Activities/Higher Education project
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Aims
See Education strategy and the linked plan.
Activities so far
2011
- 27 July: Panyd spoke to staff at University of Liverpool
- 14 July: Panyd spoke to librarians at the University of Manchester
- 7-9 July: Martin Poulter attended the Wikipedia in Higher Education Summit
- 4 July: University of Bristol is the first HE institution to take on a Wikimedia Outreach Ambassador, starting today for ten weeks
- 28 June: Vinesh Patel and Alex Stinson have a meeting with Imperial College lecturers, discussing the Campus Ambassadors program
- 21 June: Martin Poulter presented at Subject Librarians meeting at the University of Bristol
- 18 June: Campus Ambassador training at Imperial College, London: Alex Stinson trained Martin Poulter, Vinesh Patel, Deryck Chan and Felix Cheung
- 3 June: Martin Poulter, along with Phil Barker of JISC CETIS, created "Wikimedia Commons for UKOER resources", a guide for projects releasing open educational resources in UK Higher Education
- 11 May: Martin Poulter presented at the Open Educational Resources conference 2011 on "Wikipedia and Higher Education: Beat them or Join them?"
- 30 April: Online meeting about Ambassador programme
- 16 April: Alex Stinson (User:Sadads) presented about Campus Ambassadors at the Wikimedia UK AGM in Bristol.
- 13 April: London Wikipedia Academy at Imperial College, London, brought together academics and Wikipedians to talk including Campus Ambassadors
- 19 March: Alex Stinson (User:Sadads)
- March: Establishment of the UK's first Wikipedia Student Society at Imperial College, London (BBC coverage) (Imperial Reporter coverage)
- (this list is incomplete)
Call to action
Wikimedians: We are looking for volunteers to build relationships with Higher Education institutions, . We can pay travel and subsistence expenses for trips that advance the project goals, if agreement is obtained with adequate notice beforehand.
Students: We are looking to introduce Student Wikipedia Societies in more universities. We can support you in various ways: helping with materials for a stall, putting you in touch with local Wikimedia contributors. Please get in touch.
Anyone interested in becoming a Campus Ambassador can add a request at the UK Campus Ambassadors page on Wikipedia. We will run regional training events when we have a "critical mass" of candidates.
We need experienced Wikipedia contributors to support educational assignments as Online Ambassadors: more details.
Contact: Martin Poulter (infobomb@gmail.com)