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Founded by the town council under the authority of a royal charter from King James VI in 1582 and officially opened in 1583, it is one of Scotland's four ancient universities and the sixth-oldest university in continuous operation in the English-speaking world. [2] The university played a crucial role in Edinburgh becoming a leading ...
The University of Edinburgh Wikimedian in Residence Project.; University of Edinburgh, Wikimedia UK Partnership of the Year 2018: Following successful collaborations with Wikimedia in 2015, the University of Edinburgh hosted a Wikimedian in Residence from January 2016 to January 2017 as a part-time (0.5) year-long project to advocate and raise awareness of Open Knowledge, working with academic ...
EDINA front-end services (those accessed directly by the user) are available free at the point of use for University of Edinburgh students and academic staff in the UK working on and off campus. Access to services by external universities, colleges or schools involves licence or subscription and requires some form of authentication by end users.
Samhuinn Wikipedia editathon at University of Edinburgh editathon - 31st October 2016: 3: Robert Louis Stevenson: 139,936 views: Robert Louis Stevenson mit 7 Jahren.jpg: 4: Escherichia coli: 138,776 views: E.coli image.jpg. 5: Tableau périodique des éléments: 131,195 views: Periodic Table cupcakes at Ada Lovelace Day 2017 – King's ...
Samhuinn Wikipedia editathon at University of Edinburgh editathon - 31st October 2016: 3: Robert Louis Stevenson: 139,936 views: Robert Louis Stevenson mit 7 Jahren.jpg: 4: Escherichia coli: 138,776 views: E.coli image.jpg. 5: Tableau périodique des éléments: 131,195 views: Periodic Table cupcakes at Ada Lovelace Day 2017 – King's ...
Endowments in 1984 and 1987 from Sophie Gifford, the wife of the late T. J. Carlyle Gifford, formerly chancellor's assessor of Edinburgh and the founder of Baillie Gifford in Edinburgh, made it possible for the Institute to independently and continuously fund fellowships, increasing its geographic diversity, for example with scholars from ...
In 2012, the Centre moved to its current location at Paterson's Land on the university's Holyrood Campus. [2] [3] In 2008, OLL merged with the Institute of Applied Language Studies. [4] In 2011, the English Language Teaching Centre joined the centre. In April 2016, it was renamed the Centre for Open Learning. [5]
As part of the Wikimedia residency at the University of Edinburgh, the Information Services team have been running a number of Wikipedia translate-a-thons. Full Wikipedia editing training is provided before staff/students decide on the article(s) they would like to translate.