for decision making abstract

Dr Lyndsey Middleton on the move

Dr Lyndsey Middleton

Dr Lyndsey Middleton

Congratulations – and good luck – to Edinburgh Napier University 2020 PhD graduate Dr Lyndsey Middleton as she embarks on the next stage of her career.

Lyndsey has recently transferred from her Senior Assistant Statistician post at the Scottish Government into the role of Senior Statistical Officer within the Capital and Borrowing Statistics team in the UK Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG). This also means a switch of work base for Lyndsey from Edinburgh in Scotland to Darlington in England. Continue reading

Celebrating with Toni Scullion at the Edinburgh Napier University Alumni Awards 2025 ceremony

Edinburgh Napier University Alumni Awards trophies 2025

Awards winner trophies at the ceremony. Photo credit: Greg Macvean.

Congratulations to Toni Scullion, Computing Science teacher and co-lead of Scottish Teachers Advancing Computing Science (STACS). Toni was recognised as an Edinburgh Napier University Alumni Excellence Award winner at a ceremony at the University’s Craiglockhart campus last Thursday 6th November. Continue reading

All change for Dr Bruce Ryan

Dr Bruce Ryan

Dr Bruce Ryan

After 13 years at Edinburgh Napier University, Dr Bruce Ryan’s role as Senior Research Fellow has come to an end. Last Friday, I joined Bruce for a special meal to mark his last day in paid employment at the University. Amongst the other guests were our (former) colleagues Dr Peter Cruickshank, Dr David Haynes, and Dr Rachel Salzano.

I worked closely with Bruce for over a decade when we were colleagues in the Centre for Social Informatics. Of the many projects on which we collaborated, three stand out: Continue reading

A new recruit and two retirees: news of Dr Rachel Salzano, Dr Peter Cruickshank, and Dr David Haynes

Dr Rachel Salzano

Dr Rachel Salzano

Congratulations to Dr Rachel Salzano, who starts the new academic year 2024/5 with a permanent contract as a lecturer in the Applied Informatics subject group of the School of Computing, Engineering, and the Built Environment at Edinburgh Napier University.

Rachel initially took up a fixed-term post within the Group soon after completing her PhD on public libraries, forced migrants, and culture, which I supervised from 2019 within the Centre for Social Informatics alongside Dr David Brazier and Dr Gemma Webster (now a lecturer at Dundee University). It is great news that Rachel‘s contract is now open-ended. Continue reading

Deadlines approach for next iConference, hosted by Edinburgh Napier University Spring 2026

iConference, 2026, banner, Edinburgh, Napier

There is still time to submit contributions to the next iSchools iConference. However, if you are working on a research paper (full or short), or a poster, next week’s Monday deadline is fast approaching. Continue reading

A new role for Dr Iris Buunk

Dr Iris Buunk

Dr Iris Buunk

All the best to Edinburgh Napier University PhD graduate Dr Iris Buunk, who has recently taken up a new position at the Service écoles-médias (SEM), DIP Etat de Genève. Iris’ new job title is Scientific Assistant and Project Manager. In her new role as a member of staff of the Département de l’instruction publique, de la formation de la jeunesse, Iris contributes to the development of digital technology, audiovisual, and documentation services for teaching staff working in primary and secondary schools in the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. Iris’ new job also includes project management, research, and event organisation, as well as managing a team of around ten colleagues. Continue reading

The People’s dispensary archive: launch event at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

people's, dispensary, launch, event, bannerOn Wednesday last week, I paid a visit to the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The purpose of my visit was to attend the launch event of a new online resource. The People’s dispensary brings together digitised case notes from the earliest years of the Edinburgh public dispensary. Continue reading

Marking the 80th anniversary of VE day with a contribution to The Conversation

The Conversation logoToday is the 80th anniversary of VE Day. On this date in 1945, the Second World War allies formally accepted Germany’s unconditional surrender of its armed forces.

Amongst the articles published in The Conversation this week to mark the 80th anniversary is ‘VE Day: how personal first-hand accounts help keep everyday narratives of wartime Britain alive’. This article highlights the value of audio to bring the words of ordinary people from the Second World War directly into the present. The content of the article draws on the analysis of audience engagement with Lorna Lloyd’s Diary of the war in two online formats: (1) text and images on Blipfoto posted from 1st September 2019; (2) an eight episode podcast series that starts with diary entries from early September 1939. The analysis was first presented in an article that I co-authored with Dr Bruce Ryan, Marianne Wilson and Dr Iain McGregor, published in Archives in December 2024. Continue reading