Calling all students! The Student Experience Grants are one-off contributions to support unique projects & initiatives that will enhance Edinburgh students’ social, academic or cultural development. Closes 6 Nov.
e.g. The Recovering Histories Wikipedia project

student-experience-grants.ed.ac.uk

Help write women onto Wikipedia this Halloween!
Learn how to edit and PUBLISH a new 50-100+ word article about women missing from our search results. As you'd expect for Halloween, our focus list included Scottish women accused of being witches. All welcome.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/help-write...

The Gävle Goat is a traditional Yule goat display erected annually in Gävle, Sweden.
FASCINATING page on Wikipedia documenting its destruction (or survival) each year.

There are soooo MANY pages students can help research & share as part of our Edinburgh Award.
Tinyurl.com/edwiki2025 to learn more.

LAST CALL for students interesting in joining our Edinburgh Award for "Digital Volunteering with Wikipedia".
Workshop tomorrow 5.30pm-7pm in University of Edinburgh's Main Library
Why? Well not everything is online and there is much we can do! #WeCanEdit information-services.ed.ac.uk/help-consult...

Celebrate Women in Climate & Earth Sciences with us tonight! 5-7pm @ G.03, 50 George Square, Edinburgh

Hear about the remarkable contributions of women in climate and earth sciences from leading voices in research, policy and public engagement.
#AdaLovelaceDay

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ada-lovela...

Come celebrate achievements of Women in STEM with us this Ada Lovelace Day.
Learn about women in Archaeology, Engineering, Geoscience, Comp Sci & more!
edin.ac/ada2025

@morayhouse.bsky.social @edinburghchem.bsky.social @edinunimaths.bsky.social @edinburgharchaeo.bsky.social @stis-uoe.bsky.social

Separating Legend from Legacy: Remembering the Accused Witches of Scotland

Dervla Craig has worked this Summer researching & preparing a National Lottery Heritage Fund bid to preserve the Accused Witches of Scotland as an important part of Scotland’s heritage.

thinking.is.ed.ac.uk/wir/separati...

Well done Scotland!
The world's largest photo competition, Wiki Loves Monuments, concluded last night with 9455 images by the UK as a whole contributed to Wikimedia Commons
2,382 of those were contributed from Scotland! 25%!
Have a look at the map of historic places near u!
app.wikilovesmonuments.it

Digging for dinosaurs, unearthing the impact of Women in Archaeology, Building equity in Engineering, showing resilience & determination in Comp Science after fleeing a war-torn home & more!
Come celebrate the amazing achievements of Women in STEM this Ada Lovelace Day
blogs.ed.ac.uk/ada-lovelace...

Digital Volunteering with Wikipedia is an Edinburgh Award at Edinburgh Uni.
Students learn important digital research skills to improve topic coverage on Wikipedia where their published outputs help understanding globally.
Now open for 2025/2026 participation!
thinking.is.ed.ac.uk/wir/edinburg...

NEW to @Wikipedia thanks to our University of Edinburgh student interns:

Katrina Mitchell is a Scottish musician who joined The Pastels in 1989 and contributing drums, vocals, guitars and keyboards to the "cracked urban folk music produced" by the band. #WeCanEdit

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katrina...

NEW to Wikipedia thanks to our Edinburgh Uni volunteers this month:

Lily McDougall (1875-1958) was a Scottish artist. She grew up in Glasgow and was encouraged to paint by her father. She studied in Edinburgh, Antwerp & Paris and is known for her flower paintings.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lily_Mc...

NEWLY IMPROVED on @wikipedia.org thanks to our volunteers:

In 1811 libel case of Miss Woods & Miss Pirie, the court took extraordinary steps to keep proceedings secret as the judges feared that awareness of alleged lesbian activity might corrupt public morals

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Pi...

NEW to @wikipedia.org thanks to our editing volunteers last month:

"Ranger's Impartial List of Ladies of Pleasure" was a detailed list of sex workers in Edinburgh, published in 1775 and attributed to James Tytler, editor of the 2nd edition of Encyclopædia Britannica
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranger%...

Shout out to all the excellent Open Practitioners gathering at #OER25 today. Although not be there with you in person this year we're with you in the 'spirit' of Open.

Tis the season for #OpenUnwrapped and delicious baked goods! Explore Wikibooks Christmas recipes for ideas or submit your own.
(Image of Vanillekipferl biscuits by sunnyday72, CC BY-SA 3.0.)
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Categor...