Digital Buzz at UoE
We created our Data Community in 2023 to help implement a more data-led culture across the University and to enable our colleagues to improve their data literacy.
Read this blog post written by Rebecca Jeavons, our Performance Analyst, to learn about our recent Data Community gathering.
The ability to use technology and digital services safely and in a positive manner is a critical digital skill, and one that underpins the approach that the University of Exeter’s Digital Skills Leads, Katie Steen and Dave Weller are taking towards digital upskilling.
In the second blog post of their digital skills series, Katie sheds more light on why digital wellbeing is so important – in both the workplace and at home.
Katie and Dave are our Digital Skills Leads, focusing on finding ways for our University community to develop their digital skills.
This is the first blog post in a series centred around digital skills at the University of Exeter, defining what we really mean by ‘digital skills’.
One way that we are user-led is through employing current Exeter students to work within our team. Deborah is our Digital Strategy Communications and Engagement Assistant. Read this blog post to learn about Deborah’s recent Instagram takeover where she shared her life at university and her role in the Digital team.
From identifying culture principles which directly enable the effective delivery of our digital strategy, to creating channels to allow celebration of achievements and a space to share and ask questions regularly, we have multiple initiatives in place to ensure our culture is positive and enables us to deliver. Read this to learn about our culture principles and how they help our team.
Read this blog to hear what Rob, our Attendance Monitoring Product Owner, has learned so far in his first year as a PO.
At the Jisc event, we held multiple round table discussions covering a range of topics including Design Thinking, agile working, our data-led culture, and digital skills. Read this blog post to learn about each round table discussion and their key takeaways.
The Design Chapter employs user-centred design principles to help understand user needs, ideate, prototype and test – putting our users at the heart of everything we create.
Read this blog to learn what Jasmine’s role as a content designer in the Digital team involves.
Our Performance Analyst, Rebecca Jeavons, attended the Jisc Demonstrating Digital Transformation event and joined the Q&A panel to share her thoughts on digital transformation at UoE for her first ever panel discussion! Read this blog to hear about Rebecca’s experience at the event.
The University of Exeter is committed to achieving Net Zero by 2030. We are working towards this by delivering a carbon accounting system for the University. This blog will delve deeper into how we are delivering a carbon calculator using agile ways of working and agile thinking.