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Upcoming events

Upcoming events

Event name	Date	Location	Event details	Organiser
The Role of Universities in the Ethical Digital Nation	08/24 - 12/24	University of St Andrews	Purpose: To explore how universities can play a pivotal role in addressing digital challenges through collaborative research, training programs, and the development of socio-technical solutions.	Abd Alsattar Ardati, and Kirsty Ross
Digital Poverty Alliance Training 2024	29/11/24	Online	Purpose: To deliver specialised training for the Digital Poverty Alliance, equipping participants with skills to enrich Wikipedia's content on digital inclusion.	Abd Alsattar Ardati, and Kirsty Ross
Digital Inclusion WikiConnect 2024	09/24 - 11/24	Online	Purpose: collaboratively train St Andrews staff and students in Wiki editing, specifically around digital literacy and digital poverty	Kirsty Ross, Abd Alsattar Ardati, Sara Thomas

Past events

Past events

Event name	Date	Location	Event details	Organiser
Wikipedia Training: Empowering Communities through Collaborative Knowledge	05/11/24	University of Edinburgh	Purpose: To introduce participants to Wikipedia editing as part of the "New Scots Digital Connect" project, enhancing digital literacy and fostering collaborative knowledge-sharing skills.	Abd Alsattar Ardati, Kirsty Ross, and Ewan McAndrew
Wikicommons Fun Palaces 2024	09/24 - 10/24	Online	Purpose: introduce folks to Wikicommons so they can upload photos to Wiki Loves Monuments photo competition	Kirsty Ross
Festival of Modern Languages Wiki Poetry Workshop	06/24 - 08/24	Onsite	Purpose: train those who write in multiple languages to plug knowledge gaps connected to poetry.	Kirsty Ross and Pauline Souleau
Healthcare Translation Task Force STEP 2024	06/24 - 08/24	Online	Purpose: train undergraduates in Wiki editing, supporting them to make their first translations.	Kirsty Ross, Abd Alsattar Ardati, Sara Thomas
Antibiotics Under Our Feet STEP 2024	06/24 - 08/24	Online	Purpose: train undergraduates in Wiki editing, supporting them to make edits about microorganisms.	Kirsty Ross, Clarissa Czekster
Plugging the gaps on Wikidata STEP 2024	01/24 - 02/24	Online	Purpose: train undergraduates in Wikidata editing to plug knowledge gaps found during the CS3099 module.	Kirsty Ross, Abd Alsattar Ardati, Ian Gent
Wiki Workshop for Youth Scotland	01/24 - 02/24	Online	Purpose: train youth workers as editors, and introduce them to the breadth of opportunities posed by the Wikiprojects.	Kirsty Ross
Wiki Workshop for Youth Scotland	01/24 - 02/24	Online	Purpose: upskill teaching staff and youth leaders from Youth Scotland.	Kirsty Ross
European Researchers' Night - Middle Ages	14/09/23	Online	Purpose: upskill Middle Ages researchers to understand the basics of editing Wikipedia and her sister projects, and to get them signed up as editors.	Kirsty Ross
School of Modern Languages Wiki Workshop & beyond	31/08/23	Onsite	Purpose: upskill those in the School of Modern Languages to understand the basics of editing Wikipedia and her sister projects, and to get them signed up as editors.	Kirsty Ross
Work experience for High School students	07/23 - 08/23	Online	Purpose: one to one support for summer high school work experience.	Kirsty Ross
Bacterial Plant Diseases Programme	06/23 - 01/24	Online	Purpose: consultancy project with the cross-university Bacterial Plant Diseases Programme researchers. Enable them to understand the basics of editing Wikipedia and her sister projects, and to get them signed up as editors.	Kirsty Ross
American Society for Micobiology Day of Wiki Editing	04/05/23	Online	Purpose: connected to the Antibiotics Under our Feet STEP Programme, this international day of editing focused on microbiology topics.	Kirsty Ross
PCST Wiki Workshop with the IDEA Network	15/04/23	Online	Purpose: introduce public engagement professionals to the basics of editing Wikipedia and her sister projects, and to register as editors.	Kirsty Ross andAbd Alsattar Ardati
Whose knowledge counts session for the New Scots men's group.	27/11/22	Onsite	Purpose: introduce those from the New Scots Connect program to Wiki editing. The program supports a community based and youth work-based approach with children and adults from diverse migrant and refugee backgrounds to support confidence, wellbeing, English and general communication skills through workshops focused on Engineering.	Abd Alsattar Ardati, Science Ceilidh, Multicultural Family Base, and Edinburgh Napier University
Mind The Gap	19/10/22	Onsite	Purpose: introduce trainee primary teachers to the possibilities offered by Wikipedia and her sister projects. 16 editors were trained, 8 signed up to the dashboard, and 5 edited over the course of the session.	Kirsty Ross and Jane Essex, both of the Erasmus+ project, Diversity in Science and Science Inclusion (DiSSI)
EXPLORATHON 2022 72-hour pan-European Editathon	30/09/22 - 02/10/22	Online	Purpose: build capacity for editing Wikipedia by recruiting new editors from Croatia, Italy, Malta, Spain, Sweden, and UK/Ireland then running 5 editor training sessions in the run up to a 72 hour editathon over the weekend of European Researchers' Night 2021. 73 people registered for the training, 30 editors signed up to the dashboard, and 8 edited over the course of the weekend.	Kirsty Ross and EXPLORATHON, Scotland's contribution to European Researchers' Night
EXPLORATHON 2022 72-hour CDT Editathon	30/09/22 - 02/10/22	Online	Purpose: build capacity for editing Wikipedia by recruiting new editors from UKRI Centres for Doctoral Training or Doctoral Training Partnerships by running 3 editor training sessions in the run up to a 72-hour editathon over the weekend of European Researchers' Night 2021. 30 people registered for the training, 8 editors signed up to the dashboard, and 3 edited over the course of the weekend.	Kirsty Ross, OPTIMA CDT, and EXPLORATHON, Scotland's contribution to European Researchers' Night
WikiLovesMonuments Fun Palace	30/09/22 - 02/10/22	Online	Purpose: encourage folks to added photos of listed buildings to WikiCommons by offering asynchronous training on the Fun Palace website over September 2022. This was very much a last-minute Fun Palace! 3 editors signed up to the dashboard, and 2 edited over the course of the weekend.	Kirsty Ross and Fun Palaces
User Troubles during “Shoot St Andrews to Green”!	20/08/22	Onsite	Purpose: encourage students and residents of St Andrews to improve Wikicommons by uploading photographs of listed buildings.	Abd Alsattar Ardati of The IDEA Network and University of St Andrews Students' Association
Collaborate and Celebrate the First Female Alumni	12/08/22	Hybrid	Purpose: encouraging members of the Postgraduate Society at the University of St Andrews Students' Association to collaborate on researching digitised archival information about St Andrew’s first female alumni. The event aimed to spark a discussion and encourage attendees to become “knowledge activists” by looking for additional information about these women.	Abd Alsattar Ardati, Kirsty Ross and University of St Andrews Students' Association
Wiki STEP Project 2022	06/22 – 07/22	Online	Purpose: fill knowledge gaps in English and Simple English Wikipedia relating to topics such as soil microbes, historians, and mathematicians. 19 students and 2 staff members received new editor training, and everyone edited over the summer.	Kirsty Ross and CEED at the University of St Andrews
Scottish Graduate School of the Arts and Humanities Mind the (gender) gap	21/06/22	Online	Purpose: train arts and humanities postgraduate researchers in Wiki editing.	Kirsty Ross
Melting Pot Wiki Workshop	10/06/22	Hybrid	Purpose: introduce those in the Syrian Scottish Network to editing Wiki. 8 editors were trained, all signed up to the dashboard, and 6 edited over the course of the session.	Kirsty Ross, Abd Alsattar Ardati and Sara Thomas
Contributing to Open Knowledge: Mind The (Gender) Gap Wiki Workshop	23/04/22	Online	Purpose: Chevening organisation, Global Share social enterprise & the IDEA Network hosted a Wiki Workshop where they worked together on adding biographies of women to Wikipedia. Those who took part developed new skills and challenge systemic biases at the same time.	Kirsty Ross, and Abd Alsattar Ardati
Open Research Launch	22/11/21	Online	Purpose: raise awareness of Wikipedia and her sister projects at the University of Strathclyde.	Kirsty Ross
EXPLORATHON 2021 72 hour Editathon	23/09/21 - 26/09/21 2021	Online	Purpose: build capacity by recruiting new editors from Italy, Malta, Spain, Sweden, and UK/Ireland. 5 editor training sessions were delivered in the run up to a 72-hour editathon over the weekend of European Researchers' Night 2021. 57 people registered for the training, 44 editors signed up to the Dashboard, and 13 edited over the course of the weekend.	Kirsty Ross and EXPLORATHON, Scotland's contribution to European Researchers' Night
Scottish Refugee Festival 2021	19/06/21	Online	Purpose: enable participants at the Refugee Festival Scotland to find out where their knowledge might improve Wikipedia and make it a better place for everyone.	Kirsty Ross, Abd Alsattar Ardati and Refugee Festival Scotland
Launch of the IDEA Network	01/04/2021	Online	Purpose: bring together staff, students, and potential external collaborators to share experiences of using Wikipedia and her sister projects in research, teaching, knowledge exchange and public engagement. It was followed by a new editor training session.	Kirsty Ross, Abd Alsattar Ardati and Sara Thomas